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Senior QA Engineer

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June 25, 2011

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RAVI BOYINA

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Flat no: ***, Q - Block, Jasminium Building, Magarpatta City, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India – 411028.

Contact: +91-997*******; Email: **********.***@*****.***

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<Date>

<Name> Ravi kanth Boyina

<Designation> Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

<Company Name> The Digital Group

<Address> Flat no: 703, Q - Block, Jasminium Building, Magarpatta City, Hadapsar.

<City, State> Pune, Maharashtra, India - 411028

Dear,

I am submitting herewith my resume for your perusal and favorable consideration for the post --- in your company.

A dynamic professional with proficiency and practical experience, gained while working on projects as part of the curriculum as well as exemplary extracurricular credentials. I am interested in working for an organization that will allow optimal use of my drive and expertise for corporate benefit. I am an innovative thinker who believes in applying analysis and creativity to problem solving. I am a self-motivated and diligent individual who is able to adapt to constantly changing environments and situations, constantly updating myself with fresh training. Accented with the latest trends and techniques of the field, having an inborn quantitative aptitude & determined to carve a successful and satisfying career.

Driven by passion and competence, I am confident of making visible contribution to your organization’s growth.

A tour through my enclosed resume shall take you through the details, and I am confident, in my credentials you would find a perfect fit for the job. I would greatly appreciate being given an opportunity for a personal interview.

Thanking you.

Yours sincerely,

Ravi Boyina

RAVI BOYINA

Address:

Flat no: 703, Q - Block, Jasminium Building, Magarpatta City, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India – 411028.

Contact: +91-997*******; Email: **********.***@*****.***

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Sr. QA ENGINEER

Offering 6+ years of experience across the IT industry

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PROFILE

Technically competent Software Test Professional with Masters in Computer Application, enriched with the latest trends and techniques displaying a wide range of skills in Project Management, Technology, Critical Thinking, Troubleshooting, Problem Analysis and Resolution.

Professional competencies in creating Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Reports as well as sound understanding of all Testing Methodologies, various levels of Testing (Functional, Performance and Regression, Sanity), Testability analysis & requirements definition, Test analysis & design techniques and Project Documentation.

Thorough understanding of the Test Life Cycle and Defect Life Cycle, exhibits excellence in analyzing test data, preparing software test cases and executing them in accordance with developing software testing models for various projects. Experienced in QA Process over both Agile and Traditional model, with an edge over Automation

Accomplished at maintaining cost & budget of software testing, and preparation of various software testing reports, defect tracking reports and status updates.

Apt in Business Process Understanding, Requirement Understanding & Mapping, Application Development, Testing, Procedure Development, Training, Business Process Re-engineering and Project Documentation. A systematic, organized, hardworking team player with an analytical bent of mind; reliable as a fully contributing, responsible & accountable member of task/project teams.

Core Competences

Software Testing Practices • Documentations & Presentation • Reporting • Bug Tracking

Team Management • Process Management

Technical Skills

Operating Systems Windows XP, 2003, 2000 and Knowledge on UNIX

Test Management tools Quality Center 10.0 and TPE (Test Plan Editor)

Configuration Mgmt Tools SVN and TFS

Scripting Languages VB script

Database Oracle, SQL Developer, PL/SQL

Defect Tracking Tools Quality Center and SAGSIS

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

THE DIGITAL GROUP (since Feb’08), Pune

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer (SQAE)

Key Responsibilities

Spearheading efforts across managing Manual and Automation testing using tools like QC.

Involved in Functional and System testing using different black box testing techniques, GUI testing, Regression testing, Compatibility testing, Adhoc and smoke testing.

Performing Software testing life cycle activities from project initiation to signoff and Database Testing.

Responsible for interacting with business partners and client to identify the information needs and business requirements and acceptance testing.

Analyzing the requirements and help the team to understand in better writing of Test cases and executing the same.

Skillfully handling Project and Product Development environments and well versed with testing methodologies and concepts.

Looking after the preparation and updating the Traceability matrix in a timely manner.

Adept in preparing review the week plans where all issues, action items, assumptions and risks are clear and track them to closure by escalating to all business stakeholders of the project.

Good exposure to Silk performer on Load Testing.

Ability to understand Functional requirements specifications and Design documents.

Well versed in Test Planning like design and execution of test cases and scenarios.

Accountable for designing and documentation including QA Estimation, QA concept phase report Document, Test Strategy Document, Overall Test Approach Document, Defect Management Approach Document, Test Cases and executing them in Quality Center, Preparation of test reports.

Involved in Defect Management and Bug reporting using QC for business S/w applications.

Adhering to Organizational process in maintaining consistence across each phase in SDLC thus assuring by reducing the risk of non-compliance during audits.

