CHETHAN GOWDA CSM®, CSPO® ) : +1-408-***-****

TEST MANAGER * : ad1gj3@r.postjobfree.com

+ : Novi, MI, USA

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Jira, Confluence, HP ALM, Tosca, Postman, Power BI, QTP, Agile, Rational Clear Case and Clear Quest, Telelogic, Wireshark, Aeropeek;

C, SQL, XML, Vector CANanalyser \ CANoe, MKS / PTC source integrity, MS-Project, MS- Access, Oracle, Microsoft Visio 2000, Power

Point, MS Outlook, IBM Lotus notes, Excel, HTML, XML, Fanfare, Cantata++v3.1, Bugzilla, Rational Team, Concert, Doors Next Generation,

SharePoint, WMS, HCS, ERP, Inventory Management, Test Fairy, Android Studio, BOND, Radial, MS Teams

CERTIFICATION

Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)

Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Accenture, Software QA Manager, June 2022 – Present

•Building of new team of 10 QA analysts by reviewing resumes, interviewing and decision making in hiring.

•Oversaw all test events and deliverables (estimates, test Strategy, test plan, test cases, sign-off and test closure report) from Test resources (Onshore/offshore). Providing estimates, resources plans based on the business requirement document.

•Lead testing many feature enhancements along with supporting of several clients in maintenance. Along with regular testing efforts following are some of the many projects I was involved in.

•Preparation of resources planning, Master Test Plan and Signoffs.

•Day to day task management by conducting daily standup meetings and regular project status to client.

•Application knowledge transfer from SMEs and Business mangers for the preparation of Test Cases and Scenarios.

•Interacted with developers on daily basis for requirement analysis and gathering, design review, testing, bug review and documentation for application developed in agile process with frequent changing requirements and feature sets.

•Participated on daily standup call, sprint planning and retrospective meeting and communication the related to QA. Provided QA Status by highlighting the risks, issues, concerns and delays.

•Designed and executed TCs using Black box for Web based and Mobile App on QA, Pre-production and production environment. Performed the testing of API using Postman tool.

•Using test management tools - HP ALM and test orchestration tools (e.g. Jenkins, Git CI/CD).

•Performed integrations testing after each story completion identifying all the integration points.

•Participation In Project Stakeholder meetings and also team lead meetings for issue resolutions and upgrading the knowledge base with innovative discussions on new test methodologies and procedures.

•Facilitating defect triage meeting and informing to senior management of risks / issues discovered while testing

•Bug Reporting & Tracking, Validation, creating Dashboard using HP ALM and JIRA

•Training of new Team on the QA Tools, Process and existing application architecture

Environment: Android Studio, Test Fairy, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Azure, Jenkins, Github, HP ALM, Charles Proxy, Perimeter X, BOND,

Radial tool, Android, IOS, Sauce labs tool, Android and IOS device, Agile Methodology, Java Sript, XML, Python,C3, SAP CAR,

Salesforce Application, Control M jobs tool,, Java

Wipro Technology, Test Manager, Sept 2019 – May 2022

Lead teams and facilitate the communication and interaction amongst the functional representatives; develop cross functional teams to assure proper engineering discipline representation on a task.

Perform requirements analysis and allocations.

Identify roadblocks and bottlenecks to project execution and determine a course of action to eliminate or avoid them; develop and implement recovery plans for off schedule and unanticipated events.

Communicate with the Engineering resources to ensure that specific tasks assigned to them are progressing at the required completion rate.

Escalate engineering issues to the appropriate level of management for which the engineering team cannot reach consensus.

Conduct project reviews as required; present detailed plan status to senior management as required.

Representing project execution issues in stakeholder or customer discussions.

Co-coordinating testing processes and standards across multiple and simultaneous projects and departments, for various browsers, countries and mobile devices

Managing the test preparation phases for the production of test effort, resource calculation, test data, test cases, test execution plans, and defect report life cycle flows (it is essential to set up for each project as developers use different life cycles)

Manages technical resources, including planning, estimating, and developing test cases in compliance with the established engineering process

Recommend the selection of and be responsible for the performance management of staff members

Perform detailed root-cause-analysis and work with cross-functional team on improvements or preventative actions

Provide accurate timely status reports, presentations, and technical documentation of defect analysis results

Lead the Defect triaging process.

Environment: Tosca Automation Tool, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Github, Test Rail Test Management tool, Agile Methodology, Java Sript, XML,

Python, Salesforce Application

TEST MANAGER, HELLA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, NORTHVILLE MI, FEB 2018 to SEPT 2019

Overall Accountability and responsibility for the success of the test effort for medium or complex projects, including Master Test Planning (Test Strategy) doc, Test Report and Test Schedule.

Developed comprehensive project Plan of Action and Milestones schedules based on customer's overall project schedule

Managed Risks and Issues across multiple projects, escalated dependencies that require attention.

Managed global technical resources, including planning, estimating, and developing test cases in compliance with the established engineering process

Selected project testing standards for all phases, influencing all parties, i.e. project managers, to conform to those standards and manage the customer relationship with respect to all testing matters

Enhancing test quality and effectiveness by working with the Development and Program Management to prevent problems and ensure that products can be tested effectively. It is strongly recommended that the TM ensures Defect Management life cycle adherence and preparation of “fix packages” to development as it allows the TM to have some form of control over development

Responsible for managing schedules, tasks, risks and resources by utilizing LoP, MS Projects, GMT tool and MKS PTC Integrity tool.

Managed program cost, schedule, quality, performance, reports, processes and subcontract activities. Employed metrics, risk management and project management methodologies to ensure successful execution

Provided upper management with weekly project status updates and estimates, resulting in efficiency increase.

SYSTEM TEST LEAD, VALEO INC, TROY MI, JUNE 2015 to FEB 2018

Understand customer requirements using requirements management tool and familiarize with concepts such as baselining, inheritance etc.

Developed Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Parameters, Test Objectives, and Test Sessions, Test as required to execute SW Black Box, Module, System Integration and System level testing.

Support the specification/requirements phase for defining Hardware in the Loop test systems

Coordinating the build of algorithm validation test equipment & create automated testing methods.

Worked closely with the algorithm, software, hardware, and calibration engineers to understand requirements

Developed Testing Infrastructure to auto-test functional requirements within a real-world environment

Executed testing at bench level and In Vehicle testing as required

Logged potential software defects into issue tracking tool and created test reports for all test activities performed.

TEST LEAD, WIPRO INC, PEACHTREE CITY GA, JULY 2014 TO JUNE 2015

Analyze assignments and determine engineering specifications which must be fulfilled for complex problems or projects of moderate scope.

First point of contact for OEM, supporting test drives, application topics, prepare technical presentations for customer.

Performed traceability of test cases against requirements in DOORS and Execution.

Documented the development, and support effort, according to customer and department requirements.

Supported the customer in testing components on the bench and the vehicle

TEST LEAD, KPIT TECHNOLOGIES, COLUMBUS IN, FEB 2013 to JULY 2014

Created test bench configurations to enable users to program and executed test cases in both open and closed looped environment, developed and maintained reusable base configurations.

Designed and implemented test scripts, and architecture for test automation on NI Veristand HIL Simulator.

Created an interface with Labview and NI Teststand for providing the inputs for the Simulink Models.

SR. SYSTEM TEST ENGINEER, CATERPILLAR, PEORIA IL, NOV 2011 to JAN 2013

PROGRAMMER ANALYST, INFOYOGI LLC, SEPT 2008 to NOV 2011

EDUCATION: BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING in TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING. Bangalore University, INDIA

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