QA Analyst/Business Analyst/Project Lead

Maria Shaikh

Cell: 030*-*******

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OBJECTIVE:

To achieve a position in a growing organization which would use my capabilities and offer a

challenging and satisfying career with a congenial work environme nt and opportunities for

growth.

PROFILE:

A highly creative and goal-oriented professional. Ability to meet deadlines and to work

simultaneously on different projects with full ownership. A strong work ethics combined with

commitment to excellence in all projects undertaken. A versatile professional with strong

business insights, leadership & team-building skills. A dynamic team player, working

effectively with colleagues and senior management in accomplishing business objectives.

Exemplary communication and presentation skills.

Manage and successfully deliver assigned IT projects, solutions and enhancements programs

for the local and international clients. Meet defined business requirements with strong focus on

quality within agreed timescales, scope and cost. Manage the project(s) throughout the

assigned phases, statements of work, and system support as appropriate to the nature of the

project.

QUALIFICATION:

PMP PDUs - PMI Pakistan Karachi Chapter

MCS - SZABIST, Karachi

BCS - FAST-ICS, Karachi

EXPERIENCE DETAILS:

SYSTEMS LIMITED www.systemsltd.com www.visionetsystems.com

Duration: October 2005 – Till Date

Role: Project Lead/Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

Plan projects; define goals, schedule scope and deliverables.

Requirement Gathering, Status Reporting, and Release Planning etc.

Design Screen Mocks, UI Flows and Layouts.

Lead requirements elicitation sessions to understand business problems of end-user.

Obtain sign-off on requirements, UAT and production roll-outs from client.

Experience in controlling analysis, design, development & testing phases.

Act as primary point of contact with offshore/local Clients.

Strong experience in writing automated test scripts using QTP, Load Runner and Selenium.

Proficient in developing Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test cases, and Test data.

Extensive experience in System Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing,

Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, GUI Testing and User Acceptance Testing.

Proficient in Back-End testing of batch processes that includes writing SQL queries for

testing data integrity and validating business rules.

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Consistent delivery of projects on time with expected level of quality and functionality.

Manage the teams that include graphic designers, developers, QAs .

Identify and resolve the issues and conflicts within the project team.

Conduct UAT demos at client’s site and resolve ON-SITE issues.

Define functional requirements; conduct gap analysis, feasibility analysis with software

and hardware selections, and performance and tra nsaction analyses.

Preparation, execution and monitoring of project plan.

Perform Risk Analysis.

Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.

Also developed regression test suites and performed performance testing. Led the team of

Automated test engineers.

Coordination with Project Director on various development, support and UAT issues.

Performance Appraisal and Evaluation of assigned resources .

Evaluation and interviewing of potential candidates during recruitment process.

Projects At Systems:

LIFE PORTAL:

It’s a SharePoint portal that facilitates clients in the business processes of

Finance, HR and other departments.

FREEMAN ONLINE:

It’s an ecommerce application that facilitates Event Management, Show setup,

product categories, placing the order and other accessories required in show setup.

FREEMAN ONLINE MOBILE SITE:

It’s a mobile site that facilitates Event Management, Show setup, product

categories, placing the order and other accessories required in show setup.

EASYPATH:

It’s an application that facilitates clients for the payment process ing of the

transactions taking place at merchants’ site.

RAISING SOCIAL:

It’s a public funds raising website ;(www.raisingsocial.org).

CERTUS:

It’s a product that focuses on mortgage industry and calculates recording fees for

the documents of property.

SERVICE LINK:

It’s an application that focuses on mortgage industry and deals with the Order

Creation for appraisal, title, closing and other lines for a property being mortgaged.

VISI-TITLE:

It’s an application that focuses on mortgage industry and deals with the Title

order processing.

CACTIS RECORDING FEE:

It’s an application that focuses on mortgage industry and calculates recording

fees for the documents of property.

INDYMAC VISIREPURCHASE:

It’s an application that focuses on mortgage industry and deals with the

repurchase of loans.

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SIMPLY WIRELESS WEBSITE (SUCCESSFULLY APPRAISED AT CMMI LEVEL III):

It’s an ecommerce application that deals with selling of mobile phones, plans and

other accessories. Customer can shop and place orders of Phones.

BACK IN THE BLACK:

Back In The Black manages the problem loan process throug h claims filing,

eliminating costly gaps in the problem loan management process through workout -specific

calculators.

