ASHUTOSH AGARWAL
Delhi
Summary
Accomplished QA Manager with over 20 years of extensive experience in Software Quality Assurance. Proven track record of successfully leading teams to deliver high-quality software products on time and within budget. Expertise in designing, implementing, and executing comprehensive QA programs, including test strategies, test plans, test cases, and automation frameworks. Skilled in managing cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, and mentoring QA professionals to achieve excellence. Strong analytical skills with a keen eye for detail, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements. A strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to problem-solving and a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation in QA processes.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Manager
Indicia Worldwide
03.2022 - Current
- Implementing complete QA processes in the company from scratch
- Organizing a project team to perform work
- Delegating work to the team
- Controlling time management
- Managing quality deliverables
- Monitor progress
- Establish Regular Meetings
- Exploring new QA Tools for both Test Management & Automation Ensuring a proper QA Environment setup for the company.
Head Projects
Milleniance Softnet Pvt. Ltd.
12.2015 - 02.2022
- Planning the activities
- Organizing a project team to perform work
- Delegating the teams
- Controlling time management
- Managing deliverables
- Monitor progress
- Establish Regular Meetings.
Manager - QA
Estel Technologies Ltd.
03.2011 - 11.2015
- Project Title: Mobile Money and M-Banking Mobile Money and M-Banking solution enables banked customers to access banking services securely from their mobile handset, both to seek account information & to perform financial transactions
- It offers great convenience to consumers: anytime, anywhere, on the move banking
- Enables banks to expand reach at lower costs Gathering of Requirements from the client through calls and finalisation of the scope document
- Ensuring that the requirements are well developed by the development team
- Led a team of QA Engineers through the entire Project Life Cycle Developed Test plans and assigning task to the QA team Attending client calls for all the requirement walkthroughs Create the test status reports/Defect reports for the management Performing internal audits at project management level Preparing Release notes and sends it across the client while UAT.
Assistant Manager - QA
Futuretech IT Services
10.2009 - 02.2011
- SMARTHOTEL is about developing the application for the Hotel industry to be used for maintaining records of its guests and customers
- Under this project, customer can login in the application and can do all the management activities
- SMARTHOTEL is capable of supporting add, delete or update records
- Performance & Stress Test Plan Creation, Effort Estimation
- Preparation of Test Strategy, Test Approach and Test estimations
- Providing assistance in preparing Test Cases, Test Strategies and other QA artefacts by the team members
- Review of Test Plan, Test Cases and other Manuals created by other Engineers
- Creating Software Test Matrix for Management and Development teams Handling of parallel teams of projects
Project Leader - QC
RSystems International Limited
08.2006 - 08.2009
- Venetian Portal is a complete automated solution for Venetian’s day to day activities
- Portal is designed to integrate with Venetian’s existing HR & PAYROLL applications based in IBM AS400
- It uses Net managed services and Web Services to fetch and update data in their HR and PAYROLL applications
- Develop test strategies, master test plans and test cases Review requirements and give feedback to analysts Write extensive SQL queries and execute test cases Responsible for defect management in QC.
Systems & Implementation Engineer
CLC Technologies (P) Ltd.
01.2004 - 07.2006
- (Part of 81 Million USD CLC Group
- It provides customized ERP solutions and has clients as Orient Craft Limited (No 1
- Garment Exporter of India) Orient Fashions, Sterimed Surgical etc.) Visiting Client’s site for understanding their requirements along with the interaction with end users
- Capturing all the requirements in document format Explaining the Client’s requirements to the development head and developers After being implemented, testing the requirements thoroughly for its perfect implementation
- Giving end users training for how to use our ERP with their requirements being in-corporated
- Finally, implementing the ERP at the client site and handing over the system to their IT teams
Education
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (MCA) -
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
01.2002
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (PGDITM) -
JAGANNATH INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL (JIMS)
01.2002
Bachelor of Commerce - Financial Accounting
Delhi University
New Delhi06-1999
ADVANCE DIPLOMA IN NETWORK CENTERED COMPUTING -
NIIT
01.1999
Skills
- Mercury Quality Centre 90
- Web load 83
- JMETER
- SOAPUI
- Load Runner 91
- Manual Black Box Testing
- Automation Testing using JMETER
- Performance Testing by JMETER/LOADRUNNER
- Grey box Testing
- Security Testing
- AGILE Coach
- Quality assurance expertise
- Team Building and Motivation
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Regression testing management
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Process improvement strategies
- Knowledge of auditing systems
- Regulatory Compliance
- Internal Audits
- Attention to Detail
- Quality Standards Determination
- Quality Systems
- Audit Coordination
- Project Management
- Process Analysis
- Process Development
- Test Planning
- Relationship Building
- Performance Metrics
- Personnel Training
- Product Testing
- Employee Supervision
- Defect tracking
- Quality testing
- QA reporting
- Software testing
- Agile Methodologies
- Six Sigma methodology
Timeline
QA Manager
Indicia Worldwide
03.2022 - Current
Head Projects
Milleniance Softnet Pvt. Ltd.
12.2015 - 02.2022
Manager - QA
Estel Technologies Ltd.
03.2011 - 11.2015
Assistant Manager - QA
Futuretech IT Services
10.2009 - 02.2011
Project Leader - QC
RSystems International Limited
08.2006 - 08.2009
Systems & Implementation Engineer
CLC Technologies (P) Ltd.
01.2004 - 07.2006
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (MCA) -
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (PGDITM) -
JAGANNATH INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL (JIMS)
Bachelor of Commerce - Financial Accounting
Delhi University
ADVANCE DIPLOMA IN NETWORK CENTERED COMPUTING -
NIIT
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