Reviewing the Timesheets of team before sending it to client.

Exposure to all stages of Software Development Life Cycle and STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle)

Accountable in preparing the QA certification report for the product that is tested and certified before releasing to Production environment.

Responsible for Go/No-go call after the completion of testing in Production.

Organizing Defect Review meetings on regular basis with the Stake Holders of the projects to stick on for the timely deliverables.

Carrying out the responsibilities of Project Management related activities including scope and estimation.

Organizing Project specific training sessions and demonstrated the same to new team mates.

Exposure to Legal Services, Mortgage and Finance domains.

Project Details

Project NGX [Next Generation XML]

Duration Jan’11 – Till Date.

Client CT Lien Solutions (Formerly UDS- UCC Direct Services) A Wolters Kluwer Company, USA.

Team size 18

Role Sr. QA Engineer/Module Lead.

Description Retiring legacy BizTalk-based XML solution and transition of 15 SOS XML interfaces over to a more reliable and expanded solution, based on latest Microsoft Workflow technology. The existing XML interfaces are based on BizTalk 2000, hosted on Windows 2000 operating system – both are no longer supported by Microsoft and suffer from on-going reliability issues. This technology platform will become obsolete post CTLSBOC. Consequently, CTLS IT needs to move the legacy XML solution over to a newer more reliable technology solution.

Business Objectives:

Support includes UCC1, Continuation, Termination, Amendments and Assignments for all the above state interfaces.

Responsibilities Designing the test cases & test scenarios with detailed steps in Test Plan module in QC.

Preparing End to End Test cases.

Preparing Test Data before executing Test cases in Test Lab module in QC.

Logging Defects and tracking them in Defects module in QC with reqd screenshots.

Reporting and tracking defects with their current statuses till to closure in QC.

Involved in Functional, System, Adhoc, regression and DB testing.

Involved in Peer reviews and Triage meetings with clients.

Involved in Weekly QA and Project status meetings with client.

Sending Daily status reports to respective Managers.

Project NY ACRIS

Duration Jan’10 – Dec’10.

Client CT Lien Solutions (Formerly UDS- UCC Direct Services) A Wolters Kluwer Company, USA.

Project Type UCC E-Filing for NY Boroughs

Environment Windows XP, VS.NET 2010, Oracle, SQL Developer, TFS and Quality Center.

Team size 5

Role Sr. QA Engineer.

Description ACRIS (Automated City Register Information System) is the New York City Register’s online document management system. Currently we use ACRIS’s online web applications to create cover pages for UCC fixture and coop.

This project will implement the following deliverables:

I. ACRIS real property filings

Initial UCC1 (INIT)

UCC3 Amendment (AMND)

UCC3 Assignment (ASGN)

UCC3 Continuation (CONT)

UCC3 Termination (TERM)

The filing will be supported for the following NY boroughs

Manhattan

Bronx

Brooklyn

Queens

II. The second deliverable of this project is to auto-generate Mortgage ACRIS cover letters.

The current scope covers only NY ACRIS based real-property filing, which includes Loan Assignment, Modification and Originations by using NY ACRIS 3.0 offering eUCC (XML) methodology, which allows subscribers to submit UCC data as part of a XML stream.

The scope of this project also includes auto-generate Mortgage ACRIS cover letters by using the ACRIS web application.

Benefits Expanded filing types, lower operation -Eliminates possibility for user error.

Average 20 ACRIS filings per day -25% of one user’s daily production.

Increased customer satisfaction -Additional Fees not applicable.

Success Criteria Provide ACRIS e-filing capabilities for Origination, Assignment, Modification filing types.

Seamless integration with Verifile work-flow. Operations should be able to re-submit a previously failed filing, reject a filing and follow-up on an un-acknowledged filing.

An order should be posted to NY ACRIS system as soon as it is imported into Verifile.

Ensure 99% uptime for e-Filing interface.

Responsibilities Designing the test cases & test scenarios with detailed steps in Test Plan module in QC.

Preparing End to End Test cases.

Preparing Test Data before executing Test cases in Test Lab module in QC.

Logging Defects and tracking them in Defects module in QC with reqd screenshots.

Reporting and tracking defects with their current statuses till to closure in QC.

Involved in Functional, System, Adhoc, regression and DB testing.

Involved in Peer reviews and Triage meetings with clients.

Involved in Weekly QA and Project status meetings with client.

Sending Daily status reports to respective Managers.

Project eRecordation 2a

Duration Apr’09 – Dec’ 09

Client CT Lien Solutions.

Project Type Real Property e-filing

Environment Windows XP, VS Studio 2008, .NET 3.5, Oracle, PL/SQL, SVN, TFS, Quality Center.

