ASHOK KUMAR
Phone:+1-647-***-**** Email: **********@*****.***
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashok-kumar-6a20b216/
CAREER SUMMARY
Extensive IT industry experience working in various capacities in different phases of software development cycle, including software quality assurance and testing, with proficiency in Requirements analysis, Test planning, Test preparation, Test execution, Defect Management, Test automation and Test management.
CERTIFICATIONS
Certification
Provided By
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI), USA.
ISTQB certified tester
ISTQB
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
QA & Testing
Test Management, Estimation, Requirements Analysis, Test Planning, Test Designs, Test Execution, Defect Management, Reporting.
Test Methodology
Manual testing, Automated testing.
Testing Tools
Selenium, TestNG, Quick Test Pro (QTP), Load Runner and E-Load
Defect Tracking Tools Used
Mercury Quality Center, HP QC, Test Track Pro, Jira, TestRail
Programming and Scripting
Java, JSP, Servelets, HTML, JavaScript, VB Script, SQL
Databases
Oracle, MS-SQL Server
Solution groups
-Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP, Microsoft Great Plains)
-Supply Chain Management (SCM)
-Data warehousing, Analytics, Sharepoint, Reporting & Business Intelligence, Cloud
EDUCATION
Degree
Major
Year Of Completion
PGDBA
(Equivalent to Masters Degree in Canada – Education credentials assessed by WES in Toronto, Canada)
Finance & Information Systems
2000
Bachelor Of Commerce
(Equivalent to Bachelors Degree in Canada – Education credentials assessed by WES in Toronto, Canada)
Commerce & Accounting
1998
OFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (In chronological order)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ELECTIONS ONTARIO
Company: Elections Ontario is an independent office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario responsible for the administration of provincial election
Location: Ontario, Canada
Duration: September 2017 – June 2020
PROJECT
ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS)
Project Description
EMS is an application used to manage the activities of an election by Ontario’s election administration when an event of election happens on Ontario.
Role
Business Quality Analyst
Team Size
7
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was involved in knowledge transfers
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for coordinating UAT
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for sending daily status reports to all stakeholders during test execution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for coordinating and supporting UAT
Was involved in testing migration from on-premises application to cloud (Azure) application
Was involved in testing Sharepoint for documents management
Was involved in testing Jira case management application
Test Methodology
Manual testing
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES (TCS)
Company: TCS is a global multinational IT consulting company headquartered in Mumbai, India.
Location: Ontario, Canada
Duration: January 2016 – July 2016
PROJECT
COINS OPTION 19 MIGRATION
Client
CIBC Bank (Canada)
Project Description
COINS is a mainframe application used for investment banking in CIBC. This project is the first phase for migrating the functionality of COINS mainframe application to a web based application.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
4
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for scheduling testing activities by synchronizing with activities of other project teams
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for organizing and driving defect triage calls
Was responsible for sending daily status reports to all stakeholders during test execution
Test Methodology
Manual and automated testing using Selenium WebDriver
WIPRO
Company: Wipro is a global multinational IT consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India.
Location: Ontario, Canada
Duration: August 2014 – October 2014 – short-term contract
PROJECT
ONLINE DOCUMENT COMPLIANCE (ODC)(Enterprise Application)
Client
TD Bank (Canada)
Project Description
Online Document Compliance is a system with several components which facilitates automated online document compliance process for approving loans to the loan applicants of TD Bank.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
4
Responsibilities
Was responsible for coordinating testing activities with offshore testing team.
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was involved in knowledge transfers
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for coordinating UAT
Was responsible for scheduling testing activities by synchronizing with activities of other project teams
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests executed by offshore team
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for organizing and driving defect triage calls
Was responsible for sending daily status reports to all stakeholders during test execution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for preparing test closure report
Was responsible for deciding and coordinating test automation
Was responsible for coordinating and supporting UAT
Was responsible for migrating testing artifacts from HP Quality Center to HP ALM
Test Methodology
Manual and automated testing using Selenium WebDriver
ACCENTURE
Company: Accenture is a multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.
