Harish Vemparala
Quality Engineering
Hyderabad
Summary
Harish has around 19 years’ experience in Quality Engineering in various domains and industry verticals. Worked as 'Director of Quality Engineering' at Nextgen Healthcare; led the Ambulatory Care QA practice at Nextgen and managed the portfolio of 80 QA professionals. Responsible for leading the Testing practice, Product releases, People growth, Client management, Test practices, Automation, Innovations, Mobile test labs, Vendor management and handling end-to-end delivery. Overall managed QA & Requirements function of ~ US$ 100M revenue portfolio of Products/Projects at Nextgen. Extensive experience in Testing Services, Product Testing, Mobile, Cloud Platforms, Test Automation and Delivery and Client management. Led new ways of working for QA teams and successfully implemented across various large engagements. Developed a comprehensive test automation solution for Web, Services and Products; in the process of filing patent for the same. This is recognized as Amadeus One Umbrella and positioned as unique way of Development, Testing, Cutover and Implementation and Post Cutover Support of Amadeus products. Worked in the UK, France, Germany, Philippines, Singapore. Visited all major Airports in Europe and APAC region with clear understanding of Airline and Airport Operations. Subject Matter Expert in Altea Suite, Department Control Systems, Inventory, Reservations, Security Applications.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications
Work History
SDET Quality Engineering
Magnit Global, GRI, UK & India
03.2021 - Current
- Adapted quickly to new technologies, implementing them into existing test strategies when applicable. Improved software quality by designing and implementing automated testing frameworks and Performance & Security Testing. Transformation of Quality Assurance to Quality Engineering.
Director of Quality Engineering
Nextgen Healthcare
07.2019 - 05.2020
- Worked as Director - Quality Engineering and managed entire QA Suite for Ambulatory Care across geographies. Laid out Test Strategy and model for entire Ambulatory care program for multimillion $ engagement which spans across multi-release delivery with global delivery teams. Successful implemented Automation, QA to QE transformation, setting up Automation CoE and headed multi-channel Ambulatory care and mobile implementations.
Sr Manager
Amadeus UK & India
11.2011 - 04.2019
- As a QA Practice lead worked with multiple Airlines, cross functional teams across geographies; starting from hiring, staffing, project initiation, test process & team set-up, till end of the delivery for a successful and smooth test delivery of the projects/programs. Hands-on experience in Planning, Automation and Delivery & Release management. Product owner for Amadeus Rush Bag Conversion and Flight Departure Plan Template Locator.
Test Manager
SITA, British Airways, British Airport Authorities, British Midlands, UK
02.2008 - 10.2011
- 'Test Manager' - Established the COE for testing. Setup Virtual Airline CheckIn desk for testing. Implemented various tools and process to streamline the end-to-end QA practice. Worked with European Airlines and Middle East Carriers and Airports. Developed the framework for all the major BA applications, thus reducing huge costs involved in regression testing. Migration of BMI and BAA to Amadeus Products.
- Worked on Client handling, proposals, demos, training Check-In agents and process implementation activities. Successfully completed 'Automation Workshop' at British Airways and trained trainees in Automation.
Test Lead
Globalogic Private Limited
11.2007 - 01.2008
- 'Test Lead' - Multiple Clients. Worked on e-commerce projects like Instill Corp. Also worked on WinRunner tool.
Sr Test Engineer
Prokarma Inc
02.2006 - 10.2007
- 'Senior Test Engineer' - Involved in various testing activities and handled QA and Dev projects. Worked on multiple projects and performed extensive QA related work on the projects.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
01.2001
Skills
- Test Automation Frameworks
- Web Automation - Cyprus, Selenium, QTP
- Airline - GDS, Airline and Airport Products
- DevOps - Jenkins
- Services Automation - Java Based
- Test Management - HP ALM (QC), Bugzilla, JIRA, Kanoah
- Technologies - HTML, CSS, Java, Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Mongodb
- Functional Domains - Airline, Insurance, E-Commerce, IOT, Healthcare
- Digital Transformation - QA to QE
- Performance Engineering - LoadRunner, JMeter, Locust, Webload
- AI, IOT, Machine Learning in Software Testing
Certification
PRINCE 2 Practitioner
Publications
# IT Mentor at Vellore Institure of Technology for the upcoming IT aspirants. Delivered a Business Lecture to Students at the University Campus which was well received
# Participated in few National / International Conferences like Global Tech Conference etc...
# Participated in Airline User Group Meetings.
Awards and Honors
# Received "Most Valuable Player" award for successful Ambulatory Care release at Nextgen Healthcare
# Got appreciation & excellence note from Amadeus Leadership team for JServer implementation for Japan Airlines
# Received "Award of Excellence" from Arvind Thakur, CEO NIIT Technologies
# Received "Appreciation for Delivery Excellence" from Travel Channel Head, British Airways
Timeline
SDET Quality Engineering
Magnit Global, GRI, UK & India
03.2021 - Current
Director of Quality Engineering
Nextgen Healthcare
07.2019 - 05.2020
Sr Manager
Amadeus UK & India
11.2011 - 04.2019
Test Manager
SITA, British Airways, British Airport Authorities, British Midlands, UK
02.2008 - 10.2011
Test Lead
Globalogic Private Limited
11.2007 - 01.2008
Sr Test Engineer
Prokarma Inc
02.2006 - 10.2007
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University