Team size 5

Role QA Engineer

Description ERecordation Phase 2a is to provide CTLS Real Property with eRecording capabilities through selected vendor (Simplifile), and covers non-MDPS filings.

The goal is to provide cost effective recording process with the majority of the 300 eRecording jurisdictions across the United States.

Phase 2a is to provide eRecording for the non-MDPS (Manual Processing) for Real Property (Loan Assignments, Loan modifications, Loan Originations and Others Documents.) Currently there are approximately 300 counties engaged in eRecording which represent 9% of the total jurisdictions, but based upon national client’s results produce about 20-25% of total transactions via eRecording. And today the competition is engaged in process of gaining which provides them a strong selling point and cost efficiencies to increase overall margins.

The main objectives of this project are:

Creating eRecordation XML Interface for the non-MDPS (Manual Processing) based real- property filings by creating B2B workflow with Simplifile.

Responsibilities Designing the test cases & test scenarios with detailed steps in Test Plan module in QC.

Preparing End to End Test cases.

Preparing Test Data before executing Test cases in Test Lab module in QC.

Logging Defects and tracking them in Defects module in QC with reqd screenshots.

Reporting and tracking defects with their current statuses till to closure in QC.

Involved in Functional, System, Adhoc, regression, integration and DB testing.

Involved in Peer reviews and Triage meetings with client.

Involved in Weekly QA and Project status meetings with client.

Sending Daily status reports to PM.

Project E Filing (UCC)

Duration Jun’08 – Apr’09

Client CT Lien solutions, USA

Project Type UCC e-filing

Environment Windows XP, VS Studio 2008, .NET 3.5, Oracle, PL/SQL and SVN.

Team size 6

Role QA Engineer/Verification Lead

Releases involved Releases involved with this new framework are NY, TX and WA States

Accomplishments Accountable in handling the role as VL successfully by completing & delivering the projects on time with in stipulated time frame & got appreciations from client.

Description This project is mainly designed to do electronic filings (Xml) with the states. For data exchange. The International Association of Corporation Administrators (IACA) has developed technical specifications using XML for Uniform Commercial Code.

Many states in USA have adopted the IACA standard and contracted Office Automation Solutions to build their filing system to accept electronic filings.

The objective is to add filing interface to iLien that sends XML filings to these states.

The XML interface automates the process of generation and submission of IACA-compliant XML filings to states. Such a capability in iLien will reduce the turnaround time from currently several days to less than an hour for e filings.

The primary goal of this project is to transfer IACA friendly XML filing to state compliant XML according to the USA State respective business rules.

Responsibilities Designing the test cases and test scenarios with detailed steps in Excel.

Execution of Test cases and maintaining test results in Excel.

Logging Defects in Defects module in QC.

Reporting and tracking defects with their current statuses in QC.

Involved in Functional, System, Adhoc, regression, integration and DB testing.

Involved in Weekly QA and Project status meetings with client.

Sending Daily status reports to client

Project OHA (Oracle High Availability) – Phase 1

Duration May’08 – Jun’08

Client CT Lien Solutions

Project Type Maintenance (up gradation)

Environment Windows XP, Oracle 10g, PL/SQL

Team size 1

Role QA Engineer

Description This project is mainly to upgrade from Oracle 9i to 10g in PT environment which simulates to Production environment and thus to ensure that all servers like (DB, WEB) and other applications services Functionality and Performance are not broken.

Responsibilities Designing the test cases and test scenarios in Excel.

Execution of Test cases and maintaining test results in Excel.

Logging Defects in Defects module in QC.

Reporting and tracking defects through Excel and QC.

Involved in Functional, System, Adhoc and regression testing

Involved in Weekly QA status meetings with client.

Sending Daily status reports to client.

Project EFiling UCC

Duration Feb’08 – May’08

Client CT Lien Solutions

Project Type UCC e-filing (Enhancement)

Environment windows XP, VS 2008, Biztalk server, IACA, Oracle, PL/SQL and SVN

Team size 3

Role QA Engineer

Release involved MA State (Massachusetts)

Description This project is mainly designed to do electronic filings (Xml) with the states. For data exchange,

The International Association of Corporation Administrators (IACA) has developed technical specifications using XML for Uniform Commercial Code.

Many states in USA have adopted the IACA standard and contracted Office Automation Solutions to build their filing system to accept electronic filings.

The objective is to add filing interface to iLien that sends XML filings to these states.

The XML interface automates the process of generation and submission of IACA-compliant XML filings to states.

Such a capability in iLien will reduce the turnaround time from currently several days to less than an hour for e filings.

