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Akash Shivhare

Akash Shivhare

Pune

Summary

Experienced QA leader with a proven track record in delivering high-quality software solutions across diverse domains. Adept at framework design, test planning, performance engineering, mobile automation, and end-to-end release management. Skilled in functional and API automation using Selenium, Rest Assured, Appium, and UFT, as well as performance testing with LoadRunner and Performance Center (ALM). Proficient in a wide range of automation tools, programming languages, and DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline creation, code quality enforcement, and service virtualization. Experienced in leading and mentoring cross-functional QA teams across multiple geographical locations for both product-based and service-based organizations, consistently driving process excellence, quality improvements, and delivery efficiency.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead SDET

COUPA Software
Pune
03.2019 - Current
  • Team Handling & Management: Led and mentored a QA team of 7 members, resolving critical issues and streamlining workflows; improved test delivery timelines by 25% through optimized processes and clear escalation channels.
  • Framework Design and Script Creation: Architected and maintained scalable automation frameworks, increasing test coverage by 40%; developed reusable scripts, and optimized execution, reducing regression cycle time by 35%.
  • Recruitment: Conducted hiring manager and technical interviews, successfully onboarding 10+ high-performing associates, improving team capability, and domain expertise.
  • Product Quality Ownership: Owned end-to-end product quality, implementing robust validation processes that reduced defect leakage to production by 30%; delivered high-impact demos to stakeholders, driving faster acceptance and sign-off.
  • Release Management: Managed the complete release lifecycle, ensuring 100% on-time delivery; coordinated with global teams to execute 20+ successful releases, with zero post-deployment critical issues.
  • AI & AI Agent-driven Quality Optimization: Integrated AI/ML-driven predictive defect detection, intelligent test case prioritization, and self-healing scripts, reducing automation maintenance efforts by 40%, and improving execution stability by 25%.

QA Architect

ADP India Pvt Ltd
Pune
09.2010 - 03.2019
  • Team Management: Led and mentored QA teams across 3+ geographical locations, ensuring seamless collaboration; improved release coordination efficiency by 30% through streamlined communication channels.
  • Test Planning: Designed and reviewed comprehensive test plans and strategies, achieving 100% stakeholder sign-off with minimal rework.
  • Automation: Built a robust end-to-end automation framework from scratch using Selenium, TestNG, and POM, increasing automation coverage by 45%; contributed to mobile automation using Appium, reducing manual testing effort by 25%.
  • Performance Testing: Created performance test strategies, defined SLAs, and developed VuGen scripts; executed load tests and performed post-load analysis to eliminate bottlenecks, improving system throughput by 20%.
  • Mentorship: Acted as QA architect and mentor for teams in Pune and Hyderabad, enabling skill upliftment and reducing defect leakage by 15% through best practice adoption.
  • DevOps & Continuous Delivery: Implemented CI/CD pipelines and automated job executions, including SonarQube scans; reduced deployment turnaround time by 40%. Introduced service virtualization via CA DevTest/LISA, cutting dependency-related delays by 25%.

QA Analyst

Cybage Software Pvt Ltd
Pune
09.2005 - 09.2010
  • Team handling and Management: Managing and mentoring the team. Resolve team queries and issues. Contribute to the designing of test plans & test strategies, getting them reviewed.

Education

ISTQB Certified Tester -

Indian Testing Board
Indian Testing Board
04.2007

Diploma - Advance Computing

Sunbeam Institute of Information Technology
Pune
08.2005

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer technology

MIT
05.2003

Skills

  • Automation Framework
  • TestNG
  • Cucumber
  • RSpec
  • Web and Mobile Automation
  • Selenium
  • API Testing
  • Rest Assured (API Automation)
  • Postman
  • Performance Testing / Load Testing
  • LoadRunner
  • JMeter
  • Mobile Testing (Browser Stack)
  • Appium
  • Agentic AI in Quality Assurance
  • AI Self Healing Test
  • AI-driven Test Case Generation
  • Defining AI adoption roadmap in QA
  • Visual Testing with AI (eg, Applitools Eyes)
  • AWS Cloud
  • Java
  • Java Script
  • Service Virtualisation
  • LISA
  • CI/CD
  • Jenkins
  • SonarCube
  • TeamCity
  • Docker
  • Agile
  • Jira
  • ALM
  • Confluence
  • Teamwork
  • Problem Solving
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Leadership Skills
  • Decision Making
  • Ability to Work Under Pressure
  • Ability to Work in a Team
  • Interpersonal Communication

Achievements

  • Delivered multiple high-quality releases with zero post-production critical defects, earning consistent client and business appreciation.
  • Winner – TestAutothon 2016: Secured 1st place in a global automation & CI/CD challenge using AWS services.
  • Best Engineering Team – Award for Excellence 2016: Outperformed 74 global teams for engineering innovation and delivery quality.
  • Distinguished Contributor – Orbis Migration: Recognized for critical contributions in a major product migration.
  • Global QA Leadership: Led QA teams across US, Brazil, and India, ensuring consistent quality practices.
  • Represented the organization in multiple USA visits for planning, demos, and post-migration discussions.
  • Acted as QA Architect & Mentor for multiple teams, improving efficiency and automation adoption.

Timeline

Lead SDET

COUPA Software
03.2019 - Current

QA Architect

ADP India Pvt Ltd
09.2010 - 03.2019

QA Analyst

Cybage Software Pvt Ltd
09.2005 - 09.2010

ISTQB Certified Tester -

Indian Testing Board

Diploma - Advance Computing

Sunbeam Institute of Information Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer technology

MIT

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