DINESH SUNDARAVARADAN

Phone: +1-312-***-****

Mailto: acd0ky@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: I have more than 8 years of experience in software testing projects that spreads across many areas. With a Master’s

in Business Administration concentrated in Marketing and Information Systems, I am looking to enhance my career with the

knowledge I gained from MBA and move up in my career ladder. I am currently looking for roles like Test Director which would

aptly suit my experience and skill set. I have been managing teams with more than 15 people, involved in various phases of

testing. I have worked in multiple projects at a given time and in different skill sets and have received many accolades from my

clients and employer and have been an outstanding performer throughout my career.

Education Summary

Qualification Category Qualification Institute Passed year GPA

Master Degree May 2014 3.6

MBA (Marketing and MIS) University of Illinois, Chicago

Bachelor Degree May 2006 3.2

B. Tech Govt. college of technology, India

Work Experience

Organization Client Duration Role

Mar 2013 to till date Performance Test Manager

Sears Holding Corporation Sears

Jan 2008 to Mar 2013 Test Lead/Manager

Tata Consultancy services Nielsen

Jun 2006 to Jan 2008 Team Member

Cognizant Technology solutions Nielsen

Brief description

Career Objective: To take up challenging tasks, complete them successfully and learn through the course of the assignment.

Skill set: Project Management, Test Management/Lead, Data Analytics, Statistics, Performance, Manual, Automation and Web

services testing.

Tools used: Load Runner, Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, Dynatrace, Splunk, Omniture, YSlow, SOASTA Cloud Test,

SOASTA Touch test, jMeter, MS Project Plan, SOAP UI, Bugzilla, JIRA, Web stress tool, SQL developer, Rapid Miner, R.

Certifications: HP-LR, HP-QC, HP-QTP, Six Sigma Green belt, ISTQB, Certified in Retail Domain, DCMP and PMP (In progress)

Course Works: Big Data Analytics, Data Mining with Rapid Miner, Statistics for Management which includes ANOVA, Regression,

Hypothesis, Consumer Behavior, e-Marketing, Markstrat, Project Management, Corporate Strategy,

Hands on Experience in testing:

• Manual testing including System, End to End, integration, Functional, Regression, UAT, Browser compatibility, Mobile

Testing, Multiple OS testing, Localization and Internationalization, UX Testing.

• Business monitoring using tools like Omniture, Splunk and setting up dashboard and share with stake holders.

• Performance testing using Load Runner, jMeter, SOASTA Cloud test, monitoring servers and dashboards to identify

bottleneck.

• Automation Testing using Quick Test Professional, SOASTA Touch test which reduced Software Test Cycle Time

• Web services testing manual and Load testing using SOAP UI and Load Runner.

• Failover and Migration Testing and Security testing.

• Worked in Agile, Waterfall, V model, Iterative, Spiral methodology.

• Handled the QA status and tasks in the daily scrum meeting with the help of metrics and status reports.

• Leading the Defect Review Board Meeting for all the projects handled.

Roles and Responsibilities

Test Manager - Sears: March 2013 to till date

1.

• Coordinating onsite-offshore activities, team building and Performance appraisal.

• Reporting to Director on issues, send weekly reports to all stake holders.

• Escalate issues to Director and VP, Raise red flag when serious issues are potentially introduced to Production

in terms of performance.

• Analysis of sales expectance for the application we use in stores and using this, I create performance strategy

which will be used to fine tune the application for the Holiday season.

• My duty was also to create plans and strategy for monitoring, Analyzing and improving performance

parameters and provide the customers a stable application.

Test Manager Nielsen – TCS: September 2011 to March 2013

2.

• Worked as a client’s point of contact for the entire program, coordinated with offshore resources, Creating

and sharing metrics, dashboards.

• Work with development, deployment, BA, Product, PMO, UX teams to get the QA related activities done with

at most quality.

• Bridge the gap between offshore and onsite team and act as a mediator by understanding Design,

Specification documents and transition to offshore team.

• Worked on task, resource allocation, project estimate, resource estimate, Yearly budget allocation, creation of

test strategy, plan.

• Sharing dashboards, metrics, and status reports and strictly adhering to timelines and quality.

• Involved in creating a new Quality Center project names Out of the Box which reduces the complexity in usage

of Quality Center.

Test Lead Nielsen – TCS: May 2009 to September 2011

3.

• Working at offshore with team members, leading the test activities, sharing the status from Offshore.

• Also worked hands on test activities like test cases creation, execution.

• Reporting to Test Managers, Onsite lead and Clients on every day status of the offshore team.

Performance Test Engineer Nielsen – TCS: September 2008 to Jan 2010

4.

• Worked on multiple projects on performance testing along with test lead activities at offshore

• Collect business requirements from Product team, create performance test strategy, SLAs, Performance scripts

and plan

• Execute Performance scripts, share results and identify bottlenecks and provide suggestions for performance

improvements.

• Worked on a Server Migration project as a Lead and Performance tester which includes the responsibilities of

leading 8 people along with performance testing.

Mentor for New Entrees TCS: January 2011 to February 2011

5.

• Appointed as a mentor for new entrees joining the organization to train and guide them in the Software

testing

• Train the resources on various topics, evaluate and appraise their performance and report to the Director.

Test Analyst Nielsen – TCS: Jan 2008 to May 2009

6.

• Creation of test cases based on Functional Specification documents.

• Execution of test cases and logging defects.

• Reporting to lead, managers and clients on issues and status.

• Guiding other team members about the application and testing process.

Automation Engineer and Test Engineer Nielsen – Cognizant: May 2006 to January 2008

7.

• Creation of automation scripts for regression test cases and updating them based on addition of new features.

• Creation of manual test cases, execution and defects logging and retesting.

• Reporting to Test lead on the task progress and learning new tools and testing processes.

Processes and value additions: Cycle time reduction, Six Sigma initiatives, Toll gate processes adherence, Test process review

and refinement and betterment, Test Metrics generation.

Projects Handled: SHOPsears, Answers Portal, Answers Web, Answers On Demand, Answers Web Application Framework, DIPE.

Cross project activities: Presentations and trainings on Performance testing, Six Sigma, best practices, extending guidance to

other teams, Client presentations, Training new entrees.

Interests: Product Management, Project management, Data Analysis, Statistics, Marketing.

Qualities: Hardworking, self-motivated, pro-active, team player, with positive attitude and synergy.

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