Pradeep Benjamin
Connecticut, MA
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Summary of Skills
. Excellent Learning Skills on Future Technologies and result oriented
person with excellent leadership skills.
. Can execute Soft Skills in any business communication through multiple
means of communication at all levels of an organization.
. Have trained, nurtured and developed highly successful teams in
automation and testing lifecycles within short timelines.
. Extremely efficient in HP Quick Test Professional 11, 11.5, HP Unified
Functional Testing 12.01 and HP Quality Center 11.
. Well versed and skilled in performing the proof of concept to identify
the Test Automation Scope for any Applications.
. Proficient in Software Testing Lifecycle, such as Test cases, and
Maintenance through bug fixes and patch releases, etc.
Technical Qualifications
Scripting Languages Vb Script
Operating Systems MS Windows XP/Windows 7
Testing Tools HP Unified Functional Testing 12.01
HP Quick Test Professional 11/11.5
HP Quality Center 10/11
Certification HP Accredited Integration Specialist Databases
Oracle, SQL, MS-Access.
Methodology Agile, Waterfall
Domain Experience Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, Banking
Work Experience
United Technologies Corporation
07/2014 -Current Test Automation Lead
Farmington, CT
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) is a multinational conglomerate and a
global leader in the aerospace and commercial building industries. It is
ranked among the world's most respected and innovative companies. The scope
of this project was to develop and execute out automation regression
testing for mission Applications like Finance, Taxation, E-business, and
Compliance for identifying pre-production issues for providing stable
applications to their end users for achieving un-interrupted service. This
would also help in reducing mean time to resolution and achieving high
customer satisfaction.
. Carrying out Test Automation Feasibility and Execute Proof of Concept
of the application and its test scenarios.
o Understand the Overview of the Applications and check application
objects are identified by the HP QuickTest Professional Tool to
proceed on with the Automation. The complex regression test cases are
identified and the automation scripts are developed using the HP Quick
Test Professional to confirm on the Automation scope for the
respective applications.
. Design and Develop Test Automation Framework and Test Scripts for the
Identified Regression Test Cases.
o Based on the Functionality of the Application the Data Driven Test
Automation Framework are designed and the Automation Test Scripts are
developed for the respective Applications.
. Customizing and verifying automation scripts to incorporate the
application changes
o The developed automation test scripts are updated based on the
functional changes incurred in the applications for each release.
. Execution of Automated scripts in HP Quality Center for identifying
critical bottlenecks.
o The developed Automation scripts are integrated and executed in the HP
Quality Center and the defects are logged.
. Demo to the Customers on Automated Suite developed for the respective
Applications.
o Demos are shown to the customers on the developed automated test suite
and receive the signoff.
Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7, HP Quick Test Professional 11, HP Unified Functional
Testing 12.01, HP Quality Center 11, Vb Scripting.
Achievements:
. 100% Customer Satisfaction Index was rewarded for the first time with
respect to the Quality of the Automation implemented.
. Received multiple customer appreciations by executing and delivering high
quality Automation Test Scripts for the UTC applications such as CCRS,
eCAR, eSOX, CorpTax.
. Effort spent on Manual Test Execution of the UTC applications was
completed ahead of schedule and yielded above average cost savings.
AC Neilson
11/2011 - 04/2014 Senior Test Automation Engineer
Chennai, India
The Nielsen Company, which is a Global Market research company that offers
an integrated suite of market information gathered from a wide range of
sources and using advanced information management tools, sophisticated
analytical systems and methodologies, and dedicated professional clients.
Nielsen will gather raw data and will analyze market dynamic and will offer
market solution to its clients.
. Perform Test Automation Feasibility of the Application.
o Understand the Overview of the Applications and check application
objects are identified by the HP QuickTest Professional Tool to
proceed on with the Automation.
. Analyse the test cases that are feasible for automation
o Once the System Test cases are pooled into the Regression suite the
feasible test cases are identified and picked for the Automation
Script development.
. Development and Maintenance of automation test scripts using Quick
Test Pro for Regression Testing.
o The Identified Test cases are developed using HP Quick Test
Professional and Customization is done based on the changes incurred
in the Application for every release.
