Quality Assurance Financial Services

Praveena Anumula

Quality Assurance & SaaS - Product Management (Immediate Joiner)

Phone: +91-789******* E-mail:********.*******@*****.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ praveena-anumula-b557a026/ Profile Overview:

Brane Enterprises Private Limited : Solution Lead / Product Manager / QA Manager / SaaS Delivery Manager with 16+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams to plan, build, launch, and manage Enterprise SaaS Solutions on PaaS systems. Implementation & Successful Delivery of Enterprise Solutions for renowned Customer Phoenix by combining and applying technology skills with extensive product experience and analytical abilities in designing Super- set Dashboards.

First Successful Live Customer Implementation of SaaS Solutions at Organization level.

Business Unit - Technical Interview Panel for Hiring Experienced talent.

Business Unit SPOC for all Documentation, Organizational Initiatives, Activities, etc;

Customer facing and Handling demos for Implemented SaaS Solutions at Customer office.

AI-Chatbot on Organization NLPs, Process areas, Departments, Standardized documentation, Guidelines, etc;

Cognizant Technology Solutions India Private Limited : Software Quality Assurance in Banking & Financial Services

(Cards & Payments)(Ameriprise Compliance Standards), Enterprise Learning Management Systems(Sumtotal Systems & Skillsoft Product Engineering Team), Information Media and Entertainment domains(NBCU), Insurance (Metlife) at Cognizant technology Solutions involving Delivery from Requirements, Test Planning, Test Strategy, Test Design, Execution, Defect Management, Delivery and Maintenance of Web Applications.

Customer location Experience for over 3 years.

Individual contributor working directly with Customers for End to End Delivery.

Metrics generation for In-Progress & Successfully implemented projects compete for Best-In-Class Projects at Cognizant Global level.

Handled Audits for the projects.

SKILLS:

Quality Assurance

Software implementation and End to End Delivery

Product Management and Project Coordination

Agile/Scrum Methodologies

Testing Techniques, Test Processes, Test Estimations and Test Metrics.

Member of TCOE(Testing Centre of Excellence at Cognizant), Played a major role successful delivery of Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and Pilot Projects.

Testing – Functional, Web, API, Database Testing, SharePoint, Mainframe Logic Validation Testing at ETL end, Regression and Acceptance, Workflow Testing, Cross browser compatibility, Accessibility Testing .

Requirement Analysis, RTM preparation, Test Strategy and Test Plan, Test Execution Plan preparation, Test Scenario preparation, Test case preparation, Test Data Management, Test Environment and Test data Setup, Test case execution, Tracking defects and Documentation.

Well acquainted with complete software testing life cycle process starting from Requirements to Execution and finally delivering

Domain Expertise - 2+ yrs Experience in HCM domain, 5+ yrs Experience in Banking domain – Cards and Payments and Financial Services apps, 3+ yrs Experience in IME domain and 4 years in Product Management.

Working directly with Customer and cross functional Teams handling Delivery.

Hiring - Helping organization find the right talent by actively working with HR Team in Hiring programs.

Project planning

Project leadership

Requirements Management and Business Analysis

CI/CD process including integration, code releases, back up plan and deployments.

Market and Competitor Analysis

Excellent communication & Problem-solving abilities

Strong Interpersonal Skills

Customer support & Customer Facing

Solution Roadmap

Low Code/No Code Platform (NLP)

Cross Team Collaboration and activities representing BU

Dashboards Design using Superset.

Risk Identification and Mitigation approach.

Quality Metrics

AI initiatives at Organization level

Work Details:

Solution Lead / Product Manager/ QA Manager / SaaS Delivery Manager at Brane Enterprises Private Limited(August,2022-Dec 2024)

Phoenix Real Estate Project –

Collaborated with sales teams to create compelling proposals that showcased our capabilities and aligned with client objectives.

Conducted thorough market research to identify emerging trends within the industry, informing future product development initiatives.

Developed comprehensive training programs for new hires to ensure rapid on boarding and integration into the team.

Optimized resource allocation across multiple modules to ensure proper staffing levels while minimizing overhead costs.

Streamlined project delivery for enhanced efficiency and timely completion through effective coordination with cross-functional teams.

Increased client satisfaction by developing customized, innovative solutions tailored to their specific needs.

Oversaw the successful migration of legacy systems to modern platforms, minimizing downtime and ensuring a seamless transition for end users.

Delivery, Support and Maintenance of Enterprise SaaS Solutions for Phoenix Real Estate Customer.

Customer facing for all the Demos, Workshops, Ticket management, Resolving issues, Successful launch of 4 versions of SaaS Solutions.

First Project with Live Customers using our SaaS Solutions developed by us. Blockchain Solutions & launch of AI chat bot (Stringer) – Blockchain Solutions

Worked on GTM strategy and building Business Model for a SaaS/PaaS offering.

Design and develop demonstrable SaaS Solutions across domains on Platform for Blockchain concept.

Managed concept-to-launch of two Enterprise Blockchain SaaS offerings.

Implemented Block-chain (Hyperledger Fabric) based plugins for enterprise applications with the help of a very small team.

AI chat bot (Stringer using RAG for LLM)

Did Internal research, collect data pertaining to BU and use this data to come up with Question and Answer model to communicate with chat bot.

