Manish Datta Salvi

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota

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SUMMARY

Performance driven IT professional with an experience of 12 years in Agile ways of working as Scrum Master/QA Lead working with cross functional teams. Looking for challenging assignments across the industry

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Total 12 years of IT experience in different domains like Healthcare, E- Commerce, eLearning, Banking, Finance, Petro marketing, Shipping Operations, Public Safety, Asset & Wealth Management etc.

Proficient in Requirement Gathering and documenting with a strong knowledge in SDLC using waterfall and Agile/Scrum

Expertise in Documenting artifacts such as Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Requirements Document (FRD), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Systems Requirement Specification (SRS) and Request for Change (RFC).

8+ Scrum Master/Project Management, 12+ Testing as QA and QA Lead (Manual and Automation)

Facilitating all scrum events like Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective and documenting lessons learnt which helped in identifying the defects/issues technical dept and resolving the same in future sprint well in advance.

Experience maintaining Scrum Artifacts like Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, burn down charts and Burnup chart, Release Burn down/ Burn up.

Helping the team improve their scrum practice to increase their effectiveness.

Helping team in self-management and cross functionality.

Good in conflict resolution which helped team and client to balance interests.

Good at removing impediments due to technical and business knowledge I have, which helped team focus on deliverables.

Helping product owner to improve the transparency and effectiveness of the product backlog.

Helping with the creation of effective product and sprint goals and product Vision with PO

Ensuring the use of Agile Values, Principles, Scrum values & Empirical processes to improve collaboration and value delivery

Teaching, Coaching, mentoring, building Agile mindset in individuals and teams based on situation.

Making sure that team is protected from external interfaces which created confidence and resulted in improving the velocity of the team every sprint by 5%.

Good experience in coordinating with multiple clients and multiple scrum teams at the same time with different domains at both Onshore & Off-Shore.

Strong experience in communicating with Product Owners, Stake holders, share daily status to client, attend daily calls with them, Giving Demo to stake holder.

Excellent stage and presentation skills to impress and gather requirements by bringing new ideas on the table via conducting board meetings and possess Leadership skills (scope, schedule, resourcing and financials).

Strong exposure in web based & desktop application testing.

Strong experience in setting up Test Management Process.

Well versed in Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing. Regression Testing, GUI Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Excellent Communication, Problem-Solving, Critical Thinking, Conflict Resolution, Facilitation and Documentation skills.

Good experience in release management and release documentation like IQ/OQ

Co-ordinate with release mangers and sometime acted as Release managers.

Keeping track of production defects/issue using different Change Request tools.

Supported in building and deploying code in different environments for helping Developers and tester.

Always available in war rooms with team and worked together for resolving the issues/defects

TECHNICAL FORTE:

Automation Testing Tools and Framework

Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, POM, Data Driven, BDD, Junit, Cucumber

IDE & DB Tools

Eclipse, Microsoft SQL Management Studio, SQL Developer, Oracle, SQL Server

API Testing Tools/Methodology

SOAP UI, Rest Assured, Postman

Programming Languages

Java, C,C++,HTML, XML, Json

Test Management Tools

HP ALM/QC, JIRA, Zephyr Scale, TFS, Bugzilla, Confluence, Azure DevOps, QA Complete

Version Control

GitHub

Build Generation Tools

Chef, Rundek, Ansible

Build Tools

Jenkins, Maven

Framework

Agile, Scrum, SDLC, Waterfall, STLC, Kanban, Lean, SAFe

Scrum Master

Scrum, Agile Frameworks, Sprint Planning, Backlog Management, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Scrum, User Story Writing, Team Collaboration, Continuous Improvement, Team Facilitation, Conflict Resolution, Stakeholder Communication, Agile Metrics, Servant Leadership, Agile Mindset, Agile Process, Coaching, Agile Transformation, Stake Holder Management, Continuous Improvement, Agile Principle, Sprint Cycle, Scrum of scrum meetings, Project Management

Test Lead

Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Retesting, Performance Testing, Compatibility Testing, Integration Testing, Database Testing, Defect Reporting & Tracking, Test Planning, Test Execution, Test Strategies & RTM preparation, STLC, SDLC

Domain

Healthcare, Banking & Finance, Foreign Exchange, Public Safety, Oil & Gas, Education, Insurance, Asset and Wealth Management

CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Diploma in Manual Testing from SPEARTECH SOLUTIONS Ltd.