PHH - SPECIAL LOAN AUTOMATION SYSTEM:

It’s an application that focuses on mortgage industry and deals with the removal

of PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) amount of the loans that satisfies the criteria of removal.

PHH - AGENCY RECONCILIATION SYSTEM:

It’s an application that focuses on mortgage industry and deals with reconciliation

of investors by resolving cumulative differences of loans.

PHH – GENERAL LEDGER RECONCILIATION SYSTEM:

It’s an application that focuses on mortgage industry and deals with reconciliation of

accounts.

PHH - INVESTOR WIRING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:

It’s an ecommerce application that focuses on mortgage industry and deals with

management of wires from Processing to Approval of an investor wire.

STRATEGEZ INC.

Duration: January 2005 – September 2005

Role: Business Analyst/Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

Define functional requirements; conduct gap analysis, feasibility analysis with software

and hardware selections, and performance and transaction analyses.

Plan, Organize, Lead and Control the activities of the QA members in the project.

Preparation, execution and monitoring of test plan and specification.

Coordinate among cross-functional internal teams.

Preparation of User Manual, Test Cases, SQA Plan.

Analysis/Design of screens for the prototype version.

Managing bug life cycle of the systems.

Communication with the Team Lead / Client to discuss project issues.

Preparation of RDR (Requirement Definition Report).

Conducted Gap Analyses of the applications.

Projects At Strategez Inc.:

BIOMATERIAL TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - PFIZER:

It’s a web-based application that focuses on the Sample Banking Operations of

USA’s largest pharmaceutical company. It is to automate the Sample Bank’s operations from

sample acquisition to the release of the samples to the Investigators.

BIOMATERIAL TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - CRIMSON:

It’s a web-based application that focuses on the Sample Banking Operations of a

Hospital, a member of Partners Health Care at USA. It is to automate the Sample Ban k’s

operations from sample acquisition to the release of the samples to the Investigators.

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IWAYS PRIVATE LIMITED (January 2004 – January 2005)

Duration: January 2004 – December 2004

Role: Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

Preparation, execution and monitoring of test plan and specification

Preparation of User Manual, Test Cases, Test Plan, SQA Plan

Managing bug life cycle of the systems.

Communication with the Team Lead / Client to discuss project issues.

Projects At Iways Private Limited:

BIOMATERIAL TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BTM) AUSTIN:

It’s a web-based application designed to streamline tissue banking operations. It

allows for tissue tracking, clinical, demographical and process information management, and

tissue ordering.

BIOMATERIAL TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BTM) AZ:

It’s a web-based application that focuses on the AstraZeneca Sample Banking

Services (SBS). It is to automate the Sample Bank’s operations from sample acquisition to the

release of the samples at AstraZeneca.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ASP.Net, ASP 3.0, VBScript, Java Script, HTML,

C/C++, SQL, UML, Visual Basic, Java,

Skills Languages/Technologies

SharePoint 2010, K2 Black Pearl

Summary

Application Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Front Page, ASP

Development Tools Editor

CASE/Modeling Tools Visio, Axure 6.5

Databases SQL Server 2008 R2, ORACLE 9i, MS Access

Test Automation Tools Test Director, Test Track Pro, Load Runner 9.1,

Quick Test Professional 10.0, Microsoft Load

Test 2010, JIRA, Selenium, Quality Centre

Source Control Software Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, SVN, TFS

Management Tools MS Project 2010

Operating Systems Windows 7.0, Windows XP/2003/2000/ME,

Windows 98, Windows NT

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Recognized by Systems Limited with Outstanding Performance Award for Stat

Product’s Performance Testing 2011.

Recognized by Systems Limited with Outstanding Performance Award for PHH and

Service Link Projects 2010.

Recognized by Systems Limited with Exceptional Team Award for JP Morgan Chase

Project 2008.

Recognized by Systems Limited with Exceptional Team Award for VRP Dot Net Project

in 2008.

Participated as QA Lead in Class-A Appraisal (SCAMPI) for SWW project, and Systems

Limited was successfully appraised by external Lead Appraiser for CMMI Level III in

2007.

Among few employees nominated for Leadership and Motivation training held in April

2007.

Trained a number of other resources who became valuable assets for the company.

REFERENCES:

Will be furnished upon request.

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