Dhananjayan SJ
Chennai
Summary
Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Potentially can guide Dynamic Quality Assurance team in successfully delivering projects and identifying gaps to make recommendations for process improvements. Leverages excellent analytical and programming skills to guide team to document and troubleshoot errors. Adequate knowledge of test management and defect tracking tools to support test processes.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Account Delivery Manager
UST GLOBAL
01.2023 - Current
- Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
- Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team.
- Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.
- Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Engaged and worked alongside cross-functional stakeholders to manage strategic initiatives.
- Established milestones and objectives based on input from functional areas and stakeholders.
- Demonstrated strong writing and presentation skills to develop briefs, memorandums and analytical reports for clients.
- Worked with subject matter experts to develop and implement mentoring programs to promote better learner experiences.
- Built teams to address project goals and objectives for multiple projects.
- Researched industry best practices in support of training development and program content.
Lead Test Engineer
UST GLOBAL
11.2021 - 01.2023
- Developed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for complete systems.
- Provided technical advice to improve quality of engineering practices.
- Engaged internal and external customers during planning and test phases to answer questions.
- Scheduled available resources to conduct assessments and prototype testing.
- Solved hardware and software interface issues to boost system integrity.
- Communicated strategies and results with stakeholders, digital operators and testers.
- Edited software documentation to increase accuracy and reduce occurrences of user error due to confusing content.
- Defined testing and acceptance strategies and determined quality assurance benchmarks.
Manager of Business Development
The Morgan Engineering
10.2020 - 10.2021
- Generated new business with marketing initiatives and strategic plans.
- Reached out to potential customers via telephone, email, and in-person inquiries.
- Established relationships with key decision-makers within customer's organization to promote growth and retention.
- Performed client research and identified opportunities for account growth, account penetration and market expansion.
- Analyzed monthly balance sheets, income statements and cash flow information and wrote up reports.
Functional Quality Assurance Tester
RR Donnelley
03.2011 - 03.2015
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
Quality Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2010 - 01.2011
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
SRM Institute of Science And Technology
Chennai05.2018
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
Loyola College
Chennai05.2008
HSC -
Vyasa Vidyalaya Matric Hr Sec School
Chennai03.2005
SSLC -
Vyasa Vidyalaya Matric Hr Sec School
Chennai03.2003
Skills
- SDLC
- STLC
- Defect Logging
- SQL Understanding
- Functional Testing
- Gathering Requirements
- Best Practices and Tools
- Agile Methodology
- Jira
- Black-Box Testing
- Test Plan Development
- TFS
- Quality Center
- Test Director
- Postman
- Confluence
- C, C, SQL, JAVA, J2EE
- Selenium Webdriver
- Test NG
- Cucumber
Accomplishments
- I was the leader of the Best team for outreach program (Neighborhood development program) in Loyola College.
- Awarded shining star of the team twice in RR Donnelley.
- Won third and second prize in the organization wide BCM Strategy competition in RR Donnelley.
- Delivered the carrier guidance program for all undergraduate students of department of computer science SRM institute of science and technology and organized the orientation program on personality development.
Certification
- ISTQB - Certified Tester Foundation Level.
- Certified selenium automation tester from Test Leaf.
- Servant Leadership certification from UST
- Certified SAFe Agilist 6.0
- Attended 5 days work shop on Business Analytics with Skill Nation platform.
HOBBIES
Outdoor: Swimming, running, cycling, practicing martial arts and playing amateur cricket with clubs during weekends.
Indoor: Contemporary politics, Geo-politics and following current affairs in general.
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Account Delivery Manager
UST GLOBAL
01.2023 - Current
Lead Test Engineer
UST GLOBAL
11.2021 - 01.2023
Manager of Business Development
The Morgan Engineering
10.2020 - 10.2021
Functional Quality Assurance Tester
RR Donnelley
03.2011 - 03.2015
Quality Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2010 - 01.2011
Master of Science - Information Technology
SRM Institute of Science And Technology
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
Loyola College
HSC -
Vyasa Vidyalaya Matric Hr Sec School
SSLC -
Vyasa Vidyalaya Matric Hr Sec School
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