ISTQB Foundation certified

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) From Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) From Scrum Alliance

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

NEC Software Solutions Pvt.Ltd. (Jan - 2021 To Till Date)

Project Details:

Title: XD,Xweb,Routing

Role: Scrum Master + QA Lead

Team Size: 14 Members

Synopsis: This application is use by Police force to track the resources like Car, Ambulance etc. Also based on the input provided from the police the data is use for analysis to check where burglary happens or other suspicious activity happened into a particular region

Roles & Responsibilities:

Involved in creating User Stories in Jira with BA

Led and supported cross-functional collaboration among Scrum Team, Product Owner, and stakeholders, resulting in a 30% improvement in product quality and customer satisfaction scores

Developed and delivered customized Agile and Scrum workshops for cross-functional teams, resulting in a 30% improvement in project collaboration. Implemented Agile and Scrum methodologies across the organization. Led the Agile transformation initiative, coaching teams on Agile best practices

Drove Scrum events, leveraging agile methodologies to deliver projects on schedule and within budget; orchestrated sprint planning, backlog refinement, and daily stand-ups, resulting in a 20% reduction in project delays and improved resource allocation

Implemented agile project management framework, fostering cross-functional collaboration to identify and address obstacles that hinder progress

Identified and mitigated key sources of interruptions and distractions through the implementation of tools and processes, increased team focus and productivity

Implemented a continuous improvement framework across cross-functional teams, resulting in a reduction in production cycle time and increase in on-time delivery, leading to improved customer experience and increased market share

Developed and implemented a self-organization program that empowered team members to make informed decisions, resulting in a reduction in escalations and increase in customer satisfaction

Developed and maintained a centralized knowledge base, reducing onboarding time for new team members and improving overall information accessibility and transparency

Implemented comprehensive Agile metrics tracking system, analyzing project data and delivering monthly reports to stakeholders, resulting in increase in team efficiency and reduction in project delays

Executed proactive risk management strategies, identifying and mitigating potential project risks, resulting in a 20% reduction in costly delays and a 15% increase in on-time project completions

Implemented a proactive stakeholder communication strategy, utilizing project management software and regular email updates; maintained stakeholder engagement and satisfaction levels

Facilitated conflict resolution sessions, utilizing active listening and negotiation techniques to address team disputes and enhance productivity; successfully resolved conflicts with external stakeholders, mitigating risks and ensuring client satisfaction

Implemented Agile project management tools, resulting in a 30% increase in team efficiency and a 20% reduction in project turnaround time

Designing, Developing and Executing Test cases to validate the functionality of the application.

Responsible for entire Quality delivery of the product

Preparing Test Data and Test Script against Functional Specification.

Defect tracking and reporting to respective developer.

Provide support during release phase and be attentive

Individual contributor for own & team member task

Monitor & track QA activity processes for assigned sprint

Give demo to client/stakeholder

Leading the entire testing activity for team and accountable for same

Conduct RCA for the sprint with entire development team

Participate in Sprint Retrospective and suggest improvements if anything

Lead the entire sprint & product release

BirlasoftPvt.Ltd. (Jan - 2019 To Dec - 2020)

Project Details:

Title: FPG(Forward Price Generation)

Role: Scrum Master + Test Lead

Team Size: 12 Members

Synopsis : This is the web application developed in .net platform with SQL server as backend for generation of Crude Price report. Inputs for generating report is getting from different sources. This application is developed to generate report by performing calculation

Roles & Responsibilities:

Created Kick-off, BRD, PMP, Daily Status, Weekly Status, Estimation, Activity List, Assumption log, RACI matrix, etc.

Involved in creating User Stories in Jira with BA

Facilitating various ceremonies of Agile as Scrum Master (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective)

Helping team in self-management and cross functionality

Helping product owner to improve the transparency and effectiveness of the product backlog

Analyzing business requirements documents and functional specs.

