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Aliasgar Shakir

Project Manager
Indore

Summary

AMEX Card| Online Banking| Bill Payment| Health Plan| Compliance| Accessibility| ADA 508| Project Management| Risk Analysis| Quality Engineer| Business Analyst|

Quality Assurance Manger over 16+ Years of experience in the field of Information Technology as Quality Analysis & Testing, Accessibility Testing and Project Management.

Possesses versatile skills in project management, problem-solving, and collaboration. Brings fresh perspective and strong commitment to quality and success. Recognized for adaptability and proactive approach in delivering effective solutions. Results-oriented achiever with proven ability to exceed targets and drive success in fast-paced environments. Combines strategic thinking with hands-on experience to deliver impactful solutions and enhance organizational performance.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
2002
2002
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Project Manger

Dun and Bradstreet, American Express
09.2020 - 07.2024
  • Prepare project plan with risk, dependencies and resource management
  • Preparing requirements and estimation sheet in program increment (PI) planning meeting
  • Attend all the meetings with PO team and proceed further on discussion
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
  • Monitored progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed to keep projects on track.
  • Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.

Sr. Lead Quality Engineer

Digital Insight, NCR
04.2017 - 09.2020
  • Run the Scrum calls and playing the role of Scrum Master.
  • Preparing requirements and estimation sheet in program increment (PI) planning meeting.
  • Attend all the meetings with the PO team and proceed further on discussion.
  • Understand the requirement and, per the requirement, discuss and develop the product with the team. If there is a gap, then explain it to the respective developer.
  • Conducted root cause analyses for major defects, leading to effective corrective actions, preventing future occurrences.
  • Led a team of engineers to identify and resolve critical defects, ensuring customer satisfaction.
  • Facilitated cross-training among team members for enhanced knowledge sharing and skill diversification, fostering a versatile workforce capable of tackling various challenges in the ever-evolving field of engineering.
  • Improved product quality by developing and implementing comprehensive testing strategies.
  • Mentored junior engineers on quality assurance methodologies, fostering a culture of excellence within the team.
  • Analyzed and interpreted customer requirements to develop engineering solutions.
  • Led engineering teams to successfully complete projects on time and within budget.

Lead Quality Engineer

Intuit
04.2014 - 03.2017
  • To lead Accessibility engineers, including developers and QA.
  • We are the Accessibility team, and our basic responsibility is to provide Accessibility enablement for the online banking application.
  • Analyze the application from an accessibility perspective and find out the gaps, and formulate this gap into a requirement.
  • Create a test plan for accessibility and test case reviews.
  • Conformance checking for 508 compliance and WCAG 2.0.
  • Test the application using screen reader tool JAWS, NVDA for Windows operating system, and VoiceOver for Mac.
  • Test application on mobile devices, using TalkBack for Android and VoiceOver for iPhones.
  • Report accessibility issues and log them into JIRA for tracking. Further, carry them to the product owner to prioritize.
  • Handle clients' issues, reproduce them, and provide a fix based on severity/priority.
  • Perform Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Sanity Testing, and Regression Testing to check whether Accessibility should not cause any functional/UI defect.
  • To work with senior management for resource planning, scope assessment, communication plan, and defect reports.
  • CAS configuration changes, REST client used for enabling/disabling any feature/configuration.
  • Streamline the code review process and be responsible for checking in the code in the correct branch with proper comments.
  • Maintain accessibility enablement work in such a manner where the client's ongoing development should not get affected.
  • Daily communication with onsite engineer for Accessibility enablement on the feature, parallel to their development.
  • Prepare and share (weekly) project status report with all the stakeholders.
  • Carry out a meeting with the PM, Design team, or Engineering Manager for any changes or impacts due to accessibility enablement.
  • Optimized test plans for maximum coverage while minimizing resource utilization, striking an ideal balance between effectiveness and efficiency.

Module Lead Quality Engineer

Trintech
12.2010 - 03.2014
  • To work with senior management for resource planning, scope assessment, testing framework, communication plan, and defect reports.
  • Proactively identified opportunities for enhancing existing modules, leading to improvements in performance and usability for end users.
  • Maintained expert knowledge of industry trends and advancements in module development technologies, ensuring that our organization remained competitive within the market landscape.
  • Understand the user stories and create the test cases. If required, get user story clarified from the PM.
  • Test the health plans as per the state rules from the USA.
  • Run smoke test on new build using automation, if required, fix/update the scripts.
  • To write the automation scripts in Selenium for any new health plan introduced for any state.
  • To write the automation scripts in Selenium for any new feature modification, update, or enhancement for health plans under any state.
  • To attend the daily scrum meeting and provide the daily updates.
  • To attend the retrospective meeting at the end of the iteration and provide feedback.
  • Perform black box testing on the application and provide guidance to peers when required.
  • Coordinating the Onshore/Offshore team with respect to QA activities.
  • Performed smoke testing, functional testing, sanity testing, and regression testing.

Quality Engineer

Trintech
03.2008 - 11.2010
  • Understand the user stories and create the test cases. If required, get user story clarified from the PM.
  • To attend the daily scrum meeting and provide the daily updates.
  • To attend the retrospective meeting at the end of the iteration and provide feedback.
  • Perform black box testing on the application and provide guidance to peers when required.
  • Handle modification and enhancement issues.
  • Performed smoke testing, functional testing, sanity testing, and regression testing.

Education

Masters of Computer Management -

North Maharashtra University
Jalgaon, India
04-2003

Skills

Project Management

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 09/07/76
  • Gender: Male
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

Project Manger

Dun and Bradstreet, American Express
09.2020 - 07.2024

Sr. Lead Quality Engineer

Digital Insight, NCR
04.2017 - 09.2020

Lead Quality Engineer

Intuit
04.2014 - 03.2017

Module Lead Quality Engineer

Trintech
12.2010 - 03.2014

Quality Engineer

Trintech
03.2008 - 11.2010

Masters of Computer Management -

North Maharashtra University
Aliasgar ShakirProject Manager