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Gowrishankkar Balasubramanian
Chennai
Summary
IT professional with 16 years of experience in quality leadership, overseeing 50+ projects and managing a team of 50+ testers in recent years. Skilled in developing comprehensive test strategies and plans, ensuring customer review and sign-off on deliverables. Adept at identifying risks, facilitating requirement walkthroughs, and ensuring timely availability of test data for all testing phases. Focused on maintaining project documentation and providing daily updates, while leading productive testing meetings to enhance team collaboration.
Overview
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1
Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Advisor (QA Manager)
engenglobal
Chennai
04.2018 - Current
Associate
Cognizant Technology Solution
Chennai
04.2016 - 12.2016
Test Engineer
Ebix Cash
Chennai
08.2010 - 06.2016
Education
B.Tech - Information Technology
Bharathiyar college of Engineering and Technology
Karaikal, PY01-2009
Diploma - Information Technology
Karaikal polytechnic college
Karaikal, PY01-2006
S.S.L.C - SSLC
Servite High School-Karaikal
Karaikal, PY01-2002
Skills
- Quality assurance
- Agile methodologies
- Risk assessment
- System integration
- Client event hosting
- Process improvement
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master Certification from Scrum Alliance.
- Certified ISTQB-Certified Tester Foundation Level.
- Certified Six Sigma yellow Belt.
- Certified PAHM Certification.
- Completed Security Testing Training.
- Completed SAFe 5 Agile Certification Successfully.
- Completed PMP Training Successfully.
Accomplishments
- Received ‘BLUE STAR AWARD’ several times in Thryve Digital Health for my Performance in Quality Lead Role.
- Received ‘Spot Award from engen onshore VP for Performance in Quality Lead Role.
- Received several Appreciations from North Dakota, Wyoming, IBC & HM Client Project Managers for my performance in all my Projects throughout my Career.
- Received Best Project award for Payment Integrity Project 2024 from Thryve digital.
Custom
16, Quality Lead/Test Manager, 50, 50, Create High Quality Deliverable Artifacts such as Master Test Strategies, Master Test Plans and Test Results Summary Documents., Perform Risks and Issues Identification and Mitigation efforts for all projects., Ensure Requirement Walkthrough is provided to Testers by Business Analysts before Test Cases Creation., Ensure Test data availability for all Testers and Customers prior to Testing., Pro-actively solve Issues and Blockers during Testing., Escalate issues to Product Area managers and Project Managers as appropriate., Insist Testers complete Functional Testing by Release Commit Date and Non Functional Testing by Release Closure Date., Update Deliverables and Test Execution status in Share Point site., Ensure Traceability to Requirements prior to start of Testing., Maintain Test artifacts, Project Trackers and Review logs in the LAN/share folders., Facilitate review of Test Cases and Test Results with Customers., Conduct Effective Testing touch point meetings with Testers and Project teams., Extend Support to Customers for Hands on UAT testing.
Interests
Timeline
Advisor (QA Manager)
engenglobal
04.2018 - Current
Associate
Cognizant Technology Solution
04.2016 - 12.2016
Test Engineer
Ebix Cash
08.2010 - 06.2016
B.Tech - Information Technology
Bharathiyar college of Engineering and Technology
Diploma - Information Technology
Karaikal polytechnic college
S.S.L.C - SSLC
Servite High School-Karaikal