Embedded testing
Devraj Biswas
Program Manager
Elite-Palava,LSG-II, Mumbai,Maharashtra
Summary
A forward-thinking, capable, ambitious, customer-oriented, and technical program manager with over 17 years of experience in strategic planning and complex problem-solving. Expert in automotive and telecom testing, cross-functional communication, employee supervision, and process improvements. .
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
4
4
Languages
Work History
Program Manager
L&T Technology Services Ltd
Mumbai
01.2023 - Current
- Working as a global system validation product lead & cluster lead for automotive projects.
- Client coordination and a solution-driven test approach
- Resource handling by more than 20 members.
- Year of experience in project planning, risk identification, and monitoring.
- Collaborated with teams across departments to develop effective strategies for executing programs.
- Conducted regular meetings with team members to review progress and address any issues or concerns arising from the program execution process.
- Identified areas of improvement in existing processes, procedures, and systems related to the program delivery cycle.
- Reviewed customer feedback on a regular basis in order to identify potential areas for improvement in service delivery.
- Researched market trends related to industry-specific programs and developed strategic plans based on my findings.
- Participated actively in brainstorming sessions focused on improving existing processes or creating innovative approaches for delivering services more efficiently.
- Generated and delivered reports, program review presentations, and other program status updates.
- Collaborated with functional managers to develop program resource plans and assign program resources.
- Provided leadership, insight, and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Interviewed prospective employees and provided input to HR on hiring decisions.
Project Manager
L&T Technology Services Ltd
Mumbai
07.2018 - 12.2022
- Technical expert in IVI Sys validation and integration level testing for multiple domains.
- Experience with planning, status and risk reporting and escalation, prioritization, and budget planning and management
- Responsible for crisis management, process management, SLA adherence, service improvement, value addition, etc.
- Collaborate closely with functional and non-functional teams to ensure a thorough understanding of the development lifecycle and seamless integration of testing activities.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to provide updates on testing progress, issues, and recommendations.
- Possess strong initiatives, problem solving skills, and ability to work in a diverse team environment, good at documenting the software
- Analysis of the test specifications and T&V requirements cost during the RFQ phase
- Manage and lead the testing efforts, including planning, execution, and reporting phases.
- Mentor and train the test team in testing best practices and various testing methodologies.
- Interact with the stakeholders to ensure business requirements are met and also propose new solutions.
Test Lead
L&T Technology Services Ltd
Mumbai
07.2014 - 07.2018
- Manage and perform system- and integration-level activities in the telecom, automotive, and entertainment domains.
- Managed a team of testers in the execution of manual and automated tests.
- Monitored bug tracking systems for resolution of defects reported by users.
- Created detailed reports outlining results from testing activities and presented findings to stakeholders.
- Updated requirements traceability matrix to document requirement ID, type, description, and test case status.
- Analyzed and documented business requirements to create test plans, cases, and scripts.
- Assigned test jobs to team members and evaluated performance.
- Tracked software bugs and detailed information regarding findings and resolution techniques in documentation.
- Created and optimized automated testing tools for repetitive tasks.
- Drive,prepare and present report for RCA, market-based analysis
Sr.Test Engineer/Test Engineer
LTIMindtree
Mumbai
06.2006 - 12.2013
- Performed functional, system, integration, regression, and performance testing of software applications.
- Analyzed requirements documents to ensure proper coverage of testing activities.
- Conducted reviews of test cases with stakeholders to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Utilized various tools, such as ALM, JIRA, Wireshark, QPST, adb for executing multiple test cases.
- Investigated and reproduced defects and documented problems in the defect management tool.
- Performed regression tests for each build in order to check defect resolutions and overall software performance.
- Wrote technical reports on test and analysis results and presented findings to stakeholders.
- Provided technical guidance to junior team members on testing processes and procedures.
- Interacted with stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations from product releases.
Education
PG IN BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING (Certification course) -
SQTC GOVT OF INDIA AND GTIL INDIA
10.2004
GED -
MAHARASHTRA STATE TECHNICAL BOARD & AICTE GOVT OF INDIA
Jalgaon01.2003
Skills
- Proposal Development
- Global experience in Automotive and Telecom Domain
- Quality Assurance
- Resource Management
- Project Management
- Data Analysis
- Customer Service
- Problem-Solving
- Interpersonal Skills
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Agile Projects
- MS Office Applications
- Project Coordination
- Experience in automotive OEM and/or Tier 1 suppliers
- Experience with Automotive SPICE
- Talent Recruitment
Software
Telematics & connectivity testing
Requirement analysis
Agile, V&V testing methodology
Backend and frontend testing
System and integration testing level testing
UDP, Ethernet, CAN protocol understanding
Network and System log analysis
Defect management and root-cause analysis
JIRA, Code-craft, DOORS, ALM, Bugzilla, Rational Clear Quest, adb, DLT, WHQL, CUCM, Wireshark, QXDM, QPST tools experience
Certification
Successfully completed a Professional course in “Project Management for Business Results” from https://www.lntipm.org/ under the course registration from “Project Management Institute (PMI) USA, https://www.pmi.org
Accomplishments
- Successfully executed and handled more than 30 live Global Projects
- Successfully established Logistic line for 5M Project
- Selected as Start of the Month and Nominated for Start Squad
- Recently awarded as a SOM, along with organization's most prestigious "Eagle" award
- Develop and roll out the framework to streamline the recruitment process and minimize project risk.
- Recognized as a valuable resource in current project growth from 40 to 400 in the last eight years.
Timeline
Program Manager
L&T Technology Services Ltd
01.2023 - Current
Project Manager
L&T Technology Services Ltd
07.2018 - 12.2022
Test Lead
L&T Technology Services Ltd
07.2014 - 07.2018
Sr.Test Engineer/Test Engineer
LTIMindtree
06.2006 - 12.2013
PG IN BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING (Certification course) -
SQTC GOVT OF INDIA AND GTIL INDIA
GED -
MAHARASHTRA STATE TECHNICAL BOARD & AICTE GOVT OF INDIA
Languages
Bengali
First Language
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Marathi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Affiliations
- I love to travel and explore new places
- Cooking is one of my great stress reliever
- News and technical articles help me stay updated with the external world.
Onsite Experience
- JAPAN (Tokyo), 02/01/08, 06/01/10
- GERMANY (Munich), 05/01/16, 10/01/20
References
References available upon request.