Location: Bangalore, India
Duration: June 2010 – November 2011
PROJECT
ONLINE ORDERING(Enterprise Application)
Client
Avery Dennison (USA)
Project Description
Online ordering is an application created to facilitate creation of purchase orders by the clients of Avery Dennison. The application also facilitates and automates the process of confirmation of purchase orders by the clients and fulfillment of orders by Avery Dennison.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
15
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for integration testing with MS Great Plains
Was responsible for preparing test closure report
Was responsible for coordinating UAT
Test Methodology
Manual and automated testing using Selenium WebDriver
PROJECT
RQF(Enterprise Application)
Client
EMC2
Project Description
This project was initiated with an objective of automating the sales process of EMC2. This project involved automation of creation of contracts, renewal of contracts, creation of quotations, creation of sales order and forecasting future sales.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
6
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for preparing test closure report
Test Methodology
Manual and automated testing using Selenium WebDriver
MINDTREE LTD.
Company: Mindtree is a multinational information technology and outsourcing company headquartered in Bangalore, India.
Location: Bangalore (India), New Jersey (USA), Florida (USA)
Duration: November 2004 – January 2010
PROJECT
EXCESS(Web Application)
Client
AIG (USA)
Project Description
Excess is an insurance underwriting application which automates the insurance underwriter and broker’s tasks of creating an application, creating quotes and issuing policies to businesses that want to cover excess risks.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
3
Responsibilities
Was responsible for coordinating testing activities with offshore testing team
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for test automation (functional)
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for preparing test closure report
Test Methodology
Manual and Automated
Tools Used
Quick Test Pro (QTP), PVCS, EMC2 ERoom
PROJECT
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(Document Management Application)
Client
Burger King Corporation (USA)
Project Description
CMS is a content management solution implemented to facilitate management of documents for Burger King Corporations legal department.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
3
Responsibilities
Was responsible for coordinating testing activities with offshore testing team
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for test automation (functional)
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for preparing test closure report
Was responsible for liasoning with external vendors of Burger King Corporation
Was responsible for coordinating UAT
Test Methodology
Manual
Tools Used
MercuryQualityCenter
PROJECT
COUNTER SALES(Enterprise Application)
Client
Burger King Corporation (USA)
Project Description
This project involved implementing enhancements for the Burger King Corporation’s Point Of Sale (POS) systems
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
5
Responsibilities
Was responsible for coordinating testing activities with offshore testing team
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for preparing test closure report
Test Methodology
Manual
PROJECT
TRIP REWARDS(Web portal)
Client
Wyndham Hotels (USA)
Project Description
Triprewards is a web based application which supports Wyndham Hotel Group’s guest loyalty program. The application facilitates logging guest loyalty points and redemption of loyalty points.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
5
Responsibilities
Was responsible for coordinating testing activities with offshore testing team
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for coordination datawarehouse testing
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for preparing test closure report.
Test Methodology
Manual
Tools Used
MercuryQualityCenter
PROJECT
G-PROF(Enterprise Application)
Client
Getronics (UK)
Project Description
Involved automation of transactions in SD,SCM, HR, FI & CO modules in SAP
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
6
Responsibilities
Was responsible for Proof of concept for SAP automation
Was responsible for onsite coordination
Was responsible for automation of business process in SAP
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for preparing test closure report
Test Methodology
Automated
Tools Used
Quick Test Pro, MercuryQualityCenter
PROJECT
RIVERONE(Enterprise Application)
Client
RiverOne (USA), now part of I2 Technologies
Project Description
Rubicon Interactive is a supply chain management application created to provide supply chain solutions for electronic industry. We were involved in testing the functionality for the application.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
7
Responsibilities
Offshore coordination, Creation of test cases, Performance testing, Implementation support.