E filing is based on Database. The primary goal of this project is to transfer IACA friendly XML filing to state compliant XML according to the USA State respective business rules by verifying the State business rules are properly translated are not and validating the translated XML against the schema and DTD’s using XML editor tools. Like MA many states are adopting these XML filings to give fast and effective service to their customers.

Responsibilities Designing the test cases and test scenarios with detailed steps in Excel.

Execution of Test cases and maintaining test results in Excel.

Logging Defects in Defects module in QC.

Reporting and tracking defects through Excel and QC.

Involved in Functional, System, Adhoc and regression testing

Involved in Weekly QA status meetings with client.

Sending Daily status reports to Client.

SOFTWARE AG (INDIA) PVT LTD (Nov’06 to Dec’07), Pune

Developer/QE

Project Application Designer

Duration Nov ’06 – Dec ’07

Industry Product Development

Product Name Application Designer (CIT)

Project Type Development

Environment Client/Server (Windows XP, Java, Altova XML Spy and Eclipse

Role Developer /QE

Team size 4

Description The Product Crossvision “Application Designer” is used for providing rich and interactive UI’s (User Interfaces) for web based business applications. Crossvision Application Designer is useful for organizations that want to develop composite applications for use within a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Software AG’s Crossvision Application Designer accelerates and simplifies the design and deployment of rich Internet applications (RIA) with AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript + XML).

With Crossvision Application Designer, desktop-like capabilities can now be enabled for the browser without requiring developers to code complex JavaScript, HTML or CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).

Once applications created using Crossvision Application Designer are designed and tested, they can be rapidly deployed on a broad range of Java application servers, including Tomcat, JBoss, IBM Websphere, BEA Weblogic and others.

Each application can be immediately accessed through browsers and via a Java SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) client.

It provides different tools for development environment. Using development tools you can define “Style sheets, Language Management, checking performance of the application, Online help” and many other features. With these controls you can design effective layouts.

Apart from the above tools, there are set of controls which you can design Layouts and making web based business applications more interactive and effective.

Responsibilities Designing test scenarios, test cases and executing them using TPE

Reporting and tracking defects through SAGSIS.

Involved into manual testing.

Involved partially in conducting load testing using “Silk Performer” tool.

Performed functionality and regression testing

Weekly status meetings with Onsite Project manager

Sending Daily Status Reports to respective Leads and PM’s.

INSTANCE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS (Aug’04 to Oct’06), Bangalore

Test Engineer

Project Business Automation Tool

Environment Windows 2000, Java, Web/SQL servers

Duration Jan’06 – Oct’06

Project Type Enhancement

Tools Manual Testing and Test Director

Team size 6

Role Test Engineer

Description The product is an intranet s/w accessed by the management users in the organization. The management users can track the current running projects. The s/w also provides features for defining and managing contacts, scheduling calls, meetings, sending invitees, communication through mail, uploading the documents, tracking any issues, provides user management for security and provides reports for analyzing the business.

Responsibilities Preliminary discussion of the project with the core team

Understanding the functional doc and analyzing the project

Designing test cases and executing them.

Performed functionality and regression testing

Detecting the bugs and classifying them based on the severity

Reporting and tracking defects using test management tool- Test Director.

Project Hospital Information System

Environment Windows, VB 6.0, MS Access, WebSphere5.1.1/IIS5.0

Duration Jun’05 – Dec‘05

Project Type Maintenance

Tools Manual Testing, Ms Excel

Team Size 4

Role Test Engineer

Description The main purpose of this one is to view the total inpatient cash and credit collections and total outpatient cash collections and credit collections for the selected dates in the hospital and it is also used to show how many beds are present for the selected date in the hospital.

User can add new tests, new parameters for that test, new samples, new employees from the front end itself instead of entering from the backend, if we are not providing this opportunity to the clients, the user may enter from the backend and sometimes it may lead to the problems.

Responsibilities Preliminary discussion of project with the core team.

Involved in manual testing

Involved in design, creation and execution of the test cases

Responsible for black box testing

Performed GUI, Functional and Regression testing

Interacting with developers to resolve application defect.

Project Name: Travelocity Business

Client Name: Sabre Inc, USA

Team size: 5

Duration: August ’04 – May’05

Role: Test Engineer.

Project Description: Travelocity Business is the largest US based Travel portal and subsidiary of Sabre, US, having market share of more than 70% in travel management solution to individual travelers booking Airlines tickets. Worked to automate the online booking tool which helps customer / end user to search for and reserve his business trips, while using company's preferred vendors.

Responsibilities: As a Test Engineer, I was involved in...

Creation of Test Cases.

Participation in test cases review.

Execution of Regression suite in QC.

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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Masters in Computer Applications - 2004

Nagarjuna University

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Date of Birth : 22/06/1979

Languages Known : English, Hindi

Reference : Available On Request

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