Worked in a cross-functional Agile team in the successful delivery of multiple software projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.

Facilitated effective communication between development teams, product owners, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project goals.

Guided teams in breaking down complex tasks into manageable user stories and tasks, enhancing sprint planning accuracy.

Assisted in the adoption of Agile best practices, including test-driven development (TDD) and continuous integration (CI/CD).

Participated in various meetings to discuss Enhancement and Modification Requests.

Designing, Developing and Executing Test cases to validate the functionality of the application.

Updating the test case as per the review comments.

Database & ETL Testing using SQL.

Responsible for entire Quality delivery of the product

Preparing Test Data and Test Script against Functional Specification.

Defect tracking and reporting to respective developer.

Presenting Test results to Client through meeting, to get approval on it.

Provide support during release phase and be attentive

Individual contributor for own & team member task

Monitor & track QA activity processes

Project Details:

Title: ISOM (Integrated Supply Operation & Management)

Modules & Functionalities: Shipping Operation Management for Crude & Oil

Role: Scrum Master cum Test Lead

Team Size: 4 Members

Roles & Responsibilities:

Communicate with BA and stake holder on daily basis. Update regarding project status

Contribute in giving estimation in an agile framework

Facilitating various ceremonies of Agile as Scrum Master (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective)

Designing of test Scenarios & Test Cases for Smoke, System Integration & Regression testing as per the scope

Execution of the test cases and detail testing of the application

Log the defect and keep a track with dev team to get it resolve as per the priority defined by using Bugzilla tool

Defect reporting, Defect Tracking till closure

Responsible for entire Quality delivery of the product

Setup of different environments and track status of each environment

Document issues and discuss during daily meetings

Provide support during release phase and be attentive

Individual contributor for own & team member task

Monitor & track QA activity processes

Assign task to the team member on a daily basis

Project Details: (Jan - 2019 To Sep - 2019)

Title: CSCL(Commercial Supply Chain Limited)

Modules &Functionalities: LOS (Loan Originating System) & LMS (Loan Management System), Banking

Role: Test Lead

Team Size: 4 Members

Roles & Responsibilities:

Communicate with BA and stake holder on daily basis. Update regarding project status

Contribute in giving estimation in an agile framework

Designing of test Scenarios & Test Cases for Smoke, System Integration & Regression testing as per the scope

Execution of the test cases and detail testing of the application

Log the defect and keep a track with dev team to get it resolve as per the priority defined by using Bugzilla tool

Defect reporting, Defect Tracking till closure

Responsible for entire Quality delivery of the product

Setup of different environments and track status of each environment

Document issues and discuss during daily meetings

Provide support during release phase and be attentive

Individual contributor for own & team member task

Monitor & track QA activity processes

Assign task to the team member on a daily basis

Project Details: (Jan - 2019 To Dec-2020)

Title: AWM (Asset & Wealth Management)

Modules &Functionalities: Asset Management and Wealth Management

Roles & Responsibilities:

Communicate with BA and stake holder on daily basis. Update regarding project status

Contribute in giving estimation in an agile framework

Designing of test Scenarios & Test Cases for Smoke, System Integration & Regression testing as per the scope

Execution of the test cases and detail testing of the application

Log the defect and keep a track with dev team to get it resolve as per the priority defined by using Bugzilla tool

Defect reporting, Defect Tracking till closure

Responsible for entire Quality delivery of the product

Setup of different environments and track status of each environment

Document issues and discuss during daily meetings

Provide support during release phase and be attentive

Individual contributor for own & team member task

Monitor & track QA activity processes

Assign task to the team member on a daily basis

Intertek India Pvt.Ltd. (June - 2018 to Jan -2019)

Project Details: LOS & LMS for Home Loans

Title: GSCC (Global Supply Chain Compliance)

Modules & Functionalities: LOS (Loan Originating System) & LMS (Loan Management System)

Role: Scrum Master and Sr.QA ANALYST

Team Size: 12 Members

Roles & Responsibilities:

Communicate with BA and stake holder on daily basis. Update regarding project status

