Arun Choudhary
Noida
Summary
Dedicated and focused Project Management Specialist with over 12+ years of experience excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals. Flexible, detail-oriented and adaptive team player with expertise in equipment operation, staff training and development, customer service and process improvements.
Having more than 12+ years of experience in IT field with various roles Project Manager/ Scrum Master and Test Manager for clients of various domains like Life science, Healthcare and Retail. Worked for global clients like Humana (Health Insurance), Bayer (Life Science), Walgreens (Retail).
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
TCS - Project (Bayer-Life Science)
Noida
01.2021 - Current
- Working as 'Project Manager' for Empower (CDS) application, which is a COTS application and used in Bayer Laboratories to test the samples with different type of instruments
- Assessed vendor capabilities prior to selection based on cost analysis data points such as price quotes and service level agreements.
- Coordinated resources across multiple departments and teams as needed for successful completion of projects.
- Managed large-scale IT projects from conception to completion, ensuring all deadlines were met.
- Developed project plans that included timelines and deliverables, identified resources needed, and estimated costs for each project.
- Monitored progress of the project by tracking activities and resolving issues that arose during execution phase.
- Created status reports detailing progress against timeline milestones and budget constraints.
- Acted as a liaison between business users and technical teams in order to develop solutions that meet customer needs.
- Performed risk management assessments to identify potential risks associated with the project tasks or deliverables.
Scrum Master
TCS - Project (Bayer-Life Science)
Noida
04.2017 - 12.2020
- Have worked as 'Scrum Master' for Bayernet, which is an employee/stakeholder portal for Bayer
- Conducted demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
- Kept up-to-date with industry trends in agile software development methods.
- Enforced scrum values such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness and inspection.
- Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, to track project progress and milestones.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.
- Acted as a servant leader to the development team by removing impediments and resolving conflicts.
- Coached stakeholders on their roles in the Scrum process and how to best support the team's success.
- Monitored progress of sprints, providing visibility into project status for stakeholders.
- Provided guidance to Product Owners regarding Agile principles and best practices for managing product backlogs.
- Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
Test Manager
TCS - Project (Walgreens-Retail)
Noida
06.2014 - 03.2017
- Developed test plans, strategies and schedules for software testing projects.
- Analyzed system specifications and identified potential risks associated with the development process.
- Reviewed project deliverables to ensure they meet quality standards.
- Coordinated with developers, testers, project managers and other stakeholders throughout the entire software testing life cycle.
- Managed multiple concurrent projects while ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Identified areas in need of improvement within the existing testing processes.
- Provided technical guidance and support to junior team members on all aspects of manual and automated testing activities.
- Conducted user acceptance tests by working closely with end users to validate functionality as per their expectations.
- Implemented best practices for defect tracking using JIRA bug tracking tool.
- Reviewed test results prior to release in order to verify accuracy before deployment into production environment.
- Worked with Agile and Scrum methodologies to accomplish project milestones and meet demanding timelines.
QA Lead
TCS - Project (Humana-Healthcare)
Noida
03.2013 - 05.2014
- Developed and implemented test plans, strategies, and processes to ensure quality assurance of products.
- Supervised a team of QA Engineers in executing all phases of testing activities.
- Reviewed requirements documents and technical specifications to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
- Conducted manual and automated tests on software applications to identify bugs or defects.
- Created detailed bug reports with steps to reproduce the issue along with screenshots.
- Assisted developers in troubleshooting issues related to software applications.
- Performed root cause analysis for identified issues, tracked progress and reported results.
- Documented process flows for new features and functionalities introduced in the application.
QA Analyst
TCS - Project (Humana-Healthcare)
Noida
10.2011 - 02.2013
- Developed and maintained test plans, cases, scripts, and data for manual and automated testing.
- Performed functional, integration, system testing, regression testing as well as user acceptance testing.
- Executed tests on various platforms including web-based applications, mobile devices, operating systems, hardware components, and software applications.
- Ensured compliance of products with industry standards by executing tests in accordance with established quality assurance procedures.
- Conducted end-to-end black box testing of new products or existing features prior to release cycles.
- Utilized defect tracking tools such as JIRA to track issues reported during the QA process.
- Participated in peer reviews of test cases and scripts ensuring accuracy and completeness.
Education
B.Tech (Information Technology) -
Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre
01.2011
Skills
- Project Management
- Agile Methodology
- Scrum processes
- SAFe 60 - Scaled Agile Framework
- Quality assurance and control
- Manual and Automation testing
- Mobile device Testing
- Stakeholder Management
- Tools : JIRA, Confluence, VersionOne, QC/ALM, MS-Office, SOAP UI, Device Anywhere, Microsoft project planner
Certification
- ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board)
- Agile Certified Tester
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
German
Elementary (A2)
A2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Project Manager
TCS - Project (Bayer-Life Science)
01.2021 - Current
Scrum Master
TCS - Project (Bayer-Life Science)
04.2017 - 12.2020
Test Manager
TCS - Project (Walgreens-Retail)
06.2014 - 03.2017
QA Lead
TCS - Project (Humana-Healthcare)
03.2013 - 05.2014
QA Analyst
TCS - Project (Humana-Healthcare)
10.2011 - 02.2013
B.Tech (Information Technology) -
Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre
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