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Bhaskar Chand

Noida

Summary

SAFe Agilist, ISTQB Advanced Level – Test Manager, Prince 2 Practitioner, ITILv3 and AHM Certified

Professional with: 20+ years of IT experience in:

  • Release Train Engineer
  • Program Management
  • Product Mangement
  • Test Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Quality Assurance
  • Security Testing

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Vice President

Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
10.2024 - Current
  • Managing a diverse portfolio of projects, ensuring that each project met established quality standards and delivered expected results on time and within budget.
  • Quality Director for LOB.
  • Collaborating closely with executive leadership to align department goals with overall company objectives, resulting in stronger organizational cohesion.
  • Leading cross-functional teams to deliver successful projects on time and within budget.
  • Employee retention through the development of comprehensive training programs and mentorship initiatives.
  • Negotiating vendor contracts and identifying areas for potential savings within department budgets.

Executive Project Manager

Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
11.2019 - 09.2024
  • Testing Head – Procurement, Retail and Payable Exchange verticals.
  • Facilitating Agile Release Train (ART) events and ceremonies.
  • Overseeing project team performance and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
  • Spearheaded digital transformation initiatives aimed at modernizing outdated systems and streamlining operations.
  • Managed stakeholder expectations through effective communication of project updates, milestones, and challenges faced during execution.
  • Streamlined project management processes by implementing Agile methodologies, improving overall efficiency and productivity.
  • Delivered projects on time and within budget by effectively allocating resources and managing task prioritization.
  • Coaching and mentoring Agile teams on SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) practices and principles
  • Conducted thorough risk assessments for each project phase to minimize potential pitfalls throughout the lifecycle.

Senior Project Manager

Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
09.2016 - 10.2019
  • As a Test Manager responsible for testing deliveries for all modules
  • Preparing Test Strategy, Test Plan, SOP and reviewing scenarios
  • Executing business critical scenarios for ensuring changes are not hampering existing functionality
  • Participate in Kick-off meetings, study the feasibility of the project
  • Testing Estimates for product modification / customizations
  • Discuss the change requests and enhancements with the internal teams
  • Managing, coordinating, and analyzing testing activities for team members spread across locations
  • Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
  • Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
  • Regular status reports to executive leadership, providing insights into progress made toward achieving key milestones.

Test Lead

Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
07.2010 - 02.2016
  • Managed, coordinated and analyzed testing activities for upto 32 members.
  • Formulated master test strategy, approach & case templates for Agile methodology.
  • Resolving automation related technical queries of the team.
  • Facilitated training sessions for UAT users on the use of application.
  • Implemented Accenture Tool (ARA, Hexawise & Cross Browser Tools).
  • Provided weekly status report for clients and leadership team.
  • Automated test cases using element locators and web driver methods for Demo.
  • Supported testing capability for skills assessments and team ramp-ups.

Sr. Test Engineer

UnitedHealth Group Information Services Pvt. Ltd.
11.2006 - 07.2010
  • Preparation of flow diagram, test plan and test scenarios
  • Involved in developing automated scripts using QTP, QC & VB Script for functional testing
  • Giving walkthroughs for Test Plan and Test Scenarios to onsite lead, SMEs and SA
  • Reporting and coordinating tasks with onsite lead and associates
  • Owner for TD admin activities including maintaining testing artifacts for the team
  • Suggested improvement areas for TDA and developed metrics for process improvement in 2009

Team Member (Quality Control)

IDS InfoTech Ltd.
06.2002 - 11.2006
  • Developed performance metrics and monthly & quarterly reports.
  • Interacted with QC members to understand their requirements.
  • Reviewed & troubleshot process run for delivery as per set standards.
  • Piloted processes for quality deadline of 98%.

Education

Caltech Cybersecurity Certification Program -

Caltech University
01.2023

MBA - Information Technology

Maharishi Dyanand University
01.2009

MCA -

Punjab Technical University
01.2006

GNIIT Diploma -

NIIT
01.2004

PGDCA -

Kurukshetra University
01.2003

BA - Economics and Public Administration

D.A.V College
Chandigarh, Punjab
01.2002

Skills

  • Program management

  • Decision making & judgment

  • Business planning

  • Cross-functional team leadership

  • Issue resolution skills

  • Recruiting and hiring

  • Negotiation

  • Test Magic

  • Java

  • Jira

  • iTurmeric

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Punjabi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Extra-Curricular Activities

  • NSS Camp Commander
  • Member of Advisory Board N.S.S
  • Blood Donor’s Association member
  • 6 Awards for participation in various camps
  • Sprint Runner

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 06/27/80

Accomplishments

  • Konark – Brand Ambassador of Intellect - Aug'2022
  • Chairman Excellence Team Award - 2021 and 2023
  • Best People Manager – Nov’2021
  • Best Captain Award - Oct' 2020
  • 'Special Mention Award on Intellect Day' - Aug2018
  • Ace Award (Accenture) - January 2012 & 2014
  • Star of the Quarter- January 2011
  • Best Team Award(UHGIS) - November 2009
  • Spot Award – Key performer - March 2008 & Nov 2008
  • Bagged Employee of the Quarter - April to June 2006

Projects

  • Product Development: eProcurement (iCPX and iGPX) catering - Procure to Pay, RFQ, Tender, Auctions, Demand Aggregation.
  • Product Development: 6DX (iRetail) catering Offline and Online Point of Sales and Payable exchange for invoices
  • Project: GeM - This is a one stop Government eMarketplace to facilitate online procurement of common use Goods & Services required by various Government Departments / organizations / PSUs. GeM aims to enhance transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement. It provides the tools for e-bidding, reverse e-auction and demand aggregation
  • Product Development: iRTM (Risk Treasury and Markets) - Intellect Risk, Treasury & Markets (iRTM) covers a comprehensive suite of solutions to address the requirements of banks and capital markets participants. The solution suite supports various asset classes over a highly configurable and scalable platform.
  • Project: HBOS Integration - Lloyds integrated its business activities with the recently acquired joint venture of Halefax and Bank of Scotland.
  • Project: Battle Red - Battle Red was one stop shop for all proposal creation which includes all stages of production enhancement activities in Oil and Gas field for upstream projects
  • Project: Health Insurance Claim Process Engine - This was a auto claim processing Engine for one of top 50 fortune company UnitedHealth Group.


Timeline

Assistant Vice President

Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
10.2024 - Current

Executive Project Manager

Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
11.2019 - 09.2024

Senior Project Manager

Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
09.2016 - 10.2019

Test Lead

Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
07.2010 - 02.2016

Sr. Test Engineer

UnitedHealth Group Information Services Pvt. Ltd.
11.2006 - 07.2010

Team Member (Quality Control)

IDS InfoTech Ltd.
06.2002 - 11.2006

MBA - Information Technology

Maharishi Dyanand University

MCA -

Punjab Technical University

GNIIT Diploma -

NIIT

PGDCA -

Kurukshetra University

BA - Economics and Public Administration

D.A.V College

Caltech Cybersecurity Certification Program -

Caltech University

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