Chetan N. Sankhe
Contact No: 905-***-**** (Home), 647-***-**** (Mobile)
E-Mail: ************@*******.***
Quality Assurance
EXECUTIVE SYNOPSIS
An astute leader with nearly 12 years’ experience, inclusive of nearly 10 years’ relevant experience in Software Quality Assurance and Testing.
Currently associated with Capgemini Canada.
Rich experience in all phases of software development life cycle starting from Requirement Analysis, Design, Construction, Black Box, System & Functional Testing, Technical documentation and maintenance.
Resourceful in creation and execution of test cases, test scenarios, bug documentation and creation of Project documents like Test Schedules, Release Notes and Defect Tracking Reports.
Solid bug tracking and test reporting skills in reporting defects and managing the lifecycle using different tools like HP Quality Center, Bugzilla or ClearQuest; negotiating priority with project stakeholders and tracking to closure
Strong understanding of test processes and methodologies and experienced in the creation of Test Strategies and Plans, Matrices, Reports, as part of the Software Testing Cycle.
Domain knowledge covers: Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Storage, Pension, Finance and Telecom.
Highly skilled in Functionality testing, Black box testing, System testing, Integration testing, User Interface testing, Sanity testing, Regression testing, User Acceptance and End-to-End testing as well as defect and test environment management, planning walkthroughs and reviews.
Leading Test Teams with complete accountability for delivery of 18 team members to deliver on time and budget
Provide and track test progress status/reports to management
Possess strong verbal and written communication, leadership, relationship management, coordination, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Proficient in working with cross-cultural and multinational teams and interacting with people across hierarchical levels for smooth project execution.
FEATHERS ON THE CAP
Valuable Contribution Award (VCA) at Patni for Quarter ended Jun’06, for exemplary work and commitment towards EMC (USA) project for expertise in testing and training new team members from SBU Head.
Team Award for outstanding contributions in all projects (VMware V&V, Telelogic DOORS TDE and EMC project) at Patni during the year 2004.
Special Recognition award for outstanding teamwork in planning and implementing in-depth training program for CLARiiON ASE from client EMC-USA in the project FLARE Maintenance and Test.
CHIEF DELIVERABLES
Providing consultancy on Project Planning, Execution and Management in tune with the core business objectives (including risk management, effort / time / cost estimation, and contingency planning).
Monitoring project progress and taking necessary steps to ensure completion within defined parameters.
Configuring and manually testing software applications and developing test plans and test cases. Was also responsible for preparing test strategy.
Analysing complex problem and identifying potential solutions by exploring and analysing diverse alternatives, including, where applicable, risks and potential business impact.
Preparing Test Closure reports for System (Functional) Test and maintaining documentation properly (Test Completion Report) and tracking related to test execution.
Conducting Functional/ Integration/ System/ Regression testing for the software product under varying conditions and analyzing the behaviour of the system.
Performing Defect Analysis to ascertain any non-compliance with the set procedures / guidelines.
Coordinating Acceptance testing for released projects, allocating resources and tracking progress of allocated work on weekly basis.
Testing software programs to compare to specifications and documentation.
Providing scope, resource and time estimates for testing projects.
Designing and coordinating the implementation and availability of the test environments, and ensure compatibility of testing.
Providing test status and progress reports as appropriate to top management.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages C, C++, VB6.0, ASP, PL/SQL
Database Oracle 8.0, SQL 7.0, MS Access
Operating Systems Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 98, Windows NT
Defect Tracking Tools HP Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest, Bugzilla, DIMS
Automated Tools WinRunner 7.0.1, Rational Test Suite, QTP
Version Control Tools MS-Visual Source Safe
PROFESSIONAL SCAN
Capgemini Canada Since June’11
Test Lead
Project : Customer Analytics Repository (CAR)
Client : Canadian Tire Corporation, Retail – Business Intelligence Program
Distinctions
Provided coordination, support, created test cases and guidance for the project Quality Management (QM) team during test planning and test execution phase.
Reviewed test artefacts (test cases, defects, questions) created by offshore QM team and presented those to other teams.
Mapped all created test cases to business requirements extensively in HP Quality Centre to create a traceability matrix for coverage of all testable requirements.
Guided and trained the offshore test team in using Quality Center.
Created test plans and test completion reports as required by client.
Supported offshore QM lead in creation of the detailed test schedule and managing test execution.
Represented QM team in the project status meetings.
Accenture Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. Nov’09 – May’11
Test Manager
Project : Automated Service Delivery (ASD) – Release 1
Client : Department for Work and Pensions - UK
Project : Elmo Pension Claims Release-1
Client : KEVA (Local Government Pensions Institution – Finland)
Distinctions
As offshore test manager kicked off testing phase of project including resource ramp-up, work allocations for team members.
