ANNAPOORNA VENKATRAMAN
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Framingham MA-01702 Email:**********@*****.***
SUMMARY: Experienced Quality Assurance Specialist in both automation and manual testing with strong analytical skills and educational background.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Feb 2007 – Jun 2008 Master of Business Systems (MBS), Monash University, Australia
June 2001-Apr 2004 Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Bharathidasan University, India
June 1998-Apr 2001 Bachelor of Computer Science (B.SC), Bharathidasan University, India
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Testing Tools: Win Runner, QTP & Quality Center
• Operating Systems - Windows XP, 2000.
• Hands on experience in Oracle , SQL server 2008, C, Java, HTML, VB Script
• Basic Knowledge of SAP ABAP R/3 programming
• Oracle Functional module (GL,AP,AR & FA)
• Other software used: MS office, MS Visio, MS project
CERTIFICATIONS
Manipal Institute of Technology Certified Java Programmer (80.0%)
Manipal Institute of Technology Certified Visual Basic Programmer (82.0%)
Manipal Institute of Technology Certified Oracle Developer (89.0%)
WORK EXPERIENCE
CITI BANK Chennai, India, Aug 2008 – Aug 2010
Computer Systems Department
Quality Assurance Analyst
Core Banking System Project
• Responsible for planning and overseeing all QA activities on the project.
• Involved in writing comprehensive test plans based on business requirements and technical specifications.
• Involved in tracking, reviewing, analyzing and comparing the defects using Quality Center.
• Developed Use Cases to highlight different requirements from the SRS (Software Requirement Specification) and SDS (Software Design Specification).
• Executing SQL Queries to check the data table updates after test execution.
• Generated QTP Scripts with Standard, Text, Bitmap, Table Checkpoints and also Synchronization Points
• Created Data-Driven Tests by using Data Driver Wizard
Tools used: QTP and QC
Internet Banking Project
• Responsible for business requirements analysis, creating the Test Plan and creating various test scenarios.
• Worked on online Banking, testing Bill payments with primary responsibility of testing Payments, Payees Information and Alerts.
• Responsible for creating test case templates to facilitate mapping of manual test cases to automation test scripts.
• Has been a mentor, and assisted the team in implementing the Test Framework..
• Executed the QTP Scripts and passed Messages to the Log using the Report feature
• Co-ordination with the project team for completing the activities before the cut-off date (for providing the exact report to the management).
Tools used: QTP and SQL query
ING VYSYA FINANCIAL SERVICES, Chennai, India, June 2004 – Dec 2006
Software tester
• Responsible for development and execution of detailed test plans and fixing defects
• Analyze test specifications and perform manual testing
• Analyzed system requirements and documented entire software testing process accordingly
• Responsible for maintaining updated reports on resolved bugs
• Fixed tracking bugs and maintained reports on resolved bugs
• Sound domain knowledge of banking and finance
LARSEN AND TURBO INFOTECH LTD, Chennai, India, Dec 2003-March 2004 Quality Assurance Intern
Mobile Based Service System
• Involved in the testing team of a web-based system, which provided information about the city on mobile devices. The user gets the required information irrespective of his place and even on the move. It is a traveler’s suite helping them to find places in the city
Responsibilities include
Write system and functional test cases based on requirements document and use case diagrams.
Integration testing with existing web sites.
Unit testing of the search and display modules.
Usability testing of the UI
System testing of the project
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
User Interface Testing
Harvey World provides online traveling services directly to the customers through various dialogs on the website. The purpose of conducting the heuristic evaluation on the Harvey World website is to study the interface design of the website in depth and discover usability problems in compliance with defined heuristic principles. Evaluation process is carried out by interface design specialists and findings will be used to improve the interface design of the website.
Tools used: Heuristic principles and guidelines
Computerization of Sheet Shearing
The main feature of our project was to computerize the sheet shearing technique. A given sheet is sheared into pieces of required size. The approach was to calculate the total number of pieces of same size and the number of pieces that can be sheared into different sizes. Since the project is based on query system, the project was implemented in a user-friendly manner. The main objective of the tool developed was to minimize the scrap that in turn minimizes the cost.
Tools used: Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio, MS Access
Medical Expert System
The objective of the project was to illustrate the various biological systems, common diseases and their diagnostic symptoms. The project also describes the various systems like skeletal system, Nervous system and Integumentary system. Each of the above mentioned systems were explained with anatomical pictures and a brief explanation.
Tools used: Visual Basic 6.0, MS Access 7.0
Other projects include banking, Inventory control, Railway reservation, etc., using VB as front-hand and Oracle as backhand tool.