Prasanna Kumar
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced Health Care Test Lead with over 13 years of expertise in designing, implementing, and managing comprehensive testing strategies for healthcare systems and applications. Demonstrated ability to uphold high quality standards, regulatory compliance, and patient safety. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams and utilizing cutting-edge testing tools to drive continuous process improvements. Results-oriented Test Lead focused on enhancing procedures and improving team effectiveness. Proficient in evaluating products for design compliance, sustainability, and user-friendliness.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Test Lead
Philips India limited
02.2018 - Current
- - Led the design and implementation of end-to-end test strategies for MRI applications, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. - Was part of automated testing frameworks guiding team in terms of conversion of suitable scenarios
- Be automated/test code reviews which helped in reducing manual testing efforts by 40%. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify testing requirements, develop test plans, and execute test cases for new features. - Enforcing GDP/Regulations in terms of documentation and deliverables. - Mentored and trained junior QA engineers on best practices in healthcare software testing and quality assurance. - Coordinated with stakeholders(HSDP/ICAP) to prioritize and resolve critical defects, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software. - Part of CI/CD pipelines Test reviews to streamline testing processes and improve deployment efficiency.
- Interoperability Testing – Validating the acquired image from MRI and pushing to IntelliSpace Portal (ISP) and PACS(Isite/VuePacs) for ensuring the Dicom standards/Image Validation.
- Postprocessing Applications – Have worked on launching the images with postprocessing packages (RTFMRI/Mobiview etc)
- Impact Analysis – Perform impact analysis and enhancing the prevention mechanism/providing input on coverage/regression use cases.
- Requirement Approvals/Test Reviews/Test approvals/Run Approvals/Design output Document approvals.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Created accurate and successful test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features.
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Streamlined testing processes to identify areas in need of improvement.
- Trained new test employees on equipment and company guidelines to promote productive and high-quality work.
- Delivered lectures on testing techniques, tools and protocols to internal staff.
- Supported test review, defect control and configuration management within delivery pipeline.
Senior QA Engineer
Qualitest india pvt ltd
08.2015 - 02.2018
- - Designed and executed comprehensive test plans and test cases for MRI software with features like Gantry Display/Contrast administration/Postprocessing applications etc - Participated in requirement reviews and design discussions to ensure testability and compliance with healthcare standards. - Conducted root cause analysis of defects and provided actionable insights to development teams for quick resolution. - Managed defect tracking and reporting using tools such as JIRA and Bugzilla. - Ensured adherence to HIPAA and HL7 standards in all testing activities.
- Integration testing/Regression testing.
QA Engineer
Sunquest information systems pvt ltd
05.2011 - 08.2015
- - Executed functional, integration, and system testing for HIS/LIS/Pathology Software/Integrated report – Anatomic Pathology/Clinical pathology for accurate co-relation. - Collaborated with developers and business analysts to understand requirements and design effective test cases. - Identified and documented defects, worked with development teams to resolve issues, and validated fixes. - Assisted in the creation of test automation scripts using QTP/UFT.. - Contributed to the improvement of QA processes and methodologies.
- Internal Auditor certification on FDA 820.30 Norms.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication -
VTU
KarnatakaSkills
- C#, Python
- Windows, Linux
- QTP/UFT, UI Path
- SQL, Oracle
- HP ALM/Jama Connect/TFS
- Test Strategy and Planning
- Healthcare Domain Expertise
- Automated and Manual Testing
- Regulatory Compliance (Dicom, HL7, etc)
- Quality Assurance and Control
- Test Automation Frameworks
- Agile Methodologies
- Team Leadership and Mentoring
- Risk Management and Mitigation
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
- Test Code Reviews
- Test management tools
- Test Reviews
- Test Planning and management
- Testing Procedures
- Testing metric tracking
- Defect management
- Stakeholder Relations
- Report documentation
- Regression Testing
- Project Planning
- Test Design
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Agile Methodology
- Functional Testing
- Requirements Analysis
- Test Automation
Websites
Certification
- ISTQB Certified Tester
- ISTQB Advanced level certification
- Internal Auditor Certification
Affiliations
- Member, Ministry of Testing (AST)
- Member, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Test Lead
Philips India limited
02.2018 - Current
Senior QA Engineer
Qualitest india pvt ltd
08.2015 - 02.2018
QA Engineer
Sunquest information systems pvt ltd
05.2011 - 08.2015
- ISTQB Certified Tester
- ISTQB Advanced level certification
- Internal Auditor Certification
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication -
VTU
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