Appreciated for understanding and preparing the entire pension application flow document and user training manuals which were circulated to all new team members joining the KEVA project which benefitted the team.
Conducted reverse Knowledge Training (KT) sessions from team members to determine their understanding on the DWP project after initial training sessions were conducted for the team.
Co-ordinated with onshore test manager to update on daily test status from Offshore.
Single handedly carried out test case design and test execution of entire Financial benefit application in the pension application module from offshore.
Created quality assurance documents like traceability matrix, defect analysis reports and metric reports for senior management.
MASTEK May’08 – Nov’09
Test Lead
Project : Etiqa, Individual Life and Group Life Insurance
Client : Maybank Financial Services Group, Malaysia
Project : IPF, Home Credit Financial Services
Client : International Personal Finance, UK
Distinctions
As offshore test lead, created Insurance test cases for most of the modules in Etiqua project and also guided the team in creating good quality test cases.
Successfully completed the UAT testing from offshore for all insurance modules , a total of 2000 test cases for UAT were successfully tested from offshore and the delivery was done on time to the client which was well received and appreciated by the entire client team at Malaysia.
Appreciated by client test manager(IPF project) for finding the maximum defects in Rel 8.2 and also for delivering the test schedule on time from Offshore for IPF - a leading international provider of home credit and the human face of finance.
Provided QA test status and progress reports as appropriate to top management.
Capgemini Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. Nov’06 – Feb’08
Test Lead
Project : Michigan Operating System Pilot (MOSP)
Client : Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan (BCBSM)
Project : Assurant
Client : Assurant Health Sales (Fortis Health Inc), Milwaukee, WI, USA
Distinctions
Handled end to end test requirements from Conceptual System Design and Technical Design Documents for creation of test case scenarios.
Worked extensively with the offshore team which is responsible for test script creation, uploading test scripts in Rational Clear Quest, modifications in existing scripts and execution of test scripts.
Made invaluable contributions to execution of all manual test cases for Servicing Module in Clear Quest to get familiar with all the functionalities of the product in MOSP project.
Handled end to end execution of all manual test cases in EASE to get familiar with all the functionalities of the product and also allocating tasks to team members.
Have been effectively managed the functional, system, integration, regression, adhoc and UAT testing covered during Pass1 and Pass2.
Successfully worked on 3 major software releases.
Patni Computer Systems Ltd. Apr’04 - Nov’06
Test Lead
Project : FLARE Maintenance and Test
Client : EMC2 MA, USA
Project : DOORS-Test Director Integration
Client : Telelogic, UK
Project : Virtual Control Centre (VPX)
Client : VMware Inc, CA, USA
Distinctions
Attended onsite training at USA for 2 months conducted by EMC for knowledge gathering and setting up the testing work environment for the Design Verification and Testing team (DVT) at Offshore.
Conducted test script creation, modifications in existing scripts and execution of test scripts. This group is also responsible for integration testing on various platforms for the features implemented by developers.
Executed all manual test cases to get familiar with all the functionalities of the product on both Windows XP and Windows NT arrays.
Successfully worked on 4 major software releases (R19, R20, R22 and R24).
Led the Q4 Patch testing project team for R19 and R22.
Carried out manual testing in multiple cycles on Windows 2000 Server PC with SQL Server as database to test the functionality of the integrated product for DOORS project.
Carried out the functional and regression testing of the VPX product developed for various releases based on functionality/enhancements in each release.
Reliance Infocomm Pvt. Ltd. Dec’02 – Apr’04
Test Lead
Project : Testing R-World Data Applications for Mobile Handsets
The project required unit and product testing of the software for various releases based on functionality/enhancements in each release in various testing environments before an application is made production ready.
Distinctions
Functioned as a part of the core troubleshooting team responsible for resolving issues related to network and R-World data applications for Reliance, Nokia mobile handsets.
Effectively coordinated with the independent developers as well as the internal development team in case there are bugs that need to be fixed in the applications that have been provisioned for various handsets.
Silverline Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Apr’00 – Dec’02
Senior Tester
Project : Online E-tuition portal
Client : Netcradle, UK
The project involved designing of various entry screens for an online educational e-tuition portal for kids between 7 & 11 years of age.
Distinctions
Created all test cases for the e-tuition portal after studying the requirements.
Executed all created test cases and logged defects in ePMO. Also co-ordinated with developers for defect resolution, to re-test all defects and track them to closure.
EDUCATIONAL / CERTIFICATION
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune University, 1996
Post Graduate Diploma in Software Technology (PGDST) from Gebbs, Mumbai in 1999
Certification – Automation Testing Tool Course from SQTL (QTP, 9.0)