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SABEER N A

Manager, SQA

Kochi

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As a dynamic QA Manager with 17 years of comprehensive experience in software testing—including 7 years in leadership roles—I specialize in system test integration and automation, with a proven track record of managing vendor involvement for automating integration test cases while guiding teams through Agile methodologies and Scrum of Scrums. My strong background in people management includes goal setting, performance reviews, and talent development, complemented by international experience in the USA and Kenya across diverse domains such as document management and agriculture. I am adept at preparing test plans, reviewing high-level design documents, and executing a wide range of testing types, including UAT and localization testing, to ensure high-quality deliverables that align with business objectives.

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Manager SQA

Xerox Technologies

03.2016 - Current

High-level and detailed-level discussion of the requirement with the BSA.
Detailed-level requirement reviews and approval as a SQA Manager.
Task monitoring is based on the priority of the tasks planned for the release.
Active participant for the organization's meetings - Release SOS and Core Team Meeting, Staff Meeting, and Leads Meeting happened on a weekly basis.
Monitoring and facilitating the overview meeting, test case writing, peer review, test case execution, bug follow-up, and regression.
Guiding the manual team with all the integration scenarios.
Leading Automation team to for support for automating Core Application in the Organization.
Responsible in ensuring the development of the team efficiency through the facilitation, coaching and mentoring, facilitate.
Sprint planning, retrospective, and daily scrum meetings.
Coach team members & help in the decision-making process.
Removing weaknesses or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment as part of People management.
Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
Monitor the feedback of Daily Stand-up meetings involving the Team manage and report team burn down.
Facilitating Product Owner in Backlog grooming
Coordination of all Scrum Ceremonies (Planning, Daily Stand-up, Review and Retrospectives) and implementing improvements out of that.
Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving disputes promptly, maintaining open lines of communication, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.

Lead SQA Egineer

Xerox

03.2011 - 03.2016

Contributed to a positive team culture by leading training sessions and mentoring junior SQA engineers on best practices.
Reduced software defects by collaborating closely with developers in an agile environment.
Spearheaded the implementation of a centralized bug tracking system, fostering better collaboration between QA and development teams by streamlining issue management processes.

Software Test Lead

Orion Innovation

03.2010 - 03.2011

Task allocation to the Team on Daily basis based the high-level allocation e-mail comes from US Counter Part.
Monitor the allocated task completion and support the team if there is any block in the allocated task.
Prepare the daily status meeting and communicate with the high-level management.
Reports for Status - Weekly/Monthly/Yearly - after analyzing and summarizing trends.

Sr Software Engineer in Testing

iSmart Business Solutions Pvt Ltd

01.2007 - 02.2010

Requirement analysis & Gap Study.
Testcase writing and Testcase execution
Responsible to meet Deadlines with Quality.
Resolving escalations in Product.
Training and empowering employees in Job Skills and Personal skills.
Reduced defect rates by designing and executing comprehensive test plans, cases, and scripts.
Improved software performance with thorough stress and load testing methodologies.