Worked closely across Teams in guiding and facilitating the usage of different features like Chat, Act, Calendar, Feedback, Notifications, Help, Profile, Querying Policies and Procedures in organization, Prediction, Dynamic Queries etc. Project Name: NSL Annotation Tool.

Organization: Brane Enterprises

Duration: June 2021 – July 2022

Role: Test Lead

Client: NSL

Domain: AI

Testing Type: Functional, Web Testing (UI), Regression Testing, Retesting, Acceptance Testing, Report validation Testing

Description:

Validation of Annotation Tool developed by NSL. This uses different techniques to understand the tool and how it can be used to Annotation an Image/Video, etc.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Leading the team of 3 and Handling the Test Activities and Approach of the client.

Preparing QA Design and Execution Plan, Status Reports (Weekly & Monthly), Project Maintenance, Productivity Metrics, Defect Analysis and Reporting.

Understand the stories assigned to the sprints and develop Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Execution and preparing Test Reports.

Functional, Web Testing (UI), Regression Testing, Retesting, Acceptance Testing, Report validation Testing

Execute test cases and defect logging

Preparation of Test Summary Report, KT and Lessons learnt documents

Showcasing the project during Audits and closing the same with minimal NCs. Senior Associate (Lead) – Projects at Cognizant technology Solutions (2018-2020) Project Name: NBCU-PSR

Domain: Information Media & Entertainment

Leading the team of 5 and Handling the Test Activities and Approach of the client.

Preparing QA Design and Execution Plan, Status Reports (Weekly & Monthly), Project Maintenance, Productivity Metrics, Defect Analysis and Reporting.

Understand the stories assigned to the sprints and develop Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Execution and preparing Test Reports.

Used the Cloud Computing tool JIRA and ALM for updating the Test Management activities including Time sheet.

Functional, Web Testing (UI), Regression Testing, Retesting, Acceptance Testing, Report validation Testing

Execute test cases and defect logging

Preparation of Test Summary Report, KT and Lessons learnt documents

Providing Webex Sessions for Project Knowledge Transfer within the Account.

Logging the Effort for every week in CTS management tool mainspring.

Showcasing the project during Audits and closing the same with minimal NCs. Project Name: SumTotal – Enterprise Learning Management System Phase 1 & Phase 2 (2014-2018) Domain: ELMS

Working Directly with Client.

Understanding the Agile Methodology and working HRMS Applications.

Leading the team of 7 and Handling the Test Activities and Approach of the client.

Preparing QA Productivity Metrics and Project the same to the Skillsoft head in calls.

Understand the stories assigned to the sprints and develop Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Execution and preparing Test Reports.

Used the Cloud Computing tool JIRA for updating the Test Management activities including Timesheet

Functional, Web Testing (UI), Regression Testing, Retesting, Acceptance Testing, Audit Report testing and Database Testing

Execute test cases and defect logging

Preparation of Test Summary Report, KT and Lessons learnt documents. Associate at Cognizant technology Solutions (2011-2014) Project Name: Metlife Global Intranet

Domain: Insurance

Understanding the Agile Methodology and working on SharePoint 2010 application.

Understand the stories assigned to the sprints and develop Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Execution and preparing Test Reports.

Simultaneously Handling the Testing Activities for two teams.

Used the Cloud Computing tool Rally for updating the Test Management activities including Timesheet. Project Name: AMEX CCSG – OPEN

Domain: Banking & Financial Services

Understanding and analysis of Requirements

Identifying test scenarios, derive test cases in the Mercury Quality Center

ETL Testing

Reviewing of test cases.

Executing the test cases and Logging defects.

Generating Test Execution Summary sheet and Test Closure Report

Preparation of Test Execution metrics.

Taking up Daily status call with On-site

Performing Web testing, Regression and Retesting.

Handling the Support Calls with the Third-party team.

Involved in the Defect Triage calls.

Providing Support to the System Assurance Team

Preparing the status reports on daily basis and reporting to the client Programmer Analyst/Programmer at Cognizant technology Solutions (2006-2010) Project Name: Designory-TDI IAOR

Requirement study and analysis of requirements for test coverage

Preparation of Test Plan, KT documents, test scenarios document and test cases in the Mercury Quality Centre Functional Testing, Regression Testing and End-To-End Testing

Execute test cases and defect logging

Preparation of Test Summary Report, KT and Lessons learnt documents

Understanding and analysis of Requirements

Reviewing of test cases.

Running the QTP Regression Test Scripts

Taking up Daily status call with On-site

Project Name: AMP Day 700 Project 26(TPD/PNC)

Manual, Functional and Web Testing

Preparation of test cases and execution, logging defects, Preparing Status Reports. AWARDS

Received QE&A Pride Delivery Award for Q4 2015 in TECH domain

Received ‘Making a Difference - AASI Team’ for the American Enterprise Financial - ‘AASI COMPLIANCE’ project.

Received ‘Making a Difference’ award for American Express CCSG – Application Architecture Transformation project.

Received ‘Star Award’ for AASI COMPLIANCE project.

Received ‘SPOT’ award for Designory project and American Express CCSG – Application Architecture Transformation

EDUCATION

B.Sc. (Maths, Physics, Electronics, Computer Science) - Osmania University College for Women, Hyderabad – 79.33%

XII in M.P.C - Board of Intermediate Education - S.t Ann’s Junior College for Girls, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad - 84%

X from - Board of Secondary Education - S.t Ann’s Girls High School, V.N.Colony, Hyderabad – 89.34%

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