. Execution of Automated scripts in the HP Quality Centre
o The developed Automation scripts are integrated and executed in the HP
Quality Center and the defects are logged.
. Preparation of Test Automation Estimation for Future Projects.
o The Automation Estimation are carried out for future Projects based
on the Manual effort and the testing cycles of the project.
Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7XP/Vista,HP Quick Test Professional 11/11.5, HP Quality
Center 10,DB Visualizer 6.0.9,Vb Scripting, SQL Queries, Unix Commands.
Achievements:
. Awarded "Star of the Month" for delivering high quality on automated
scripts with in project timelines.
. "On the Spot" award for automating projects like NTS Keeping Trac and
Sigma initiated by the Customer.
. Successfully implemented 24/7 Automation Test execution of 800+ Test
Cases for AVOL project which achieved higher cost savings than expected.
Computer Sciences Corporation India Pvt. Ltd
03/2010 - 11/2011 Associate Test Engineer
Chennai, India
Testing Center of Excellence (R&D) in CSC India used to leverage testing
knowledge, technology, methodology and resources across suitable
engagements. Maintained the deliverables as they are created and provide
them as a framework and samples for future efforts. This process will
increase the efficiency of the testing effort as reusable components grow.
. Actively involved in the Development of Test Harness Tool for PeopleSoft
Accelerators.(HP QTP Powered)
o For the HRMS module in People Soft Accelerators the requirements
were gathered and the tool was developed by HP Quick Test
Professional to carry out the Automation Testing for the Functional
Testers without developing any code.
. Actively involved in the Development of Automation Scripts for SAP
Accelerators.
o Designed Test Automation Framework and Developed Automation Scripts
for the SAP applications using SAP Add in integration with the HP
Quick TestProfessional11.
. Involved in Proof of concept (POC) activities and various presentations
to clients.
o Involved in Identifying the Test Automation Scope by understanding
the requirements and developing the Automation Scripts for the
applications with providing presentations to the clients.
. Involved on various testing tool evaluation and report documentation.
o Evaluated various testing tools like IBM RFT, Flex Monkey and Sahi
and provided reports in order to identify the perfect fit on
implementing the tool to carryout testing for the projects as per
the requirement.
Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP,HP Quick Test Professional 11, HP Quality Center
10,XML,HTML, Vb Scripting, SQL Queries.
Achievements:
. Successfully developed Test Harness Tool for PeopleSoft Accelerators
using Quick test Professional 11 which was implemented across 2 projects.
07/2008 -03/2010 Project Trainee
Chennai, India
Worked in Computer Sciences Corporation for the projects Washington Mutual
Client USA and General Motors, USA to execute the Functional and Automated
Regression Suite.
. Requirement analysis
o Understand the requirement by reading the SRS document provided by
the Business Analyst and also through the Test Plan provided by the
Test Lead.
. Test case creation and execution.
o Create the Functional Test Cases by referring the SRS and execute
the test cases in HP Quality Center as a part of System and
Regression Testing.
. Co-ordination with Functional Consultants to get the Knowledge about the
scenarios for QTP Scripting
o Develop QTP scripts for the Test Scenarios by understanding how the
manual testing has been carried out by the Functional Consultant.
. Defect Tracking and Status Reporting.
o Track the defects which are logged in HP Quality Center by
retesting the defect fix in various Testing Cycles and provide
status reports on each testing carried out,.
. Coordinated and tracked test execution for Regression Integration
testing.
o Provide the Test Automation Summary reports on the Regression
Testing executed for various Testing Cycles.
Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP,HP Quick Test Professional 11, HP Quality Center
10,XML,HTML, Vb Scripting, SQL Queries,
Achievements:
. Successfully completed and deployed a project that included quality
testing and was rewarded additional compensation for a job well done.
Education
Karunya University Master of Computer Applications
(MCA) Graduated 2007
VLB Janakiammal College Bachelors of Computer
Technology (Bsc CT) Graduated 2004
of Engineering & Technology
Additional Skills
Languages
. English (Fluent - Writing & Speaking)
. Tamil (Fluent - Writing & Speaking)