Ram Prakaash B

Innovative Senior Consultant with strong skills in stakeholder communication and project execution. Known for leading teams to deliver impactful results, fostering collaboration, and driving compliance with industry standards.

Project #1: Device management - Ingenico 

worked on the flows of device management for Ingenico POS terminals in different regions having worked on the catalog, configuration, deployment builder, and automator where the flows are designed to start by creating an OS, system packages, and applications that are deployed onto the terminals (deployment builder) 

Key Contributions: 

• Acted as the technical lead, developing the framework for the Karate test
• Automated test cases in Karate tests
• Reviewed the test cases and shared feedback to ensure the coding standards,
• Involved in all phases of the testing lifecycle from requirement gathering to go-live,
• Implemented the CI/CD jobs
• Managing the QE team of ten members

Project #2: Mexico - IC2B

Worked on the Instalment cost to buyer initiative for the Mexico region. Launching installment cost-sharing between merchants and buyers to reduce the burden for buyers and increase the transaction volume This is initially supported for the unbranded flows and sdk support , later to the  branded flows.

Key Contributions:

• Acted as a Scrum Master and as an individual contributor to deliver this project
• Automated test cases in WDIO framework.
• Reviewed the test cases and share review comments
• Involved in all phases of the testing lifecycle, from requirement gathering to go-live
• Schedule the CI/CD jobs.

Project #3 : Venmo Application 

Launch a new Venmo Credit card and to provide with all the capabilities of PayPal Credit and  PayPal Cobrand products to build Venmo Credit card Solution with Synchrony. Synchrony Bank will issue  this card and Venmo (Venmo wing) will market this Venmo Co-branded credit card. The  solution/capabilities we build can be leveraged for other Credit products in US. The platform leverages  that existing support to build Acquisition, Transactions, Repayment capabilities for the Venmo Credit  Card.

Key Contributions:

• Acted a scrum master and led the team.
• Leveraged expertise of testing REST APIs, API Automation utilizing Java Rest Assured in TestNG framework.
• Involved in testing phases.
• Conducted peer reviews and shared the review comments
• Conduct the bug triage meetings with client (PP) and other stakeholders(SYF).

Project #4 : Asset Lite phase2

With Synchrony taking over all of PayPal's credit portfolio, it is necessary to migrate instruments in users' wallets from PayPal to Synchrony. On a broader scale, credit instruments, such as PPC, will now be authorized not within PayPal but rather to Synchrony, making it an external card instrument  Migration of accounts from PP to SYF and transitioning at all levels. As part of credit, ensuring the  acquisition, transaction, settlements, and servicing is successfully done by the end user

Key contributions

• Acted a scrum master and led the team.
• Involved in as part of the SOS calls and ensure the project delivery.
• Proficient in the batch testing and share the files to other stake holders.
• Perform all functional , integration, E2E and UAT.
• Sharing the status to all stake holders.

Project #5 : Pay After Delivery

Pay After Delivery is a product built based on Tab, which is a PayPal internally offered credit to consumers, allowing the users to use the PAD functionality in the millennium track in both planning and fulfillment Migration involves onboarding, planning, fulfillment, payoffs, refunds, reversals, alerts, and notifications

Key Contributions:

• Reviewed project artifacts and provided a weekly status report that includes testing metrics, test logs, and test summary reports
• Drafted the test data document and contributed to the generation of bug and test case execution reports
• Logged and managed defects using Jira .
• Participated in Maven configuration for running servers and scripts after the build.
• Performed smoke, functionality, integration, system, regression, end-to-end, and UAT testing based on analysis and understanding of the requirements, non-functional specifications, and end-user needs
• Worked on other teams with Payments, Credit, Merchant, and Global Operations

• Leadership: 17+ years in IT, with 3 years in a leadership role as a QA Manager, leading teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Test Automation Expertise: Skilled in Selenium for automated testing, API testing, and custom in-house testing tools.
• Test Framework Development: Proficient in developing robust frameworks using Page Object Model (POM) and Hybrid Models for efficient automation.
• Test Execution & Reporting: Experienced in using TestNG for automation execution and generating detailed test reports.
• Agile Methodology: Extensive experience working in Agile environments, ensuring continuous delivery and iterative development.
• Version Control: Proficient in Git for version control, and GitHub for repository management and code reviews.
• Project Management: Involved in project management, ensuring milestones are met, release integrity is maintained, and effective resource utilization.
• Testing Leadership: Led various testing activities, including Integration, Functional, Regression, System, Smoke, Sanity, and UAT.
• Test Planning & Documentation: Expertise in Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and Traceability Matrices; skilled in analyzing business specifications.
• Risk Management: Proactively identifies and mitigates risks to ensure smooth project delivery.
• Team Collaboration: Worked closely with HR and stakeholders to ensure the performance appraisal process adheres to best practices.
• Recruitment & Onboarding: Managed recruitment and onboarding for new team members.

• Certified as PSM 1, SMAC, and Prince2-Agile
• Certified Tester Foundation Level (ISTQB)
• Completed training in PMP

• Received GEM and PAT Awards