Global Head of Testing Chapter
Deutsche Bank - India
Total years of experience :23 years, 10 Months
➢ Stakeholder Management for Testing across Programs and representing Testing as a Value proposition
➢ Establishing End to End Testing Strategy and Approach for programs like Bank merger, Data Migration, Statutory Reports
modification, SAP S4 HANA migration etc.
➢ Devised and implemented Testing Strategy for S4 HANA implementation for Finance GL business
processes viz. RTR and AP.
➢ Test Environment Moderation and efficient planning. TEAT framework developed and sustained.
➢ Budget Management
➢ Imbibing best practices in CI, CD and CT across packaged and legacy applications
➢ Establishing Quality Gates and milestones via Scaled Agile practices
➢ Institutionalizing Testing Chapter within Engineering Chapter for Agile framework
➢ Working with vendor partners in terms of Delivery excellence, Resource Management and Financials
➢ Cloud Migration Testing governance and best practices
➢ Test Automation using TOSCA|UFT|BDD, Performance Testing using LR | Gatling | JMeter
Testing Center of Excellence
Major responsibilities:
Establishing Testing Center of Excellence initiatives in Sustaining organization for High
Valued Applications
Implement Transformational programs to achieve Quality Assurance and Testing KPIs
Leading a portfolio for providing Testing and QA solutions/services for Business
Systems Operations organization
Represent Testing Team as part of IT Transformational program within Schlumberger
Institutionalize Test Automation, Performance Testing and other Specialized Testing
services using tools like HP UFT, Loadrunner etc.
Functional Testing solutions for Domains like Supply Chain, HR, Finance, Technology
maintenance, Marketing, Sales and Operations and Engineering Manufacturing
applications
Cloud Migration Testing
SAP
Major responsibilities:
Instituting & Leading the Test Center of Excellence as
SAP, HP QC, SAP TAO & QTP
Major responsibilities:
Planned and created a Test center of excellence for the account, implemented a shared
service model to manage the onsite Testing activities for SAP
implementation, Functional upgrade and Test Automation
Other regular onsite manager activities including but not limited to budgeting,
costing, status reporting, SLA & schedule tracking and escalation point for
client.
Managed Testing team of 40 Functional Testers spanning across 3 geographic
locations
Working with the offshore delivery manager to make sure on time quality
deliverables
Implemented the Test Strategy for the SAP upgrade following a Risk Based Testing
approach
Conducted Test Automation feasibility analysis for various test cases Domain/Business
Process:
ERP - Advance Planner Optimizer, Materials Management and Supply Chain processes
Microstrategy reports Test Automation using QTP
Major responsibilities:
➢ Single point responsible for the delivery of all manual & automated scripts with
onshore-offshore model
➢ Managed a team of 15-20 spanned across 3 geographical locations
➢ Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing
needs and requirements
➢ Effectively apply methodologies and enforces project standards. Ensures project
documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
➢ Work closely with other vendors who work on the development and manual test of the
application under test to drive implementation problems to resolution Domain/Business
Process:
➢ SAP eRecruitment and SAP HR
Major responsibilities:
➢ Gather knowledge from customer and train offshore team on ERP
knowledge Work with the Functional team to validate requirements
➢ Manage test data to make sure that regression testing has correct and sufficient
data
Build the team from scratch to do the knowledge transition and then move to steady
state testing
➢ Formulating overall Test strategy
➢ Create and manage test plan and continuously track it for any changes in scope >
➢ Review design specifications, test plans, release notes and implementation plans
➢ Regularly meet with the client to review test progress and discuss mitigation of
risks Playing the Process Anchor role - Implementing all the best Testing practices
➢ Framed a re-usable Estimation model for ERP testing
➢ Achieved CMM level 5 for the project by setting up key KPAs & achieving them
through setting up a sustainable system Domain/Business Process:
ERP - HR, Materials Management, Sales & Distribution and SCM
Major responsibilities:
➢ Task allocation to the team members
➢ Planning, Status reporting and managing day - to - day activities
➢ Documenting Risks and Issues related to test deliverables, Mitigation, Impact
and
Workarounds
➢ Execution of test cases
➢ Mentoring the team members and Knowledge Management Domain/
Business Process:
Telecom - OSS BSS, Service Assurance & IVR
Customer Complaint Resolution Approach for Problem Solving (Warranty & Quality
Improvement Teams).
➢ Preparation of Standard Operating Procedure stating the Critical to Quality parameters
(CTQs) & assuring the quality through process improvement & not mere inspection.
➢ Warranty & Customer complaint Analysis. Accessing the data through SAP - QM and
BW module.
➢ Successfully completed Quality Improvement Projects using Six
Sigma methodologies
Domain/Business Process: Automotive
Maintaining Quality Control & conducting Sampling Audits
➢ Using Six Sigma for Process improvements
Domain/Business Process: Automotive
Name of the project: Quality Assurance & Process Management
Major responsibilities:
➢ Devising Quality Control techniques
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