Contribute in giving estimation in an agile framework

Facilitating various ceremonies of Agile as Scrum Master (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective)

Helping team in self-management and cross functionality

Helping product owner to improve the transparency and effectiveness of the product backlog

Designing of test Scenarios & Test Cases for Smoke, System Integration & Regression testing as per the scope

Execution of the test cases and detail testing of the application

Log the defect and keep a track with dev team to get it resolve as per the priority defined by using Bugzilla tool

Defect reporting, Defect Tracking till closure

Responsible for entire Quality delivery of the product

Provide support during release phase and be attentive

CitiusTechPvt.Ltd. (Sep - 2015 to Feb - 2018)

Client Name/Location: QPID/USA

Role: Jr. Scrum Master & Sr. Software Engineer QA

Team Size: 12 members

Domain: Healthcare

Project Details: Enterprise Applications (Evicore) Duration: Aug-2017 to Feb-2018

This consist of different healthcare applications like Quality, Registry, CCM& Content tool. The goal of all these applications are to provide better service to the hospitals with minimal efforts. All these applications includes patient data to be processed securely.

Patient data varies hospital to hospital

Roles & Responsibilities:

Contribute in User Story grooming

Facilitating various ceremonies of Agile as Scrum Master (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective)

Helping team in self-management and cross functionality

Helping product owner to improve the transparency and effectiveness of the product backlog

Contribute in giving estimation in an agile framework

Designing of test Scenarios & Test Cases for Smoke, System Integration & Regression testing as per the scope

Deployment of build after successful code check-ins

Execution of the test cases and detail testing of the application

Log the defect and keep a track with dev team to get it resolve as per the priority defined by using JIRA tool

Defect reporting, Defect Tracking till closure

Write & execute Automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver with Java

Project Details: Authorizations (Nant Health) Duration: Oct-2015 to July-2017

This is a web based application developed in .net platform for checking patient authorization to the diagnosis. These includes Inquiry, Creation& Updating of authorizations.

Responsibilities:-

Identify the scope and finalising the same with Stake Holder/Business interactions

Designing of test Scenarios & Test Cases for Smoke, System Integration & Regression testing as per the scope

Preparation of Test Data by communicating with Dev team

Deployment of build after successful code check-ins

Execution of the test cases and detail testing of the application

Log the defect and keep a track with dev team to get it resolve as per the priority defined by using JIRA tool

Defect reporting, Defect Tracking till closure

Preparation & execution of automation test cases scripts in Robot Framework

Assigning task to other team member and prepare the execution report on daily basis

Send Daily status to the Stake Holders and Business

Attend Daily Status call with the onsite people

Attend retrospective meeting after each sprint

Working as a QA lead & assist team in achieving task on time

Travelex India Pvt.Ltd as a Test Analyst (Dec - 2012 to Feb - 2015)

Project Details: LOS & LMS for Corporate Finance

Title: FSM (Financial Supply Management)

Modules & Functionalities: Loan On-Boarding,LoanSanction,Disbursement,Repayment,CollateralManagement,NPA Marking

Client: Elevate Finance Role: Test Analyst Team Size: 8 Members

Roles & Responsibilities:

Understanding of Functional Documents, writing Test Scenarios and Test Cases Execution of Test Cases, Retesting of fixed defects, Sanity Testing.

Analysing Production issues, Prepare users guideline to resolve the issues

Co-ordinating with Developers

Provide daily status to client about the testing activities

Projects Detail

Project Title

SALT (Ecommerce Application with Finance Domain)

Testing Methodologies

Manual Testing, Regression Testing, System Integration Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing

Environment

Windows XP, Windows-7

Role

Test Analyst

Description:-

An Ecommerce web application into a finance domain which is use for placing an order for buying foreign currencies,making payments through different cards and making a track of records from admin site Responsibilities:-

Identify the scope and finalising the same with Stake Holder/Business interactions

Designing of test Scenarios &Test Cases for Smoke, System Integration & Regression testing as per the scope

Preparation of Test Data by communicating with dev team

Execution of the test cases and detail testing of the application

Log the defect and keep a track with dev team to get it resolve as per the priority defined

Defect reporting, Defect Tracking till closure

Assigning task to other team member and prepare the execution report on daily basis

Send Daily status to the Stake Holders and Business

Project Title

ARGOS (Web Application inPayments Domain)

Client

Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN)

Testing Methodologies

Manual Testing, Regression Testing, System Integration Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing

Environment

Windows XP,Windows-7

Role

Test Lead

Description:-

ARGOS is a web based application which is developed for CBN maintains stock transfer activity from the vault. This application maintains security feature for doing Stock transfer.

