Kiran G.

Expert leader in QA, Automation & TCoE setup & building testing practices & competencies

, India

Experience: 18 Years

Kiran

Expert leader in QA, Automation & TCoE setup & building testing practices & competencies

73400.8 USD / Year

Immediate: Available

18 Years

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About Me

Hand-picked by executive team to turn around underperforming QA teams ; an accomplished leader known & respected for leading successful change in test projects delivery and test process while building credibility with executive teams and stake hol...

Skills

Software Testing

Development Tools

Software Engineering

Database

Others

Positions

QA Tester

Project Manager (Team Lead)

Scrum Master

Portfolio Projects

Smart City ICCC product

Company

Smart City ICCC product

Role

Project Manager (Team Lead)

Description

Built an offshore QA team of 35 engineers ; trained & led them for increased productivity
Defined & implemented Testing Process, Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test tools, Automation
Successfully implemented testing practices @ Automation, Performance, APIs, Security Testing
Achieved employee retention rate of 85% by providing career growth opportunities
Contributed & played a pivotal role in the business growth of 3$ million in 12 months
Driven, delivered & hands-on IOT implementations @ Riyadh, Qatar, Vietnam, Philippines, India
Awarded ‘Gujarat, Goa, Aurangabad’ smart city national projects, for the POC executed by me
Successfully completed the project ‘India Urban Observatory – MoHUA’ @ Nirmal Bhavan, Delhi

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Skills

Test Automation Agile Methodology Testing Framework Performance Tuning

Mobile Apps for several clients across the globe

Company

Mobile Apps for several clients across the globe

Description

Have successfully built & led a 42 member offshore functional QA team @ Bangalore
Led TCoE establishment effort including roadmap development, tools/environment selection, methodology/process/template development, training development
Implemented 20+ test processes, practices, guidelines, checklists and test methodologies
Incisively optimized 60% of Test Design duration by creating Mobility Test Framework
Implemented Mantis BTv1.2.5, Test Link v1.9.3 and XQuaL v1.6b2 tools across the organization
Maintained employee retention rate of 85% per annum by providing career growth options
Significantly enhanced the delivery productivity by trainings & streamlining QA procedures

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Skills

Project Management Security Assessment and Authorization(SA&A) Test Automation

Telecom Projects-Mobily, Saudi Arabia

Company

Telecom Projects-Mobily, Saudi Arabia

Role

QA Tester

Description

Lead a Testing team of size 10 for all the corporate projects, CR’s & production fixes
Onsite Test Consulting, Engagement, UAT and Project Delivery at Mobily, Saudi Arabia

Planned Test Resources, Test Schedules, Task Allocation activities & Trainings as required
Hands on testing across all the ‘n’ tier telecom systems (Siebel, Billing, Mediation, Loyalty etc)
Recycled test data on a daily basis (MSISDN, SIM, Device IMEI) on all the 3 test environments
Organized & executed weekly Siebel Regression Testing on QA, Staging & Prod environments
Published Test Status Reports & Test Metrics on a daily and weekly basis to stake holders
Identified, investigated and helped resolve project issues & risks to Senior Management

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Skills

Manual Testing Rational Performance Tester Test Automation Agile Methodology

AOL website, TODs

Company

AOL website, TODs

Role

QA Tester

Description

Lead, Trained & worked with a Test Team of 8 for all the client projects
Conducted requirement(s) study, design and review of Test Plan, Test Cases, RTM
Handled testing task(s) allocation exercise for the weekly CR’s & prod bug fixes published
Conducted Smoke, Functional, System, Compatibility, Retesting & Regression Testing
Conducted bug triage sessions with PMO, Dev & Testing team for bug fixes prioritization
Submitted consolidated Test Status Report(s) and Test Metrics to AOL-US testing team

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Skills

Manual Testing Agile Methodology