Zephyr(Jira), HP ALM Quality Centre, Mantis
DINESH KUMARAN
Test Lead
Kamarajar Nagar,India
Summary
Strength and Exposure:
- 15+ Years of experience in Software Testing.
- 11+ Years of experience in Artwork Management domain
- Project leader with 7+ years of experience coordinating complex programs and supervising teams to attain business goals. Directs employees, mitigates project risks, solves standard and non-standard problems and reports to senior management. Demonstrates leadership, influencing, and negotiating skills. Performs analytical problem-solving to overcome obstacles.
- Experience in Agile methodologies and Waterfall model in Artwork Management domain
- Represented the project for 'CMMI - Level 3' audits.
- Hardworking Project Lead with an exceptional commitment to exceeding client expectations. Engaging and friendly to manage work quality, key milestones, and deliverables.
- Determined Test Lead adept at assigning tasks to team members based on individual strengths. Communicated with key project stakeholders to ascertain project requirements.
- Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
- Reliable employee seeking Project Lead position. Offering excellent communication and good judgment.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Project Lead
Aspire Systems
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
09.2010 - Current
Project Description:
- BLUE is an artwork management and labeling tool
- BLUE tool has workflow management and digital asset library solution that offers an integrated tool set for online proofing
- Highly configurable and scalable, BLUE provides users total control over managing workflows (projects, processes, approval cycles, and schedules) and accessing the digital images and files that are critical to the success of any organization
- BLUE stores and organizes information in a configurable and secure system that is built according to the business requirements and workflows of an organization
- Designed to run as a web-based application
Responsibility:
- Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.
- Performed independent analysis and provided recommendations to overcome project obstacles.
- Led team of 4 employees for critical Artwork Management project.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Recruited, hired and supervised resources to staff project team.
- Met with client weekly to provide detailed project report and milestone updates.
- Met with Management monthly to provide detailed project report and milestone updates.
- Process Maintenance and attending audit for every quarter
Achievements:
- Role Star Award for Best Performance
Software Tester
Anadocs IT Solutions Limited
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
08.2007 - 08.2010
Project Description:
- Point of sale is a product developed using dot net
- The concept of this product is to do a retail sale
- The product has following modules
- Aster, Settings, Purchase, Inventory, Sales, Point of Sale, Payments, Admin, Reports, Utilities and Help
Responsibility:
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Reporting issues/defects and tracking of the same to closure., EC-Poll is the next generation touch screen based “Verifiable Voting
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows.
- Supported test review, defect control and configuration management within delivery pipeline.
Software Test Engineer
PBSC Spectacular Solution Limited
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
05.2007 - 08.2007
Project Description:
- EC-Poll is the next generation touch screen based “Verifiable Voting System”.
- EC-Poll can be used at various levels from club elections to national elections.
- The product provides the following features: Minimum setting up time, handling single/multiple candidates, toggling choices to voters for voting till confirmation.
- Results can be known in a few minutes after the completion of election, candidate’s preference as per voter’s choice.
Responsibility:
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Reporting issues/defects and tracking of the same to closure., EC-Poll is the next generation touch screen based “Verifiable Voting
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows.
- Supported test review, defect control and configuration management within delivery pipeline.
Sales Executive
V.S.T Motors Pvt Ltd
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
08.2004 - 02.2006
Worked as a Sales Executive, selling 'Tata Indica' cars
Education
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
08.2000 - 04.2004
High School Diploma -
06.1998 - 04.2000
Skills
Project Management
Computer Skills
Attention to Detail
Dependable and Responsible
Interpersonal Communication
Cultural Awareness
Accomplishments
- Role Star Award for Best Performance in Aspire Systems 2016
- Collaborated with team of 4 in the development of BLUE.
Software
Workato
JIRA
SVN
Soap UI, Post Man
Ms-Office, OpenOffice 32
Windows XP and above and Mac 106
SQL Server Management Studio 18
Pentaho (open source), Qlik Report
Filezilla, Putty
Adobe Photoshop, Sound Forge
Interests
Tamil Music and Photography
Timeline
Project Lead - Aspire Systems
09.2010 - Current
Software Tester - Anadocs IT Solutions Limited
08.2007 - 08.2010
Software Test Engineer - PBSC Spectacular Solution Limited
05.2007 - 08.2007
Sales Executive - V.S.T Motors Pvt Ltd
08.2004 - 02.2006
Thangavelu Engineering College - B.E., Mechanical Engineering
08.2000 - 04.2004
Raja Muthaiah Higher Secondary School - High School Diploma,
06.1998 - 04.2000