Harikumar Panneer Selvam

Client: AXA UK, Retail - Insurance

Roles:

• QA Governance - AXA, Client recommended Role
• Solution Assurance Lead

Achievements:

• Successful delivery of the Digital Car Insurance product and Payments integration program.
• Identified areas of improvement in existing QA processes, and suggested new approaches or methods to optimize them
• Improved test cycles by '2x' to accelerate the Agile Release Train to production.
• Led a team of 35 testers in manual and automated testing activities on multiple platforms.
• Maintained high standards in terms of quality assurance practices across the portfolio.
• Conducted periodic reviews of existing test cases and scripts ensuring accuracy and relevance with changing business needs.
• Led the design, development and implementation of automated test scripts for multiple software applications.
• Provided technical guidance to testers, and ensured efficient execution of tests.
• Proposed strategies towards improving product stability by identifying gaps in current test coverage.

• Established comprehensive test strategy to enhance efficiency across all vendors involved.
• Mobilized team of 22 members within Test Workstream to achieve programme objectives.
• Implemented effective non-functional strategies for operational acceptance and accessibility testing.
• Analyzed requirements and technical designs to recommend test approaches and estimates.
• Conducted reviews and approvals for test approach and completion reports.
• Evaluated test automation framework, achieving 60% efficiency increase by June 2020.
• Adopted industry standards for C#, Specflow, and Selenium frameworks to ensure best practices.
• Recommended service/API-based testing to boost automation coverage by 75%.

• Reviewed Automation Framework to recommend enhancements that optimize performance.
• Developed successful proof of concept for data-driven end-to-end integration automation framework.
• Managed and led team of 10+ quality engineers to deliver consumer product partnership propositions.
• Analyzed requirements and technical designs to approve test approaches and heat maps.
• Established simplified test approach, significantly reducing manual effort in completion reporting.
• Identified automation-first strategies, enabling team to implement API testing for underwriting.
• Reviewed automation and manual tests for comprehensive coverage, analyzing results and defects.
• Triage defects and resolved issues, eliminating blockers for testing teams.

• Facilitated knowledge transfer from Accenture on Duck Creek platform.
• Established subject matter expertise in ADC to enhance testing and implementation support.
• Served as Senior Integration Test Lead at Lloyds Banking Group, ensuring quality assurance.
• Coordinated testing activities to align with project timelines and objectives.

Client : Lloyds Banking Group

• Enforced quality gating by reviewing sprint plans and test scenarios from Accenture.
• Produced Agile and Integration Test Strategy for program implementation.
• Developed test estimation using test case points and model loading for end-to-end program.
• Customized Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for program; trained business users in ALM.
• Participated in defect triage, escalating critical path defect fixes.
• Produced daily and weekly status reports to track project progress.
• Reviewed testing sign-off and closure documents; provided recommendations for improvements.
• Coordinated with stakeholders to establish a digital lab for testing requirements.