Was responsible for testing the application for Foxcon (China) implementation
Was responsible for testing the application for Acer (Taiwan) implementation
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Was responsible for preparing test closure report
Test Methodology
Manual, Performance test automation
Tools Used
E-Test suite, Test Track Pro.
STAG SOFTWARE
Company: STAG Software is a software consulting firm specializing in software testing solutions and services in Bangalore, India.
Location: Bangalore (India)
Duration: May2004 – November 2004
PROJECT
MULTIPOINT DATA GENERATION(In-house application)
Client
General Electric (Global Chemicals Division)
Project Description
MultipointData Generation is an application created to automate the process of creation of test requests, approval of test requests and report the status of tests for a chemicals testing laboratory.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
3
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Test Methodology
Manual
Tools Used
Loadrunner
PROJECT
TURBINE STATUS REPORTING(In-house application)
Client
General Electric (Global Chemicals Division)
Project Description
Turbine Status Reporting (TSR) is an application created to automate the process of reporting the status of turbines.
Role
Test Lead
Team Size
4
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Test Methodology
Manual
Tools Used
Loadrunner
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Company: Enterprise Development Center (Now Systems Advisors Group) is a development partner of Microsoft for Microsoft’s Great Plains and Dynamics AX ERP applications.
Location: Bangalore (India)
Duration: October 2003 – May2004
PROJECT
BAS & PAYG(Enterprise Application)
Client
Microsoft (USA)
Project Description
Business Activity Statements (BAS) and Pay As You Go Installments (PAYG) are tax filings to be filed by business entities in Australia to the Australian Tax Authorities. The objective of this project was to build an ERP module which would automate the process of generating BAS & PAYG installment summary and its filing with the Australian Tax Authority. This module integrates with other modules which are part of Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) Great Plains ERP solution suite.
Role
Tester
Team Size
6
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Test Methodology
Automated
Tools Used
Ginseng 3.01, QA Mac Assistant 2.0, QA Explorer 2.0.
PROJECT
CASH BOOK MANAGEMENT(Enterprise Application)
Client
Microsoft (UK)
Project Description
Cashbook Bank Management (CBM) is an ERP module built to incorporate the process of bank reconciliation in MBS Great Plains ERP solutions.
Role
Tester
Team Size
4
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Test Methodology
Automated
Tools Used
Ginseng 3.01, QA Mac Assistant 2.0, QA Explorer 2.0.
PROJECT
ELECTRONIC BANK MANAGEMENT(Enterprise Application)
Client
Microsoft (UK)
Project Description
Electronic Bank Management (EBM) is a module built to automate the process of receiving bank statements from banks electronically and reconciling the bank balances of the bank and the business. This module integrates with other modules which are part of MBS Great Plains ERP solutions.
Role
Tester
Team Size
4
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Test Methodology
Automated
Tools Used
Ginseng 3.01, QA Mac Assistant 2.0, QA Explorer 2.0.
PROJECT
MICROSOFT GREAT PLAINS SERVICE PACKS
Client
Microsoft (USA)
Project Description
Creation of service packs involved correcting customer reported problems and enhancements in existing modules in MBS Great Plains ERP suite
Role
Tester
Team Size
1
Responsibilities
Was involved in Requirement Analysis
Was responsible for testing effort estimation
Was responsible for preparing test strategy
Was responsible for test planning
Was responsible for overseeing test data preparation
Was responsible for overseeing tests execution
Was responsible for defect management which involved defect logging and tracking defects until resolution
Was responsible for bringing test execution to closure
Test Methodology
Automated
Tools Used
Ginseng 3.01, QA Mac Assistant 2.0, QA Explorer 2.0.
TURRET LABS
Company: Turret Labs was a product development company.
Location: Bangalore (India)
Duration: October 2002 – May 2003
Worked on several software products of Turret Labs in multiple roles (Developer, Tester, Technical Writer)
VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Volunteered at World Vision (Canada).
OTHER INTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Sports
Captain of various State, District, College, University and High School (India) football teams
Other Interests
Travel, Music, Books