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Deepak Sindhe

Summary

Manager 2, at Dell Technologies with more than 17 years of experience in Software Development. Hands-on experience of building large, motivated engineering team and managing complex projects.

Have expertise in Software Application Development, Project Management, Software Testing, Quality Assurance, People Management and Service Delivery.

My diverse background includes working on various technical and managerial aspects, including the development of financial applications, embedded software, data analytics, and cloud computing applications.


Throughout my career, I have honed my skills in technology & leadership, allowing me to effectively lead teams and deliver successful projects in a range of domains.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Manager, 2

Dell International Services India Private Limited
01.2013 - Current


Responsibilities: -


  • Track of leading high-performing team, fostering collaboration, and cultivating a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Managing and delivering complex application development projects within scope, budget, and schedule, while ensuring high quality and customer satisfaction.
  • Ability to mentor and develop team members, fostering their professional growth and creating a collaborative and supportive work environment.
  • Strong technical background in application development methodologies, tools, and technologies, with expertise in various programming languages, frameworks, and databases.
  • Proficient in Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies, adept at tailoring project approaches to meet specific organizational needs.
  • Manage & motivate employees to be productive, accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes.
  • Experience in managing cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, and building productive relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Facilitate communication between cross-functional teams to ensure successful product releases.
  • Identify areas for process automation and developed strategies to streamline workflows.

Manager, 1

Dell EMC
10.2017 - 03.2021


Responsibilities: -


  • Leading and managing the application development and maintenance of Dell's Converged Infrastructure Application.
  • Leading and managing a team of 14 members, who work on Application Development, Product Ownership, Software Testing, Performance Testing, Database & DevOps Orchestration.
  • Manage the delivery of application enhancements & defects as per release schedule and quality guidelines.
  • Own & manage the entire IT infrastructure of the application & responsible on Dell IT guidelines and upgrades.
  • Plan & schedule the Release Management milestones every quarter & responsible for the monthly release activities of the application.
  • Responsible for career development/planning, performance and pay discussions of team members.
  • Implementing Agile Scrum & play the role of Scrum Master per sprints.
  • Ensure the team follows Agile Scrum - Methodologies on Capacity Planning, QA Estimation, Tasks Assignments, Daily Scrum, Grooming, Backlog Prioritization, Velocity, Release & Implementing best practices.

Associate Principal Software Quality Engineer

EMC
08.2016 - 09.2017

Senior Software Quality Engineer

EMC
01.2013 - 07.2016


Responsibilities: -


  • Performing QA Analysis on User Stories for ACT/XACT, SFDC, Pricing Admin, Order Management, & Flexera in each Sprint/Release as per AGILE Practices.
  • Preparation of Test Cases / Test Cycles for each User Stories in QA Complete/Jira/Test Rail for each Sprint/Release.
  • Review of Test Cases prepared by Team Members and providing review comments.
  • Perform Sanity, Functional and Regression Test Case Executions to achieve Sprint Goal.
  • Prepare & maintain Regression Test Cases on different modules of ACT/XACT, Pricing Admin, OM, SFDC & Flexera for each Sprint/Release.
  • Setup of efficient standards on Daily Scrum, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Planning & Sprint Review with each team.
  • Validate Production Release.

Senior Test Engineer

L & T Infotech
10.2012 - 01.2013

QA Analyst – Level D

Mercer Consulting (India) Private Limited
07.2009 - 10.2012


Responsibilities: -


  • Work with PM(s) to plan “QA Estimates & Timelines” & highlighted “Risks and Issues”
  • Perform requirement analysis on WIN Modules & reviewed the QA Allocation for WIN Project Plan.
  • Discuss & provide inputs to the QA Manager on the “Resource Distribution” & “Work Allocation”.
  • Share work allocation sheets with WIN QA Team members and tracked assignments
  • Partner & assist the team members on enhancing “Test Execution & Coverage” to meet the “Project Deadlines & Schedules”.
  • To get Sanity, Functional & Regression Test Cases prepared by team members and Peer Reviewing them
  • Generate Reports from ClearQuest & verifying the correctness of the tickets logged by the team.
  • Attend Weekly Meetings with Offshore – Development & QA teams
  • Prepare “Weekly QA Status Summary” and share the status across teams.
  • Prepare of Test Strategy & providing QA estimation on CQ Tickets for iMercer Releases.
  • Setup & attend the Pre-Release Meeting with all Project Stakeholders.
  • Prepare & maintain iMercer/WIN Production Support Verification Scripts & performed the Production.
  • Release Verification on Release Dates.

