Sagar Vaidya

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Career Summary

I am working as Test Manager since last 4 years with CIBC Bank, Canada here

I handled various banking products. Prior to that I have worked as Test

manager for 2 years and test lead for 4 years for Citibank, NA and State

street bank, NA, where I worked in Wealth management and corporate banking

domains.

In these years I got opportunity to work in various regions US, Canada and

India, My key roles were, handling multiple ongoing project teams, assuring

on time delivery, reporting projects status to steering committees,

directors and managing people.

In these 10+ years, I got opportunity to manage testing projects in

waterfall methodology and Agile methodology, which included projects for

database Migration, new website launch, IVR launch, Thin client, Virtual

desktop Image, CRM, ERP and telephone banking domain.

With all my knowledge and experience that I will bring with me I am sure I

will be able to prove myself very profitable resource for your

organization.

Area of Expertise

. Lead the team in planning, preparing and executing effective test

efforts and walkthroughs and manage, create, and deliver testing strategies

and plans using risk analysis methodologies and tools and that align with

the development approach/methodology selected for the project

. Ensure the test process, methodologies and tools are applied

appropriately and that test phase entry/exit criteria are agreed to by

stakeholders and applied by the test team

. Communication and understanding of the impact to testing for scope

changes to the project management team both from a timeline/cost and a risk

perspective

. Review and provide input to project documentation as required; monitor,

assess and mitigate testing risks; monitor and track testing progress

. activities and tasks are completed as scheduled

. Manage and support the team in creating reusable test assets for both

manual and automated test scripts

. Manage the defect process ensuring defects are documented, tracked and

reported to facilitate timely fixes and report the status of test planning,

defects and execution activities, including regular status updated to the

project team using quality metrics and contribute to project readiness

assessments and participate and contribute to lessons learned

. Ensure testing is conducted in a manner that does not impact the

production and in accordance with established information security and

information privacy policies and guideline

. Act as primary liaison for testing resources and business participants on

business acceptance test support

. Manage approval of Test Strategy, Test Plan and Entry/Exit criteria with

appropriate project partners

. Communicate and negotiate testing timelines, budget, staffing, scope and

critical milestones with project managers

. Manage relationships with project team members, third party vendors/

service partners, release teams and client areas as appropriate

. Provide insight, information and recommendations on industry trends and

significant issues

. Conduct regular performance reviews of quality and in a timely manner,

discussing and assisting employees with their growth and development

. Software Testing Methodologies (Agile, Waterfall)

. Team Management & Development (Training/Coaching and performance

evaluation)

. Testing the Vendor's product customization

. Functional, UNIX based and Database testing management

. Internal Auditing of Testing Artefacts (Test Plan, Exit Reports)

. Experience of CRM (Customer Relationship Model) testing.

. Experience of ERP testing.

. Strong People Management Skills

. Good knowledge of processes related to productivity tracking (KPI) and

improvement.

. Certified ISO internal auditor.

. Member of Training Team for Company.

Skill Set

. Advanced knowledge of software development life cycle and project

management life cycle

. Advanced knowledge of testing and software development practices and

methodologies, version control practices and defect management practices

and understanding of Test Strategy development, Test Planning, Defect

Reporting and Test Case design techniques for initiatives with high

complexity

. Experienced using MS Office Suite - Excel, PowerPoint, outlook and

Project

. Advanced understanding of business workflows and products/applications

involved and working with third party service providers and vendors having

offshore models

. Solid understanding of test project financials management

. Advanced knowledge of underlying techniques, infrastructure and business

continuity planning for the applications supported

. Experience managing large size teams of testing professionals (typically

up to 50 people from both on and off-shore)

. Experience managing the development and implementation of new testing

strategies and directive

. Ability to establish effective relationships with different business

units, portfolio managers, and project managers

Masters Degree in Computer Application

Work Experience

Company: Tata Consultancy Services

QA Senior Manager

Toronto, Canada

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) Feb,2010-

Current

Project: Amicus (President Choice Financials)

President's Choice Financial Bank (A part of CIBC).

