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Manager
Vaidya Gajanan Anil

Vaidya Gajanan Anil

Pune,India

Summary

  • 17 Years of experience in working in software testing projects.
  • Efficiently managed multiple projects , set priorities, and maintain schedules, assembled the team, selected tools and managed the tests on new products.
  • Worked in Embedded software (4 years) and Core banking Domain (11 years). I have been involved in one of the major SAP core bank implementations in United Kingdom ( ST, SIT, UAT, Production Support ) working for Nationwide Building Society as Banking DC manager.
  • Working on Agile methodology project for last 3.5 years based on AWS cloud. Testing E2E Account Opening Journey involving 25 integration interfaces.
  • Certified Scrum Master and part of Continues Integration process for Testing. Worked with 5 sprint teams for around 3.5 years.
  • Participated all Agile ceremonies like stand up, Sprint Review, Retrospective, Release planning, Backlog refinement,PI Planning.
  • Spent time in Demark for Field Testing, working for Danfoss .
  • Experienced Test Manager with over 11 years of experience in Banking industry . Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction .
  • Worked on Azure setup for CI/CD pipeline and Load test
  • Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project managemen t and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certificates
3
3
Languages

Work History

Software Quality Manager

Bosch
Pune, MAHARASHTRA
03.2022 - Current
  • Monitored staff organization and suggested improvements to daily functionality.
  • Define overall Test Plan/strategy for applications.
  • Collaborate with technical architecture project team and ensure overall Testing approach is in-align to proposed solution ensures industry best testing practices are followed.
  • Walkthrough of overall Test plan to all stakeholders.
  • Create schedule, assign tasks track progress.
  • Conduct periodic reviews of all Test artifacts (Test Plan, Test cases, Test Scripts, Test Results, etc..), provide proactive feedback and ensure 100% test coverage.
  • Plan and strategies Non Functional Testing (Automation and Performance Testing)

Project Test Manager

IBM India PVT LTD
Pune, United Kingdom
08.2010 - 03.2022
  • Spent 7.5 years in Swindon UK working on different Projects in Nationwide. Voyager - SAP Implementation in Core Bank - Acceptance Testing , Warranty Support BEAM and 7DAS Project - Migration project and Regulatory Project - Project test Team Banking Development Centre -, Everyday Banking ( Agile ) (AWS cloud)- Project Test.
  • Responsible for Test management, Test Preparation, Test Execution, Understanding Requirement.
  • Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
  • Planned Non Functional Test in project (Automation, Performance and Penetration testing)
  • Built successful project plans covering objectives, resources and staffing to meet schedules.
  • Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
  • Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.
  • Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisor.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Tools used - HP ALM, JIRA, Confluence, Xray, Zephyr scale,Microsoft Project Plan for Test Management activities.

Test Lead

KPIT Cummins Info system limited
Pune, Maharashtra
06.2005 - 08.2010
  • Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
  • Identified and tracked defects and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
  • Creation of Test Plan for deliverables.
  • Create Test Estimate for new work requirement
  • Test Case Design using Rational Test Manager.
  • Test Environment Setup
  • Performing System Testing, Black box Testing, and Regression Testing.
  • Systematic Approach to testing, tracking, validating and reporting defects.
  • Responsible for deployment, acceptance of builds.
  • Worked on Embedded system and setup test lab.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

K K Wagh COE
Nashik
09.2001 - 06.2005

Skills

    Teamwork and Collaboration

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Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Interests

Cycling - https://wwwstravacom/athletes/42781283

Playing Cricket

Watching Football

Accomplishments

    1.Won "Delighted customer award " for DANFOSS project Danfoss - Denmark

    2.Digital Player of the Month Award NBS - Swindon UK

    3.Nominated for Resilience & Agility H2 award! NBS - Swindon UK

    Gajanan is one of the stalwarts of the Current Account Originations (CAO) journey, he is calm and reassuring but an excellent critical thinker, identifying potential Risks and Issues so we can mitigate them early, using his contacts to get the right knowledge and expertise involved to deliver maximum confidence. Recently we've had a flurry of changes and Gajanan has gone the extra mile to keep us on track to make sure we deliver quality and release the value to our Members and the Society, across a number of complex and high profile changes. Gajanan has masterfully lead the execution of MLR Testing, smoothing the potential friction between new and old, with an honest and pragmatic approach, alongside this he has been at the forefront of sequencing the Hub deliveries of Savings Cross Sell, a Society first and engaging early for the Authenticated work with the Digital Portfolio to help accelerate the pace of change and build further confidence. He manages this large and complex workload with a positive attitude, and finds the time to help coach and develop the team, as well as identifying Continuous Improvements that can be made. He is professionally beyond reproach and his attitude and behaviors embody all PRIDE values on a daily basis, directly and indirectly raising the game of everyone around him.

    4.Managers Choice Award in IBM

Timeline

Software Quality Manager

Bosch
03.2022 - Current

Certified Scrum Master

09-2020

Project Test Manager

IBM India PVT LTD
08.2010 - 03.2022

Test Lead

KPIT Cummins Info system limited
06.2005 - 08.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

K K Wagh COE
09.2001 - 06.2005

Additional Information

  • Agile Explorer Badge
  • Dev-ops essential Badge
  • The First Steps in Negotiating Badge
  • IBM Automation Essentials Badge
  • IBM CLM® for SAFe® - Level 1 Badge
  • IBM Garage Method for Cloud Explorer badge
  • SAP Core Banking knowledge
  • Worked on different SAP modules BP, DM, BS, BW, Payment engine, ERP
Vaidya Gajanan Anil