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Kalyan Geddada

Lead Quality Assurance
Navi Mumbai

Summary

Ambitious Quality Analyst with track record of dependability and leadership. Knowledgeable in QA methodology with proven history of reducing errors to increase quality. Proficient in preparing test cases, plans, and scripts. Dedicated to analyzing and resolving defects.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Lead QA Analyst

Progile Tech, Inc.
1 2023 - Current
  • Leading and Managing 5 projects from off-shore and communicating progress/status to Stakeholders and On-site team
  • Allocating tasks to team members as per Priority.
  • Participating in Sprint/Release planning meetings and providing QA estimates and Sign-offs.
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
  • Mitigated risk in software releases by consistently detecting critical defects during testing phase.
  • Improved software quality by executing thorough test plans and identifying defects before release.

LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE

FREESTONE INFOTECH PVT. LTD.
09.2021 - 01.2023
  • Managing, mentoring and structuring QA group of 9 members
  • Conducting daily scrum meetings, task allocation, find any issues obstructing the team from performing their tasks and if needed, escalate them to appropriate channels/people
  • Participating in daily scrum with Dev team and discuss upcoming sprint tasks and raise concerns, identify issues and get them addressed by Devs before the development phase begins
  • Tracking Sprint Deliveries and Releases using JIRA Dashboards and filters, identifying & communicating risks tickets or priorities across teams and stakeholders
  • Consistently owning Releases and Sprint testing, planning, and communicating updates to all Stakeholders
  • Prepare, refine, and review User Stories and write/review Test cases
  • Automating Use cases & API calls using Pytest for SaaS application
  • Create & configure GCP and AWS Docker & Kubernetes workspace, install builds and perform Functional, User Interface, End-to-End, Regression, Integration and UAT Testing.

ASSOCIATE LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE

CEX WEBUY ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD.
01.2018 - 09.2021
  • Evaluated SRS, User Stories, Mind Maps to device test approach and perfect test cases
  • Automated APIs and Execution of Regression Suite using Karate Framework reduced time for regression by 30%, analyzing Reports and passing/failing the release build accordingly
  • Actively took part in Agile Scrum ceremonies, efficient resource planning and management (Poker planning), while grooming backlog, retrospectives
  • Delegated effective assignment of tasks to team members for workload balancing
  • Led 5 QAs from 3 different teams worked collaboratively for implementation of GDPR Compliance and E-com enablement
  • Completed E-com enablement testing with reduced testing time by 25% at the time of first lockdown
  • Monitored Live error logs on Kibana and orders on daily basis using SQL queries and functions for early identification of any issues on Live
  • Create Bug/Improvement case for any issues observed, get it fixed, test and deploy the fix to Live
  • Communicate and coordinate testing and bug reporting with remote teams, local teams, and cross functional teams
  • Created CAR (Cause Analysis Reports) for production bugs and planned for resolution
  • Performed Functional, End-to-End, Regression, Integration & UAT Testing, API Testing using Adv
  • Rest Client & Postman
  • Deployed Release builds to Live environment and Documented Release notes for WSS, SOLR, Geolanding and OAuth projects.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE

AGS TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
10.2015 - 01.2018
  • SIT & UAT testing, functional and Beta testing, planning and execution/deployment of release on PAN India level for IOCL (Indian Oil) and HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum)
  • Provided L2 support for Customer facing apps and Authored Installation Guides and User manuals
  • Acted as BA for a project - Communication with client, Documenting requirements, Sharing the CRM as user stories with Dev team, getting the Dev work done and then Verify the Product (inclusive of Mobile app with Payment gateways, Wallet, QR code scan, BoS and HoS applications)

Quality Assurance Engineer

GILBARCO VEEDER-ROOT IND. PVT. LTD.
02.2011 - 10.2015
  • SIT & UAT testing, Functional and Beta testing, planning and execution/deployment of release on PAN India level for IOCL (Indian Oil) and HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum)
  • Provided L2 support for Customer facing apps and Authored Installation Guides and User manuals
  • Tested Payment terminal with Test host of HDFC & Axis Bank with teams involved from 3 countries.

Education

Bachelors - Computer Science -

Pillai's college of Arts, Commerce & Science - Mumbai University

Skills

  • Agile methodology knowledge
  • Manual Testing Proficiency
  • Test case development
  • API Testing Experience
  • Test Documentation Creation
  • Regression Testing Expertise
  • Defect Tracking Mastery
  • Debugging techniques
  • Mobile Application Testing
  • Functional Testing

Awards

03/2020, Key Contributor Award, CEX WEBUY ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD., For successful project delivery by completing verification of the project along with leading the members from different teams with accuracy and efficiency.

Accomplishments

  • Took ownership of QA and release, refined regression suite and automated manual steps which reduced regression time by ~30%.
  • Worked collaboratively and managed testing activities across the 3 Countries while proactively communicating with team members, Project/Product Owners, and other Stakeholders.
  • Ability to manage & mentor team, experience in conflict management, resource management and Sharing status updates with Stakeholders.
  • Good exposure to Agile Methodology, conducted and actively took part in Scrum meetings, Backlog grooming, Sprint planning, Retrospect meetings. Proficient in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
  • Experience of Automation testing using Karate and Pytest freamworks. Done POC on Selenium Web-Driver.
  • A strong individual with can do attitude & always willing to explore and learn mindset.

Timeline

LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE

FREESTONE INFOTECH PVT. LTD.
09.2021 - 01.2023

ASSOCIATE LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE

CEX WEBUY ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD.
01.2018 - 09.2021

SENIOR EXECUTIVE

AGS TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
10.2015 - 01.2018

Quality Assurance Engineer

GILBARCO VEEDER-ROOT IND. PVT. LTD.
02.2011 - 10.2015

Lead QA Analyst

Progile Tech, Inc.
1 2023 - Current

Bachelors - Computer Science -

Pillai's college of Arts, Commerce & Science - Mumbai University

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