Management Quality

Pradnyan Bhilare

Email: ***************@*****.*** Cell: 503-***-**** Portland, OR

Experience Summary

I have total 8 years of experience in IT – Software. I am a Quality Assurance Professional experienced in building and managing very high quality software testing teams for product & project testing from definition to delivery. Have hands-on management style with high degree of involvement in the development, testing and frequent technical reviews. Tested several software products, all known for their engineering innovations and elegance of solutions, and delivered on time. Built and managed very competent and highly motivated test engineering teams. Highlights of experience:

Experienced in defining and executing testing plans and leading test engineering teams.

Tested several products through complete lifecycles and multiple releases.

Tested and released several client customizations for customer satisfaction.

Coordinated testing efforts between geographically distributed test engineering teams

Is responsible for defining and implementing QA processes across engineering and professional services in possible framework and project management

Is responsible for driving test automation using Java-Selenium, JAX-RS Client and continuous integration administration efforts in QA organization.

Worked directly with large customers such as Accruent, Marketo, NIKE and Google in QA phase. These were mission critical deployments handling several million dollars in revenue per week.

Hands-on experience in enterprise software and SaaS testing in several areas including Java, C#, ASP.NET, most of databases.

Technical Summary

•8 years of diversified experience in Quality Assurance testing

•Experience in Black box and White box testing

•Experience of i18n testing for web applications

•Experience in testing and verifying business functionality, database, security standards for different applications in the areas of finance, banking, insurance, multi-level marketing, e-Commerce, workflow and analytics.

•Thorough knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and QA methodologies.

•Proficient in manual and automated testing of applications in Windows (2000/NT/XP/2003/2008/2012) and UNIX (Linux, Mac).

•Strong in analyzing business and business specifications and then develop Test Plans, Use Cases, Test Cases, and its execution

•Experience of using Perforce, CVS, SVN, Git version control systems for maintaining automation source and test cases

•Experience with Rational Clear Quest, JIRA defect management and bug tracking.

•Experience with automation tools like Load Runner, NeoLoad, JMeter for performance testing

•Experience of automating functional and regression tests using open Java, JUnit, TestNG, Selenium, JAX-RS (ReST) Client and Maven

•Familiarity with tools like Acunetix and ZAP of OWASP for application level security testing

•Familiarity with Eclipse and Visual Studio development environments

•Familiarity with jBoss, Apache and Tomcat, TFS

•Coding experience in Java, Javascript, Servlet, XML, JSON, HTML

•Experience in working with database using MS SQL, DB2, Oracle 10g, MySQL and NoSQL.

•Experience of testing and test automating using Firefox, Chrome, Safari and IE Browsers

•Experience of automating test for the iOS and Andriod based devices using Appium

•Experience of administering the continuous integration using CI tools like Jenkins and TeamCity

•Experience in organizing project-release status meetings, code walkthroughs and inspection reviews.

•Organizational skills and fast learner of new tools and technologies.

Technical Knowledge

1. API / Unit Testing : Java, Servlet, JSP, Javascript, Junit, TestNG, XML, JSON, HTML

2. Database Testing : Oracle 10g, DB2, PL/SQL, LDAP, MS SQL

3. GUI Testing : QTP 9.x, Selenium Webdriver, Appium, Watir

4. Performance Testing : LoadRunner 9.x, JMeter 2.x, NeoLoad 4.1

5. Operating System : Windows, UNIX, DOS - Batch and Shell, VMWare

6. Architecture/ : Multi - Tier / OOPS, Web & App Servers, J2EE / EJB

Methodology

7. Domain : Finance, Banking, MLM, Insurance, Web Analytics, Real Estate

8. Type of Testing : Unit, Functional, System, Integration, i18n, Load, Web Testing

9. CM / DT Tools : Perforce, PVCS, CVS, SVN, Quality Center 9.x, ClearQuest, JIRA

10. Project MGMT Tools : MS Project, MS Office (MS Power Point, MS Excel, MS Word)

Education

1977 – 1991 : Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary education from Boards in India

1991 – 1995 : Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from University of Pune, India

1996 - 1999 : Masters of Business Administration (International Business/ Marketing Management/

Computer Management [System Management]) from University of Pune, India

Experience Details Total experience of 8.0 years

1. Employer: Marketo Inc, USA (marketo.com) June 2015 – Till Date

Title: Sr SDET / Role: Sr SDET / Team Size: 15 / Product: MLM, SEO

Description: Marketo Inc is engaged in developing software for marketing automation. I am engaged in developing automated tests and testing of a module: Search Engine Optimization of their product Lead Management.

Responsibilities:

Ensure overall quality and reliability of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) module.

Hands on testing as well as automated testing of SEO using Java, Selenium Webdriver, Selenium Grid, JUnit.

Hands on testing as well as test automation of LM product ReST services using Java, JAX-RS Client.

