Kalidas Shelar
QA Lead / Test Manager | Software Testing | STLC | AIPMC |Agile
Pune
Summary
Dynamic software quality professional with over 15 years of experience in software testing, QA management, and project leadership, specializing in telecom and software projects. Proven track record of driving high-quality software delivery through strategic planning and execution, ensuring alignment with organizational goals while enhancing customer satisfaction. Expertise in optimizing workflows and implementing innovative testing strategies, including the use of emerging technologies such as Generative AI insights, to improve operational efficiency. Collaborative leader skilled in managing cross-functional teams and fostering a results-oriented environment that consistently meets project milestones and exceeds expectations.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
SW Test Team Lead
Amdocs
03.2011 - 10.2025
- Coordinated end-to-end testing and project lifecycle delivery for telecom platforms, ensuring 100% on-time release delivery across multiple projects while maintaining high-quality standards.
- Managed test planning, budgeting, and resource optimization for QA activities, improving team productivity by 25%, and ensuring efficient utilization of testing resources.
- Led defect management processes, tracking and resolving more than 300 defects per release cycle, improving the defect closure rate by 30%, and enhancing product stability.
- Collaborated with development teams to support customer journey validation and system testing, reducing production defects by 20%, and improving user experience.
- Presented QA metrics, testing progress, and risk analysis to senior management, enabling data-driven decisions and improved release planning efficiency.
- Managed backend operations, including daily and monthly processing, billing validation, and financial reporting, ensuring 100% accuracy in billing workflows.
- Mentored and guided over 10 QA engineers, improving team performance, knowledge sharing, and testing best practices.
- Managed multiple QA projects simultaneously, ensuring seamless delivery while maintaining consistent testing standards, and quality governance.
- Implemented advanced testing frameworks and artificial intelligence-based insights, improving test prioritization and execution efficiency by 30%.
- Designed and delivered structured onboarding and training programs, reducing new team member training time by 40%.
- Established risk management and risk-based testing frameworks, reducing critical production issues by 25%.
- Optimized resource allocation and cost management strategies, improving project delivery timelines by 20%.
- Improved release stability and project completion rates through streamlined testing processes and team collaboration.
- Developed comprehensive test plans and test case repositories covering 100% of critical business workflows, improving test coverage and traceability.
- Coordinated with external vendors and partner teams for specialized testing activities, ensuring smooth integration and delivery alignment.
- Implemented risk-based testing strategies to prioritize high-impact modules, reducing testing cycle time by 25%.
- Facilitated knowledge-sharing sessions, workshops, and documentation, strengthening team collaboration and testing best practices.
Software Test Engineer
Collabera
03.2010 - 03.2011
- Identified and reported over 200 critical defects during system and integration testing, collaborating with development teams to ensure 95% on-time defect resolution, improving overall product stability.
- Designed and executed over 500 optimized test cases, improving manual testing efficiency by 30%, and increasing test coverage across key application modules.
- Improved product reliability by performing functional, regression, and performance testing, contributing to a 25% reduction in production defects.
- Optimized manual testing processes and test case design, increasing test execution efficiency by 20%, and ensuring consistent testing quality.
- Managed the defect lifecycle using defect tracking tools, maintaining accurate documentation and traceability for over 300 issues, enabling faster resolution cycles.
- Conducted regression testing for multiple releases, analyzing test results, and collaborating with development teams to resolve issues, contributing to faster release cycles and improved product quality.
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Applications
Pune University
Pune, India 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Science - Physics
Pune University
Pune, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Test Lifecycle Management (STLC)
Test Planning & Strategy
Test Case Design
Manual Testing
Functional Testing
Integration Testing
End-to-End Testing
Cross-Browser Testing
Test Environment Setup
Quality Assurance
Accomplishments
T-Mobile Freestyle Billing
- Led end-to-end QA validation and testing strategy for the Amdocs Freestyle Billing platform, a cloud-native billing solution, improving system performance and customer experience.
- Supported multiple monetization and billing models, enabling scalable telecom services and improving client retention and operational efficiency.
- Managed end-to-end testing and system integration for DIRECTV satellite and streaming services to enhance customer digital experience.
- Validated live and on-demand content delivery workflows, improving platform reliability and customer satisfaction.
- Led integration testing and validation of iPaaS-based enterprise integration platforms across multiple software environments.
- Automated integration workflows and improved application interoperability, deployment efficiency, and system scalability.
- Supported QA delivery for telecom initiatives including unlimited service plans bundled, increasing subscription adoption.
- Validated prepaid service launches, expanding telecom product offerings and improving customer reach.
- Delivered QA validation for web-based prepaid telecom services, improving service delivery performance and revenue generation.
- Collaborated with MVNE partners to enhance service integration efficiency and operational performance.
- Contributed to testing and validation of web-based prepaid telecom platforms, improving prepaid service adoption.
- Partnered with three MVNE providers, improving operational efficiency and telecom service delivery.
- Supported end-to-end integration testing for Mobility and U-verse account systems, improving operational workflow and cost efficiency.
- Optimized discount management validation processes, contributing to improved revenue realization.
- Implemented billing system validation and QA testing for wireless telecom services.
- Improved post-paid billing accuracy and usage validation, ensuring revenue assurance and customer billing transparency.
Certification
AI Project Management Certification
Work Availability
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Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Marathi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
SW Test Team Lead
Amdocs
03.2011 - 10.2025
Software Test Engineer
Collabera
03.2010 - 03.2011
Master of Science - Computer Applications
Pune University
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Science - Physics
Pune University
04.2001 -