Test Lead Manager
Resume:
CHETAN NADKARNI
Atlanta – GA – 30340
Phone: 914- 356 - 5914
Email: **************@*******.***
Re: Employment Opportunity
The position of Test Lead I am looking for will involve many of the same responsibilities that I have performed in the past and performing at present.
In addition to TCOE implementation, Test Strategy & Test Planning, Governance, I am also adept at testing tools like ALM, JIRA etc. and implementation of QA Processes. Please note that I have a bachelor’s degree as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Applications.
My resume is a summary of my abilities; please contact me at 914 - 356 - 5914 to discuss the opportunity for Test Lead in your Organization.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Chetan Nadkarni
Chetan Nadkarni
Test Lead
Career Summary: A forward thinking, capable and committed Test Lead with a proven ability to meet agreed deadlines, co-ordinate work and work to defined testing methodologies within a structured or unstructured environment. Focused on any task at hand and able to utilize existing test knowledge and experiences to come up with practical solutions and alternatives to testing processes. Having first class executive leadership, negotiating, communication skills and capable of providing authoritative guidance and advice to both in house and third-party test teams.
Work Experience
WestRock – Dec2021 to 29th March 2023
The Hiring Group – Nov 2019 – July 2021
Cognizant Technology Solutions - Jan 2006 – Oct 2019
Defining test strategies & test plans for large and
complex projects
Involved in test planning and estimation
Involved in defining defect management process
Excellent knowledge of functional, automation and
performance testing
Issue & Risk management skills
Identify test approaches that optimize the
delivery schedule
Arranging team meetings, demo’s, and workshops
Implementation of KPI’S & SLA’S at the organizational
& project level.
Implementing TCOE’S & its framework
Implementing Automation Road Maps & ROI
Advising clients on best practice for testing
Academic Qualifications
Microsoft Certified Professional
Diploma in Information Technology
Bachelor of Science
References
On Request
Contact Details
914-***-****(M)
Email:**************@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WestRock Dec’21 – March’ 2023
I have been working with WestRock since 2013. Initially was bought in to implement TCOE.
(Testing Center of Excellence).
My roles and responsibilities as TCOE Lead at WestRock were:
People:
Ensure qualified testing resources are estimated during budgeting & SOW.
Ensure qualified testing resources were onboarded for System Testing and UAT
Process:
Implement Test Strategy for upcoming projects
Implement Test Plan for upcoming projects
Schedule and compere work sessions for scripting test cases/test scenarios
Schedule and compere meetings with business to review and sign off on test cases
Implement RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix)
Implement Defect Management Process/Life Cycle
Schedule and compere work sessions for System Test scenarios/test case execution
Schedule and compere work sessions for UAT test case/test scenarios execution
Publish metric bases Test Summary reports for System Test & UAT
Provide testing artifacts for the CAB approval
Publish defect density, defect leakage etc. into Prod. during hyper care
Provide automation road map for WestRock application
Provide ROI (Return on Investment)
Tools:
Leverage ALM as Test Management Tool for most of the projects
Leverage UFT for automation of test cases
Performance Testing - Rent Load Runner and publish metrics-based report
From 2013, I have worked on multiple projects from Manhattan Implementation to Manhattan
Sunset, SAP Upgrade, JDE Upgrade, OTM Upgrade, implementation of OTM in nearly all the
mills by replacing Manhattan from a testing standpoint.
I was the only ALM Admin and involved in project set up in ALM, setting up project users,
proving access to project users and training project users how to leverage ALM.
Last but not the least, I have excellent understanding of Order to Cash and in-depth knowledge
of WestRock domain.
Following are the projects successfully delivered during my stint with WestRock.
Comp Admin (Beqom) implementation
Workforce Implementation
BPCS to OTM Project
Cowpens
Windows Automation
The Hiring Group Nov 2019 – July 2021
Client – WestRock
Cognizant Technology Solutions Jan 2006 – Oct 2019
The following are the clients I worked for during my 13 + years tenure with Cognizant.
I worked as a QA Manager or Test Manager for the following clients.
WestRock April’13 – Oct’2019
Toyota Motor Sales Jan’13 – March’2013
UPS Julyl’12 – Dec 2012
Dun & Brad Credibility Corp April’11 – May 2012
Kaiser Permanente Jan’11 – March’11
Blue Shield of California March’10 – Dec’10
Express Scripts May’09 – Feb’10
Thrivent Financials April’08 – April’09
Swiss Re June’07 – March’08
Hartford life Jan’06 – June’07
HEMI CONSULTANTS Feb’05 to Apr’05
As a test lead Developed and tested a website for Hemi consultants.
Gathering requirements from the client.
Coding was done in HTML and JavaScript.
White box and Black box testing.
Test planning for the website.
Preparing Test Cases.
Developing Test Scripts for testing the Website.
Running Test Scripts.
UAT for the website.
Regression testing
CIBC (Toronto) Sep’01 to Nov’04
Test Lead
At CIBC’S (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) development center located at Atrium of Bay - Direct to Consumer banking my responsibilities were:
Test planning for applications involving Credit Cards, Unsecured personal line of credit, CIBC’S overdraft protection services etc.
Developing Test Scripts for their applications in Java 3 – tier architecture.
Running Test Scripts.
Preparing Test Cases.
UAT for their applications.
Regression testing.
Using Test Manager 7.0 i for logging variances and communicating with the developers.
Help Soft Inc. (Toronto) June’01 to Aug’01
In-house Software Quality Assurance Specialist
Testing of all Software developed in VB 6.0 – SQL Database using Win Runner 6
Documentation of bugs using Test Manager.
Developed a project of creating an invoice in Visual Basic6.0 with Access as its database.
Santa Cruz Software Systems (INDIA) Jan’96 to Sept’00
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
As part of a team created and executed tests, performed test results analysis, documented bug reports within deadlines set by the Company in meeting client requirements. Some of the important projects completed: -
Involved in manual testing.
Website Testing.
E-Commerce applications.
Financial Applications developed in Visual Basic.
Database Testing
Key Skills
Agile/Waterfall Methodology
Defect Management Process
System/Functional Test/Regression
Automation & Performance Testing
UAT
Metrics
PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES
•Excellent understanding of multiple domains like Banking & Financials, Insurance, Healthcare, Manlog etc.
•Experience across multiple types of testing i.e. system, e2e, regression & UAT
•Experience of working on Business, Technical and Functional Requirements
•Knowledge of MS Office tools including MS project, PowerPoint and Visio.
•Excellent knowledge of ALM, JIRA etc.
•Able to take preventative action when any risks become unacceptable.
•Understanding of different test approaches and techniques.
•Actively maintain awareness and understanding of current developments and best practice in testing.
•Knowledge of scripting, execution and planning
•Ensuring that all testing plans comply with company guidelines and standard
Leadership Abilities
•Ability to manage test teams from 5 to 100
•Excellent resource allocation, resource utilization & resource management skills
•Ability to lead from front.
•Excellent knowledge about estimation
•Involved in publishing state of the art test summary report for project and senior leadership
•Excellent knowledge about people. process and tools
•Strong influencing and communication skills
•Having a flexible attitude and positive approach
•Ability to lead offshore testing teams.
•Experience of client facing roles.
•Constantly maintaining high levels of accuracy.
•Ability to quickly learn applications with minimal documentation
•An understanding & appreciation of the full development life cycle & how testing relates to it
•Can translate business processes into clear and comprehensive test scenarios.
•Training new test team members’ and regulations.
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