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I am having an excellent QA available on 1 week notice; he is having 13+ years of experience with financial and healthcare background. Below is his complete profile for your perusal, for any further clarifications and information please mail me back. He is open for relocation; his current location is *Salt Lake City, UT.* Thanks Praveen Dixit Acetek Solutions Inc [email protected] <[email protected]> www.aceteksolutions.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dynamic and result oriented leader with 13 plus years of international experience in Test Management, Release Management, Project management, Relationship development and IT Strategy planning. A strategic thinker with proven ability to handle Global Delivery (on site off shore) responsibilities with maximum profitability. Possess strong client relationship building skills and a desire to combine experience, passion and entrepreneurial skills to embrace opportunities in wider areas of business consulting and project management. Established Testing Center of Excellence (TCOE) and QA Practice for multi-million dollar projects. Capability to thrive in dynamic and fluid environment while remaining dedicated, focused and pragmatic. * * EDUCATION: Bachelor of Engineering, MBA (Systems) from Birla Institute of Technology, India. *TECHNICAL SKILLS * *System Hardware:* IBM, HP, Intel, AMD, etc. *Languages: *C++, JavaScript, SQL, .NET, Visual Basic, Java, PHP, ASP, HTML, DHTML, VBA, VB Script, XML, CSS *DBMS: *Oracle, DB2,MS SQL Server, MySQL, PL/SQL *Operating Systems: *Windows since 3.2/98/XP/Vista, UNIX, LINUX, HP-UX, Solaris, DOS, *Testing Tools: *Quality Center, QTP, win runner, Load Runner, Test Director, Bugzilla, Req Pro, Rational Clear Quest and Rational Robot, SQL Query Analyzer** *Domains: *ERP, CRM, Telecom, Health care , Insurance and finance, *Process**:* UML, Use case diagrams, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Agile/SCRUM, Method 1. Implementation Optimization. * * *PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE* * * *Syntel* *Aug 06 – Present* *Program Test Manager/Test Director - American Express* *Salt Lake City**, UT*** * * American Express is a diversified global financial service company, headquartered in New York with major offices across world. American Express is the largest client to Syntel Inc. Global Product Platform (GPP) is a division in Amex that handles the Value Card business for American Express. For Syntel, GPP is a $9+ million account with team strength of almost 100+ (Onsite-offshore). * * *Roles and Responsibilities:* · Responsible for leadership to Quality Council and oversight for document control system, product complaints, internal and external audit program, hiring and training programs; assisted with regulatory submissions, review and approve specifications. · Mentored a big team of around 100 to get the quality output without putting them under stress and losing their interest. · Interacted with diversified skill set resources and got them to terms of best QA practices. · Research client’s business model, priorities, challenges and initiatives that translated into solution opportunities and value-added relationship. · Recommended and implemented industry best practices and quality assurance initiatives at the client locations to improve business transformation processes · Worked as Release Manager to improve the release management process · Established Test Lab to support various types of testing procedures. · Re-engineered project off-shoring model by applying creativity to improve profitability and additional revenue for Syntel. · Negotiated business level agreements between Syntel and Amex and handle new business sales. · Increased project success by building relationships with internal clients and business partners. · Envisage and execute strategy for GPP account to ensure business as usual in outsourcing model. Work with Amex to design IT operational models and provided support to the senior management to implement IT strategy at Amex. · Involved in client-interfacing, resource planning, projection/billing and budgeting of multiple projects. · Evaluated the different software development approaches for a critical project and the proposed the one that eventually shortened the envisaged effort. · Trained the team to perform Risk Based Testing for Every Project Implemented. · Attended Six Sigma green belt training and coordinated it for the whole team. · Developed effective onsite offshore communication model by working non business hours. *Test Manager RelayHealth* *– CIGNA* *June 05 – July 06* *Connecticut*** * * CIGNA is a healthcare service company whose business is designed to help customers improve their health, well-being and security. RelayHealth provides secure online healthcare communication which links patients, healthcare professionals, payers and pharmacies. Through its online clinical services, patient and doctors can communicate about non-urgent medical symptoms via the webVisit clinical consultation. RelayHealth enables physician to charge patient and participating health plan for web Visits. System was dealing with MMIS.** * * *Roles and Responsibilities:* · Established processes and procedures to implement repeatable quality testing process by introducing metrics, test documentation, and reassigning responsibilities. · Day to day Project management functions, Test management and Release Management with extensive interaction with clients. · Managed teams that designed and developed the website using the latest in technology · Conceptualized and introduced the latest Agile/Scrum Development Methodology in project. The development process helped in delivering superior quality software products within the strict business timelines. · Additionally performed Account Management functions which included forming a team, forecasting, budgeting, retention management, new business sales, financial consulting, accounting consulting, regulatory compliance consulting, U.S. & Foreign custom relations & regulations. · Also responsible for the creation and implementation of new logistics based contracts, and close interaction with Senior Management and other internal account managers. · True consultant based approach to account management, derived from looking at the entire logistics chain, and identifying cost savings at any point within that chain to benefit the customer & our company. * * * Test Manager – **Accenture*** *Feb 04 – May 05*** *Client: **Bellsouth Telecommunications*, *Atlanta**, GA*** * * * * Accenture is a global leader in management consulting, technology server and outsourcing firm with revenue in excess of $23 billion and about 200,000 employees worldwide. *Responsibilities*: · Managed teams that maintained the critical technical and business processes. · Initiate projects, estimate effort, budgeting, status monitoring and reporting, and quality management. Lead and project teams and mentor / impart quality training. · Acted as one of the key participants in Command Center activities during major production /go-live implementations · Defined and implemented software development and QA process to move the account from startup mode to a more repeatable, predictable development model. · Participated in the quality audits and was awarded for Quality Assurance Initiatives at the grass root level in the company. *QA Consultant/Lead QA Consultant – **Infogain India Pvt Ltd, NOIDA, India* * * *Aug 99- Jan 04*** *Client: **Amdocs, San Jose, CA *** * * Amdocs Clarify CRM: CRM applications are designed to facilitate the capture, consolidation, analysis and enterprise-wide dissemination of data from existing and potential customers. * * *Responsibilities:* · Successfully managed and refined quality process for large offshore and onsite teams to develop IT Infrastructure for Fortune 500 clients. · Formulated strategies for better management of offshore development process to speed-up the software delivery process. · Identified areas within UAT for automated regression testing utilizing automation tools * *** *Client: Hewlett Packard, Boise, ID* HP website testing for support and driver download functionality. *Responsibilities:* · Helping client to form offshore team. · Defining roles of offshore Team · Defining Test Scenarios on the basis of Requirement · Creating Test bed for the defined scenarios · Publishing Test Results to the client · Publishing Test report * *** * * --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OCP_DBA" group. 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