SOBHA E MATHEWS
Alpharetta, GA-30004
Phone: 770-***-****(Mobile)
E-mail: *****.****@*****.***
Executive Profile
Over 16 years of IT experience.
. Test Project Management
. Planning, Developing and Implementing Testing strategies
. Estimation &Budgeting
. Resource management and Team onboarding, training
. Process implementation
. Release Management
Areas of Expertise
. Test Project Management - Waterfall and Agile
. Test Planning
. Testing Solutions and Services
. Release Management
. Team Leadership
. Team Building
. Mentoring and Training
. Status tracking and reporting
Industry Experience
. Banking
. Healthcare
. Insurance
. Manufacturing and Distribution
. Subscription Services
. Credit Card
Employment History
. Infosys Technologies Ltd. : 2004 - Till Date
. CGI : 1997 - 2003
Visa Status
Visa Status: US Citizen
Education
Master of Computer Applications
Professional Experience
SunTrust Bank [Online Banking, Enterprise Forecasting & Planning, Anti
Money Laundry] 11/2008 - Till date
My role involved performing overall Test management of Full life cycle
testing.
Role : QA Manager
Responsibility : Test Management - Project Planning(MS-Project),
High level and Detailed Estimations, Team on
boarding & Training.
Test Planning (Agile & Water fall) & Monitoring.
Budget Planning & Tracking.
Ensure Process Adherence.
Manage Onshore/Offshore Team.
Status reporting.
Manage Manual, Automation, Service Level & Performance Load
test team.
Release Management
Technical Environment : Windows XP, Microsoft Project, Quality center,
TOAD, WEB, Mainframe, QTP, Java, Primavera, Content
Management System, Relation Data Base, Portal,
Browser Compatibility Testing, SharePoint, Hyperion.
Team Size : 20
Equifax- Credit Reporting Agency- 10/2004 - 10/2008
My role involved performing quality assurance activities like team
coordination, requirement analysis, test planning and execution to
implement new products, defect fixes and enhancements to Equifax personal
solution products.
Role : Test PM/ QA Lead
Responsibility : Test Management - Project Planning & Estimation
Test Planning & Monitoring
Status Reporting
Manage Onshore & Offshore Team
Ensure Process Adherence
Test Case execution management
Status reporting
Technical Environment : Windows XP, Test Director, SQL Navigator, KINTANA,
WINSCP, Secure CRT, PUTTY, Unix, QTP, Java, dotnet,
Siebel, ASP.Net.
Team size : 15
IMS - DB2 Conversion, Magazine Subscription Industry: 09/2001 -05/2003
This project aimed to upgrade the existing Order History system along with
porting from IMS to DB2.
Role : Development Lead/Project Management
Responsibility : Status Reporting,
Project planning and Tracking
Interaction with Business and IT Clients (requirements &
acceptance activities),
Offshore coordination,
System Analysis,
Functional and Process specifications preparation
Review of deliverables
Conversion process definition and documentation.
Technical Environment : CICS, COBOL/370, JCL, IMS DB2, Pan-APT, IBM
3090, INTERTEST and MS-Project
Team Size : 5
Data Element Expansion, Arrow Electronics, Inc.: 11/2000 to 08/2001
This project was aimed to expand 60 critical fields, in the entire suite of
applications, at Products and Electronics company.
Role : Development Lead
Responsibility : Status Reporting, Project planning and Tracking
Interaction with business and IT Clients (requirements &
acceptance activities)
Offshore coordination,
System Analysis,
Review of deliverables,
Develop tools for validation and efficient project execution
Technical Environment : DB2, VSAM, JCL, CICS COBOL/370 IBM 3090 and
OS/390,C .
Team Size : 6
Health Care Industry: 01/2000 to 10/2000
Management Care System (MCS-II) project aimed to automate Injured Workers
medical claim Audit and Processing.
Role : Development Team Lead
Responsibility : Interaction with business and IT Clients
(requirements & acceptance activities)
System Analysis and documentation
Code Reviews
System and Integration Testing
Coding and Unit Tests
Technical Environment : IBM 3090, OS/390, COBOL/370, JCL, IMS, VSAM,
DB2, CICS and XPEDITOR.
Europe & U.S Data obsolescence, Manufacturing Industry: 12/1998 to 12/1999
This project aimed to help Dow Corning, perform SAP implementation at
majority of its worldwide locations. This also helped the client migrate
the legacy data supported on mainframes to a client server platform.
Role : Development Lead
Responsibility : Program Analysis and documentation
Prepare Code and Data migration plans
Code Reviews
Develop Data validations scripts
System and Integration Testing
Coding and Unit Tests
Technical Environment : SQL SERVER, IMS, PL1, IBM 3090, MVS/ESA,
COBOL/370, JCL and VSAM.
Credit Card Industry - Private Label Reporting: 08/1997 to 11/1998
The project aimed to provide overnight support for the client systems and
provide enhancements and defect fixes with a quick turn around time. This
project supported the credit card activities like Credit Limit
Increment/Decrement, Renewal process, Letter Generation, Re-issue of the
cards etc.
Role : Project Leader
Responsibility : Lead the team of 5 members
Status Reporting, Project planning and resource management
Client and Onsite Interaction
Review of deliverables and test result verification
Code Reviews
Technical Environment : VSAM, DB2, COBOLII, JCL, CICS, IBM 3090,
MVS/ESA and ENDEVOUR
Automated Claims Transaction System (ACTS)- Insurance: 04/1997 to 07/1997
The project objective was to make ACTS year 2000 complaint in addition to
the enhancements requested by the client. The project was carried out using
the full life cycle of an in-house year 2000 conversion process.
Role : Senior Programmer Analyst
Responsibility : System Analysis and Design
System and Integration Testing
Coding and Unit Testing
Technical Environment : NATURAL, ADABAS, COBOL, VSAM, JCL, IBM 3090
and MVS/ESA.
Draft Re-Conciliation System (DFT) & Printing Management Information System
(PMIS) - Insurance: 01/1997 to 03/1997
This project aimed to make the client systems Year 2000 complaint. The
project involved full life cycle of a custom built Year 2000 conversion
process.
Role : Developer
Responsibility : Program Analysis and Documentation
Coding and System/Integration Testing
Technical Environment : IBM 3090, MVS/ESA, COBOL II, JCL, CICS and
VSAM