KEY SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Planning, estimation, roadmap, design,

execution & closures

Worked "Scrum Master" on concurrent

customer projects.

Implement Test/Automation

governance, Innovation, Value-Adds,

Best in Class, IP’s

Proficient in SOAP, REST Frame Work

using SOAP UI & Postman tools.

Recruit, Hires, trains & mentor

Managing project budgets of 10+

million dollars

Extraordinary knowledge in Word,

Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Access

Strong experience Onsite-offshore-near

shore delivery models

TECHNICAL SKILS

Unix, Windows, Visual Basic 6.0, C++, Java,

ASP, PHP, HTML, SQL, Oracle, SQL Server,

UFT (QTP), Selenium, TestNG, Maven,

GitLab, Slack, SOAP, RESTful, Post Man,

SVN, Groovy, Scrum Master, Agile, Water

Fall, VV, Azure (TFS), HP ALM, Rally, Jira,

Cloud, AWS, Excel macro (VBA)

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Masters in Computer Science

Certified in UFT (QTP), Selenium,

Scrum Master (CSM) and WorkSoft

Certified in Project Management

Professional, Risk Management

Udemy-learning certification on

o Azure DevOps Fundamentals

o Cyber Security Awareness

o Machine Learning

MARCELIN POTHAGAR

Project Manager (QE Manager, Automation, Agile, CSM) Work Authorization: Green Card

PHONE: +1-213-***-**** adkxql@r.postjobfree.com

Commanding over 17 Years of experience in the Software quality engineering with enriched experience in the areas of Functional, Agile, Regression and Automation testing Process with latest tools and technologies, enjoy grasping new technologies; sport a short learning curve

-from a development background which has helped compliment my role in designing and implementing optimized Test solutions WORK EXPERIENCE

Sr. Project Manager (QE, Agile & Automation)

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Mar 2008–Present / Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Manage projects from intake thru implementations by applying traditional Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodology.

Single point of contact for all testing for multiple programs & initiatives facilitating and coordinating all testing across multiple applications.

Responsible for coordinating, organizing and leading all Quality Assurance activities (onshore) over 25 + resources

Collaborate with product owner and technical stakeholders to identify key business functionalities to functional & automate the applications

Work with teams to promote shift-left testing methodology and bringing functional & nonfunctional testing earlier in the development process

Define and implement E2E testing strategy including scheduling, roadmap, plans, tools, framework & approach across organization.

Expertise in organization level due diligence, build proactive proposals

(RFP’s) and strategies

Develop different types of automation framework (Key & Hybrid) in UFT

(QTP), Selenium, JAVA, TestNG & Maven that supports automating Web and Web services (API’s)

Implement quality engineering practices in a CI / CD pipeline and integrating automation frameworks

Provide management updates, status reporting, and dashboards from a quality perspective to demonstrate product progress and process maturity

Provides UAT support to our Business partners ensuring TCoE standards are maintained.

Build and manage cross-technical teams to enhance operational performance

Generate high-level QA goals/objectives for each team aligned with Quality, Business, and development objectives, with action plans and benchmarks to measure progress

Managing forecast, resource planning / budgeting & invoicing Sr. QA Lead / Automation - Virtusa Corp

Mar 2006 – Feb 2008 / Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Managed the end-to-end IT delivery process, across multiple methodologies

Build Enterprise level automation frame work, maintenance strategy and Generate guidelines for script development and execution

Provided all the necessary technical guidance to team from ACoE

(Automation center of excellence) to set up the customized key word driven automation framework using QTP

Improved lab mode execution, script robustness and automation coverage

Defined, implemented and communicated the Defect Management Process & Defect Service Level Agreement (SLA).

Involved in preparing test Metrics, test Scenarios, test Reviews, daily and weekly progress status reports, monthly review report and conducted defect triage meetings with stakeholders

Played an role as an Internal QA Auditor in the Organization QA Lead (QA, Automation) - CSS Corp

Dec 2003 – Feb 2006 / Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinate with client teams to manage/maintain the deployed applications by conducting learned sessions, knowledge transfer sessions and guiding client

Involved in Understanding the Business, Manual and Automation requirements

Creating the Test Plan and Execution plan for Manual and automation testing.

Creating the automation Frame work and approach Key & data driven frame work

Written scripts in TSL language, Data Parameterization and Handled Exceptions

System Analyst (Developer) - INNERWISE

Aug 2001 – Dec 2003 / Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Worked closely with end users for gathering requirements, to optimize business value, and provide technical advice

Developed User Interface Prototype design using VB 6.0, ASP and HTML

N-tier architecture using ASP pages, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, VB Script, VB COM+ components, SQL Server 2000 and MTS

Prepared Test Cases and executing Test Cases to raise Defect Control Form (DCF)

Programmer - Global TechnoSoft

Jun 2000 – Jul 2001 / Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Developed User Interface Prototype design using VB 6.0, ASP and HTML

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