Mahananda Wanjari
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Objective:
Seeking a challenging and bright future in the field of Quality Assurance
Summary:
* Four plus years of experience in Software Testing and Development. Two Plus years in Project Management
* Experience with Testing Methodologies and processes for Quality Assurance Control (QAC).
* Experience in different Testing Phases like Functional, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance, System, Data Validation, Security, Load and Stress Testing
* Experience in Microsoft internal technologies like WTT,Product Studio and TFS
* Experience in creating test plans, writing & executing test cases, preparing test logs, maintaining test scripts
* Knowledge in SQL querying to test database applications with MS SQL-Server 2008
* Worked on full Software Development Life Cycles
* Experience in Localization and Globalization testing.
* Hands on experience in testing Mobile devices and cross browser compatibility
* Strong Problem solving and analytical skills
* Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
Technical Skills
Operating Systems
Windows (All versions)
Programming Languages
C#, SQL
Data Bases
MS-SQL Server, MS Access
Front End tools
Visual C#,XML,XSLT
MS Office Suite
MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint
Documentation Tools
MSOffice
Testing Tools
Selenium (for web testing), Coded UI, Unit Test Framework, QTP, Microsoft Test Manager, Team Foundation Server, Product Studio, Arcturus
Other Software Packages
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw
July’13- Present
Employer : Insight Global
Client : Microsoft Corporation
Project : Windows Phone Test and Operations
Role : SDET/Vendor Test lead
Project Description:
The Windows Phone App Compat team is responsible for making sure that all third party apps work on the daily builds of Windows Phone
Responsibilities:
* Reviewing, updating and running Test Cases as per requirement for different releases.
* Installing Phone OS
* Executed daily end-to-end testing on the Windows Phone
* Responsible for daily App Compatibility testing for 3rd party applications
* Identified and investigated possible product code regressions
* Responsible for reporting the test results and summaries in a timely manner
* Collecting crash dumps using PowerShell scripting
* Involved in the user acceptance testing to make sure that the application should work according to the client requirements
* Used Windows Debugger and PowerShell for capturing call stacks and logs to expedite bug triage
* Executed and updated scripts for automated and manual test passes
* Coordinating between different teams to get bug fixes.
* Assigning tasks and creating test plans for team
* Interacting with different feature teams to prioritize the testing on the feature
* Creating data analysis reports
* Cross training teams for app compatibility testing.
March ’13-July’13
Employer : Chinasoft International
Client : Microsoft Corporation
Project : Information Platform & Experience Test Services/Bing
Role : STE/SDET
Project Description:
The IPE Test services team is responsible for testing Bing apps. They do end to end testing from the design phase and also conduct user acceptance testing. The apps are tested on various platforms including Windows 8, Windows Phone, Android tablets, Android phones and IOS and I phone.
Responsibilities:
* Reviewing, updating and running Test Cases as per requirement for different releases.
* Involved in end-to-end testing of the Mobile Applications
* Involved in testing apps on Tablets and various configurations
* Involved in Gap Analysis Testing, Sanity/Smoke testing, Integration testing, Porting Testing, Localization Testing, Branding Testing, Regression Testing
* Conducted Cross Platform and Cross browser testing
* Bugs reporting on TFS & updating the status of the bugs.
* Provide testing Status Reports.
* Involved in the user acceptance testing to make sure that the application should work according to the client requirements.
* Played an active participant role in testing of the sync related applications to identify more defects.
* Involved in scenario testing for various apps.
April ’12-March ‘13
Employer : VMC Corporation
Client : Microsoft Corporation
Project : Windows International Test Role : STE/SDET
Project Description:
Windows International team at Microsoft is responsible for localization of Windows in all the supported languages in the world. The test team plays a major role in ensuring Product adherence to specifications from the Localization, Globalization and Marketization perspective.
Responsibilities:
* Use Arcturus (Microsoft Internal tool) extensively to compare UI captures from localized UI with English UI in Windows 8
* Log bugs using Product Studio
* Test UI for its functionality on EN-US and non EN-US locales
* Deploy Windows 8 builds to test environments for regression testing and full test passes. Debug and fix deployment scripts.
* Do localization testing for UI on over hundred languages
* Do Regression testing on new Windows 8 builds
* Manage test environments and schedules using WTT
* Conduct Regression testing after the bugs are fixed by the development team
* Identify bugs and interact with dev leads and individual developers to resolve the bugs
Aug ’10-April ‘12
Projects on u-test
U-test is an online testing community. uTest offers functional, usability and load & performance testing for web, mobile and desktop software applications.
* Involved in doing Functional Exploratory testing for various websites.
* Beta testing on various websites
* Writing test cases for various web applications
* Filing functional and performance bugs. Some of the bugs were considered outstanding.
* Regressing bugs and ensuring that they are fixed by the developers
June ‘07 -January ‘09
Employer : Freiheit and Ho Architects
Project : Various Retail projects
Role : Project Architect/ Architectural Designer
Project Description:
Freiheit and Ho architects are one of the premier architects firm and works on various projects from start to finish.
Responsibilities:
* Led and developed full scale project plans and executions.
* Responsible for more than one cross-company project at a time.
* Defined the project scope of work, financial plan, its goals and delivery – Managed all aspects of the project business plan and budget.
* Managed the operational, financial and technological aspects of projects based on time-lines and work plans.
* Identified resources required, assigned responsibilities and coordinated project staff directly and indirectly to ensure successful completion of the project.
* Tracked project deliveries using project management tools.
* Designed project documents to monitor project performance and ease of data retrieval.
* Reported on project progress and communicated relevant information to superiors.
* Tracked and resolved critical issues to minimize project risk factors.
* Communicated extensively with clients, and staff members to establish cordial/effective working relationship.
* Followed up with clients to verify satisfaction.
Oct‘05 -Jun ‘07
Employer : Minecode LLC
Project : Multiple projects
Role : Project Manager
Responsibilities:
* Building strategic and sustainable client relationships
* Account planning and strategy for business growth
* Scoping, design, delivery of a quality product
* Policy & Planning Direct and coordinate Office of Information Services program planning activities, including development of internal policies and procedures, long-range training strategies, strategic workforce planning, and Infrastructure planning.
* Provide direction and coordination of strategic planning and short-range resource planning and forecasting, budget development, and coordination
* Provide analysis of cost management and performance management data.