Responsibilities:-

Requirement Gathering from the client & prepare document for the same

Preparation of test cases for Smoke, System Integration & Regression testing as per the scope

Preparation of Test Data by communicating with dev team

Execution of the test cases and detail testing of the application

Log the defect and lise with dev team to get it resolve as per the priority defined

Preparation of application User Guide document for new joiners and train them

Achievements:-

Took initiative in communicating with the Business User

Created back up of people by training them about the application

Requirement Gathering and maintain a proper process till the end of release

Appreciation & Rewarded from Business Users for giving quality product

Project Title

TRS(Web Application in Forex Domain)

Testing Methodologies

Manual Testing, Regression Testing, System Integration Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing

Environment

Windows XP, Windows-7

Role

Test Lead

Description:-

TRS is a web based application which provides different currency rates to client. This rates includes different margins added into rates.

Responsibilities:-

Requirement Gathering from the client & prepare document for the same

Preparation of test cases for Smoke, System Integration & Regression testing as per the scope

Preparation of Test Data by communicating with dev team

Execution of the test cases and detail testing of the application

Log the defect and lise with dev team to get it resolve as per the priority defined

Preparation of application User Guide document for new joiners and train them

Achivements:-

Setup a proper testing process in a less time

Previouly working in NetAlter Software Ltd.,Mumbai as Software Testing Engineer(June’2012 to Dec’2012)

Projects Description:-

1)Job Connect:-This product has been developed incorporating with five different modules which are as Company, Job Seeker, Recruiter, Verifier & Advertiser.

Each of this modules has been integrate together to complete the overall objective of this product.

2)Contact Manager:-This product has been developed to manage all the contact related activities of users & Make Contact with the users internally who has purchased this s/w.

3)Friend Connect:- Friend Connect is social networking software that allows the users within a friend circle to communicate with each other. This social networking software enables users within a friend circle to chat, share files and their family trees with each other.

Environment:- Windows-XP,Windows-7,Sql Server2008,.Net

Cilent:-Kootol Software Ltd

Team Size:- 12

Department:- QA/QC

Role:- Software Testing Engineer

Profile:- Testing of different application

Previously working in Sodel Solutions Pvt.Ltd.,Mumbai as Software Quality Analyst(Dec’2010 to Apr’2012)

Projects Description:-

1)Iken Library

This is the product of the mexus education using in 300+ schools in different states. The whole application is developed in a .Net &Flash.This application includes different media player for playing video, audio, animation, image, ppt etc. integrated with the Flash.This application includes Lesson Plan, Tests & its Reports generated by conducting tests,Whiteboard feature to make a note at any specific point, Separate Calendar application to create Event, Independent browser integrated in the application.

2)UMS(User Management System) for the school

This is the .Net web application developed for the School purpose througwhich school can handle different activities like creating classroom,division,teacher,student,assigning Student/Teacher to specific classroom etc.This application is hosted on the School Server independently.

3)CMS(Content Management System) for the schools

This whole web application is developed in the .Net platform with the SQL dbas a backend. This application is deployed on the central server of the School.

On Job Accomplishment:-

1)Appreciation from Manager & Client for Establishing a proper testing process & achieving a products quality level which is used in market.

2)Appreciation from Test Manager & Program Manager for suggesting the testing improvement process within workstream & also within cross workstream.

3)Received a team goody from Management for achieving a quality of product

Education

B.E-Computer India, Mumbai

Mumbai University July’2005 to May’2010

I undersigned has given above information true to the best of my knowledge.

Yours truly,

Manish. D. Salvi

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