Hands on testing as well as test automation of integration of LM with social sites like LinkedIn, Google Adwords, Facebook.

Implement sanity and regression test methodologies and automate them using Java based Selenium.

Continuous Integration of Test using Jenkins and Selenium Grid.

Technical Environment: Java, MySQL, Eclipse, SVN, JUnit, Maven, TomCat, IE11, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Web Services, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, SOAPUI, Jenkins, JIRA, ReST, JAX-RS, JSON, Postman

2. Employer: RandStad Technologies LP, USA (randstadusa.com) July 2013 – May 2015

I. Client: Nike Inc, Beaverton, OR, USA (about.nike.com/nike.com) July 2013 – May 2015

Title: Sr. QA Engineer / Role: Lead SDET / Team Size: 15 / Product: nike.com

Description: Nike Inc is engaged in manufacturing and marketing sportswear and accessories. They market their products in the world through retail chain and through world renowned website www.nike.com. I was engaged in developing automated tests and testing of a module: Checkout (Order Capture) of this website.

Responsibilities:

Ensure overall quality and reliability of Checkout module of www.nike.com

Test effort estimation and planning for effective resource management for releases and projects.

Administration of Windows machines for Selenium Grid for QA.

Hands on testing as well as automated testing of www.nike.com using Java, Selenium Webdriver, Selenium Grid, Appium, JUnit and TestNG.

Implement sanity and regression test methodologies and automate them using Java based Selenium.

Continuous Integration of Test using Jenkins.

Generate test metrics during the product releases and release report which authorizes its release.

Organize & train team members in test case/plan development methods; quality and risk management; automation tools, latest technologies etc.

Involve in interview and selection process, mentoring new hires, building a high quality team.

Technical Environment: Java, Oracle 9i/10g, Eclipse, SVN, TestNG, JUnit, Maven, JBoss, IE11, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, ReST Web Services, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, iOS, Android, Jenkins, TeamCity, JIRA

3. Employer: Accruent Inc., USA (accruent.com) April 2008 – June 2013

Title: QA Architect / Role: QA Team Lead / Team Size: 25 / Clients: Payless, T-Mobile, CVS

Description: Accruent is engaged in developing web product Accruent Suite and FAMIS for Retail Companies and Education Universities. The product is comprised of two main modules viz. SLM and Lease Management. Accruent is also having SaaS product Siterra+ for wireless industry and 360Facility for retail.

Responsibilities:

Manage and ensure overall quality and reliability of Accruent Suite, FAMIS and Siterra+, 360Facility

Manage and ensure quality of client deliveries to meet customer satisfaction.

Project estimation and planning for effective resource management.

Administration of Database machines for QA.

Administration of Windows virtual machines – VM creation and imaging for QA.

Hands on testing of products as well as automated testing of regression suit using QTP, Watir, Selenium

Coordinating testing efforts for releases with offshore team

Generate metrics during the product releases and release report which authorizes its release

Organize & train team members in test case/plan development methods; quality and risk management; Automation tools, latest technologies etc

Recruitment, building a high quality team, mentoring, retention and handling their performance appraisals

Handle the hardware & software requirements of the QA team

Load testing of Accruent Suite using LoadRunner and NeoLoad

Version controlling the automated scripts for QTP, Watir and LoadRunner, NeoLoad automation using SVN

Continuous Integration of Build, Deploy and Test using Jenkins and TeamCity

Technical Environment: Java, ASP.NET, Ruby, Oracle 9i/10g, MS SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2010, TFS, Eclipse, SVN, MSTest, JUnit, Ant, Tomcat, IIS7, WinXP, IE9, Web Services, QTP, LoadRunner, NeoLoad4.x, Watir, Selenium WebDriver, MS Project, VMWare, Jenkins, TeamCity, Acunetix, ZAP

4. Employer: S. G. Technologies Inc., USA (sgtechinc.com) September 2007 – March 2008

I. Client: Google Inc, Mountain View, CA, USA (google.com/google.org) September 2007 – March 2008

Title: Lead Test Automation Engineer / Role: same as title / Team Size: 3 / Product: Google Analytics

Description: Google Analytics is a web analytics product of Google Inc, having clients in all parts of world. The GA is internationalized in 23 different languages.

Responsibilities:

In the forefront for designing test automation for product Google Analytics and Dashboard (www.google.com/analytics/home)

Ensure overall quality and reliability of Google Analytics releases

Develop, manage and ensure quality of test bed and test automation for each release of Google Analytics.

Analyze the feature functionality for release and documenting test plans and test cases

Hands on i18n functional testing and regression testing and its automation using Selenium, jmeter

Technical Environment: Java, Javascript, HTML, Bigtable, Linux, Mac, WinXP, IE, Firefox, Mozilla, Safari, Wiki, Perforce, Testscribe, Buganizer, Selenium, JMeter, AJAX, VMWare

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