Avadhoot Shilankar
Pune
Summary
Seasoned Test Manager with over a decade of experience in end-to-end test management across complex IT programs and projects. Proven expertise in leading offshore testing teams, defining strategic test approaches, and ensuring seamless delivery with zero critical production incidents. Adept in managing Retail IT stacks, driving automation initiatives, and aligning testing efforts with business objectives. Demonstrates strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and a commitment to continuous service improvement. Certified ISTQB (Advanced) professional with working knowledge of TMMi frameworks and a deep understanding of testing methodologies, tools, and environments in Agile and DevOps settings.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Skills
- Test case design and management
- Defect tracking and resolution
- Quality assurance and control
- Test strategy development
- Test automation
- Regression testing
- Problem solving and analysis
- Agile methodologies (SCRUM, SAFe, KANBAN)
- Risk management
Test Management Responsibilities
- Managed end-to-end testing activities for large-scale IT programs and projects.
- Led and coordinated offshore testing teams to ensure timely and quality delivery.
- Defined test strategies and approaches, and handled escalations for stakeholders.
- Promoted continuous improvement initiatives across UK IT operations.
- Demonstrated leadership and upheld company values across teams and functions.
- Executed impact testing for urgent bug fixes on demand.
- Coordinated with Configuration Management (CM) and Database Administration (DBA) teams to manage test labs and environments.
- Monitored customer-reported issues and conducted root cause analysis (RCA).
- Delivered timely action plans based on RCA findings.
- Led QA knowledge-sharing sessions and mentored testing teams in Agile setups.
- Ensured proper setup and maintenance of test environments, including configuration and test data.
- Planned and executed system-level product testing.
- Compiled detailed system test closure reports.
- Assessed and recommended new tools for test management, automation, performance, and API testing.
- Collaborated with Product Management to align testing with business and technical goals, and participated in sync meetings.
Work History
Project: IMedOne & CareOn, Senior Test Lead
Deutsche Telekom Clinical Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
01.2010 - Current
- Currently working at Deutsche Telekom Clinical Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. As a Senior Lead Test Engineer on a commercial product, iMedOne.
- Exposed to team management activities like work allocation, daily status reports, daily scrum updates, work reviews, managing bugs, on-site coordination, infrastructure management, and other follow-ups.
- Hands-on experience in testing phases such as requirement analysis, query reporting, test scenario and test case preparation, test case execution, defect reporting and tracking, defect retesting, report generation, and test closure activities.
- Having strong experience in the complete software testing life cycle, involving designing, documentation, planning, and executing tests and suites.
- Experience in detail testing of web-based, iPad-based, and desktop-based applications.
- On-site (Germany) experience for requirement gathering and customer support.
- Contributed to the CMMI Level 3 and 5 appraisal process by being a FAR member.
- Gained knowledge and worked in the Agile testing methodology, which resulted in reductions of cost and time.
- Experience in testing drug management and pharmacy workflows in the German healthcare domain.
- Actively involved in providing training to peers and freshers.
- Experienced in automation testing (TestComplete, Playwright, Postman).
- Experienced in handling customer support activities.
QA Engineer
Tieto Technologies
Pune
12.2008 - 12.2010
- LIS is Life Insurance Solutions project of Nordia and Lithuonia where all the Customer Policies are created by offering them a unique policy number, making that policy effective, making incoming payment from costumer and responding to the policy holders queries like if in case policy holder needs to surrender the policy, Withdrawal of amount
- And issuing amount to the holder in case of death
- Refer requirements from Technical document
- Writing of Test Cases
- Execution of Test Cases in QC
- Perform functional, Regression and smoke testing
- Logging defects in QC
Project Profiles
- IMedOne Modules (CARE) (MEDICATION), (PMS), (Billing) German, Healthcare
- CareOn (IMedOne ) Module (Medication), South Africa, Healthcare
- Life Insurance Solutions (LIS), Nordia, Lithuania, Insurance
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
German
Beginner
A1
Education
Master of Computer Management - Computer Management
Nagpur University
Nagpur03-2008
B.Com With Computer Application - Computer Application
Nagpur University
Nagpur01-2005
Tools Undertaken
- Asur DevOps
- MTM (Microsoft Test Manager)
- PlayWright
- Testcomplete
- Postman
- VersionOne
- Confluence
Certification
- ISTQB® (Advanced Level) - Test Manager
- SAFe 6.0 Agilist
- CSM (Certified Scrum Master)
- CP-MAT (Certified Agile Tester)
- ISTQB (Foundation) Certification for Software Testing
Personal Information
- Passport Number: Yes
- Date of Birth: 12/07/84
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that information furnished above is true to best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Project: IMedOne & CareOn, Senior Test Lead
Deutsche Telekom Clinical Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2010 - Current
QA Engineer
Tieto Technologies
12.2008 - 12.2010
Master of Computer Management - Computer Management
Nagpur University
B.Com With Computer Application - Computer Application
Nagpur University
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