Roles & Responsibilities

Lead the team in planning, preparing and executing effective test efforts

and walkthroughs and manage, create, and deliver testing strategies and

plans using risk analysis methodologies and tools and that align with the

development approach/methodology selected for the project

. Ensure the test process, methodologies and tools are applied

appropriately and that test phase entry/exit criteria are agreed to by

stakeholders and applied by the test team

. Communication and understanding of the impact to testing for scope

changes to the project management team both from a timeline/cost and a risk

perspective

. Review and provide input to project documentation as required; monitor,

assess and mitigate testing risks; monitor and track testing progress

. Activities and tasks are completed as scheduled

. Manage and support the team in creating reusable test assets for both

manual and automated test scripts

. Manage the defect process ensuring defects are documented, tracked and

reported to facilitate timely fixes and report the status of test planning,

defects and execution activities, including regular status updated to the

project team using quality metrics and contribute to project readiness

assessments and participate and contribute to lessons learned

. Ensure testing is conducted in a manner that does not impact the

production and in accordance with established information security and

information privacy policies and guideline

. Act as primary liaison for testing resources and business participants on

business acceptance test support

. Manage approval of Test Strategy, Test Plan and Entry/Exit criteria with

appropriate project partners

. Communicate and negotiate testing timelines, budget, staffing, scope and

critical milestones with project managers

. Manage relationships with project team members, third party vendors/

service partners, release teams and client areas as appropriate

. Provide insight, information and recommendations on industry trends and

significant issues

. Conduct regular performance reviews of quality and in a timely manner,

discussing and assisting employees with their growth and development

Company: Tata Consultancy Services

QA Senior Manager

Newyork, USA

CITIBANK June, 2007-Jan, 2010

Project: myFi (Smith Barney)

Roles & Responsibilities

Lead the team in planning, preparing and executing effective test efforts

and walkthroughs and manage, create, and deliver testing strategies and

plans using risk analysis methodologies and tools and that align with the

development approach/methodology selected for the project

. Ensure the test process, methodologies and tools are applied

appropriately and that test phase entry/exit criteria are agreed to by

stakeholders and applied by the test team

. Communication and understanding of the impact to testing for scope

changes to the project management team both from a timeline/cost and a risk

perspective

. Review and provide input to project documentation as required; monitor,

assess and mitigate testing risks; monitor and track testing progress

. Activities and tasks are completed as scheduled

. Manage and support the team in creating reusable test assets for both

manual and automated test scripts

. Manage the defect process ensuring defects are documented, tracked and

reported to facilitate timely fixes and report the status of test planning,

defects and execution activities, including regular status updated to the

project team using quality metrics and contribute to project readiness

assessments and participate and contribute to lessons learned

. Ensure testing is conducted in a manner that does not impact the

production and in accordance with established information security and

information privacy policies and guideline

. Act as primary liaison for testing resources and business participants on

business acceptance test support

. Manage approval of Test Strategy, Test Plan and Entry/Exit criteria with

appropriate project partners

. Communicate and negotiate testing timelines, budget, staffing, scope and

critical milestones with project managers

. Manage relationships with project team members, third party vendors/

service partners, release teams and client areas as appropriate

. Provide insight, information and recommendations on industry trends and

significant issues

. Conduct regular performance reviews of quality and in a timely manner,

discussing and assisting employees with their growth and development

Company: Tata Consultancy Services

Sr QA Lead/ Sr Test Coordinator

Newyork, USA

CITIBANK Nov, 2006- Jun, 2007

Project: CitiDirect Online Banking 4.7/4.8/4.9/5.0

Roles & Responsibilities

. Lead the QA Analysts and direct QA activities:

. Develop test plans and scenarios to ensure that test conditions, scripts,

validation criteria, and expected results successfully test the business

and technical requirements

. Execute regression tests, functional tests and data tests

. Report, track and determine priority of reported bugs

. Implement test automation tools (such as QTP)

. Create scripts for automated tests

. Maintain detailed and accurate documentation per all project standards

. Produce and/or maintain the following deliverables:

. Test Strategy

. Test Environment Specifications

. Test Plan & Approach

. Test Scenarios

. Reports on test results, progress, incidents, defects and other quality

metrics

. Effectively manage multiple priorities

. Perform additional job-related duties as requested

Company: Tata Consultancy Services

Test Coordinator Mumbai, India

Citibank/State Street Sep, 2004 to Nov, 2006

Project: CitiDirect White label testing for State Street Financial Service

Provider.

Roles & Responsibilities

. Lead the QA Analysts and direct QA activities:

. Develop test plans and scenarios to ensure that test conditions,

scripts, validation criteria, and expected results successfully test the

business and technical requirements

. Execute regression tests, functional tests and data tests

. Report, track and determine priority of reported bugs

. Implement test automation tools (such as QTP)

. Create scripts for automated tests

. Maintain detailed and accurate documentation per all project

standards

. Produce and/or maintain the following deliverables:

. Test Strategy

. Test Environment Specifications

. Test Plan & Approach

. Test Scenarios

. Reports on test results, progress, incidents, defects and other

quality metrics

. Effectively manage multiple priorities

. Perform additional job-related duties as requested

Company: Infocus Solutions

Developer and Tester

Indore, India

May, 2004 to Aug 2004

Project: ERP (MRP-II) product "Batch Master Enterprise"

Roles & Responsibilities

. Coding of Sales modules for functional enhancements

. Perform Unit and development integration testing.

. Write test cases for Functional, GUI.

. Perform functional and regression testing.

. Report, track and manage Defects from inception to closure.

. Work closely with both the development teams to resolve issues.

Education

Masters of Computer Applications (2004)

Bachelor of Computer Applications (2001)

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