Senior Engineer – Software Testing

Rishi Systems Private Limited
02.2006 - 09.2007


Responsibilities: -


  • Preparation of Automation Test Plans, Automation & Manual Test Cases.
  • Implementation of Automated & Manual Test Scripts & capturing Test Runs.
  • Performing Sanity, Functional & Regression Testing & logging defects in ClearQuest
  • Generating Reports & analyzing the Test Execution Results

Education

MBA - Business Analytics

BITS Pilani
Pilani, Rajasthan
06.2022

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

SBMSIT, VTU
Bengaluru
06.2003

LinkedIn
Linkedin.com/in/deepak-sindhe-a7322618

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Problem Solving
  • Team Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Release Management
  • Change Management
  • Agile Methodologies (Scrum)
  • Program Deliverables
  • Quality & Process Improvement
  • Staff Development
  • Performance Evaluations

Declaration

I, the undersigned hereby declare that all the statements made above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.



(Deepak S R)

Certification

  • Leading Safe 4.0 – Agilist


  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)


  • ISTQB Foundation Level Certified Tester


  • ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Analyst


  • IBM Rational Certified Specialist for Rational Test Management and Robot


  • Software Engineering Certification from M S Ramaiah college of Advanced Studies


  • ITIL Foundation, ITIL Intermediate – CSI, SD, ST & SO and MALC Certified

Skill Set

  • Requirements: - Jira, Rally & SharePoint, Confluence


  • Test Management: - TestRail, QTest, QA Complete, Zephyr, Quality Center


  • Reporting: - Power BI, Tableau, SAP Crystal Reports, SSRS, BOBJ


  • Database: - MS SQL 2012, 2017 & 2019, SSRS


  • Automation: - Rational Robot, RFT, Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG


  • Defect Tracking: - ClearQuest, Jira, Bugzilla

Accomplishments

  • Received LTI Awards – 4 times in a row from Dell International Services India Pvt Ltd.

  • Received Dell Champion Award in 2019 for “Leading the Team & Managing the Program Enhancements” for ACT/xACT.

  • Received Inspire Recognitions multiple times on the IT and QA contributions for ACT/xACT in Dell EMC.

  • Received FIMC award for conducting rigorous Defect Fixed Verification & Regression Testing on Home Center.

  • Received a certificate of achievement for authoring a Technical Paper on “WHQL Testing Approach for Scanner Driver” for Testing Confluence.

Hobbies

  • Photography
  • Fitness and Sports – Cricket & Badminton
  • Traveling
  • Gardening
  • Hiking or Trekking
  • Painting or Drawing
  • Reading Books, Travel Blogs

Interests

  • Science and Nature
  • Astronomy
  • Cooking

Timeline

Manager, 1

Dell EMC
10.2017 - 03.2021

Associate Principal Software Quality Engineer

EMC
08.2016 - 09.2017

Manager, 2

Dell International Services India Private Limited
01.2013 - Current

Senior Software Quality Engineer

EMC
01.2013 - 07.2016

Senior Test Engineer

L & T Infotech
10.2012 - 01.2013

QA Analyst – Level D

Mercer Consulting (India) Private Limited
07.2009 - 10.2012

Senior Engineer – Software Testing

Rishi Systems Private Limited
02.2006 - 09.2007

MBA - Business Analytics

BITS Pilani

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

SBMSIT, VTU

LinkedIn
  • Leading Safe 4.0 – Agilist


  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)


  • ISTQB Foundation Level Certified Tester


  • ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Analyst


  • IBM Rational Certified Specialist for Rational Test Management and Robot


  • Software Engineering Certification from M S Ramaiah college of Advanced Studies


  • ITIL Foundation, ITIL Intermediate – CSI, SD, ST & SO and MALC Certified
Deepak Sindhe