Sadanand Pataskar
Pune,MH
Summary
Versatile Sr.Test Manager with 20+ years of experience eliminating problems and flaws to enhance end-user experiences. Meticulously designs testing protocols, detecting obscure bugs and pitfalls to produce impeccable final products. Creates novel human and machine-based approaches to eliminating weaknesses in wide-ranging products.Highly Experienced in developing comprehensive approaches to test applications. Strong background in both manual and automation testing.
Overview
7
7
years of post-secondary education
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. TestManger
Lumedx Healthcare
Pune, Maharashtra
03.2009 - Current
- Strong experience in establishing Test Department, its growth and success. Build exceptional team of innovative software testers by mentoring and developing internal talent and by recruiting skilled external talent.
Managing onshore and offshore teams. - Strong experience in Managing Automation and Performance testing projects.
Hands-on experience in tools like Selenium WebDriver , C#-Coded UI , QTP , LoadRunner and Jmeter. - Created and maintained various Automation Framework suitable for Application Under Test which includes Data Driven, Keyword Driven , Hybrid and Page Objects Model.
- Developed best practices and procedures to be used by entire team which spanned across various projects.
- Enforcing improvements in software development practices to increase software maturity prior to delivery to test team
- Written and Established Quality Processes for Test Department , Contribute in getting ISO Certifications and surveillance audits.
- Got certified as Internal Auditor.
- Experience of handling complete Hiring Process for test department including junior as well as for Senior levels.
- Experience of handling Annual Reviews, appraisals. Setting up goals for Teams and Team members
- Consistent in Defect Capturing Ratio , maintained > 96 % of defect capturing ratio.
- Defect Accuracy Rate of team is 98%.
Sr. Test Lead
Indus Sofware
Pune, Maharashtra
10.1998 - 03.2009
- More than 10+ years of experience in handling teams in Lending Domain with all phases - Loan Originations, Repayment Management Systems and Debt Collections.
- Experience in working in Non Baking and Financial Services (NBFC) with clients like GE, Mexico Bank, HSBC, ABN AMRO , Standard Chartered Bank, Barclay's NBFC,International Bank of Qatar , ING Vysya Bank and many more.
- Onsite Experience of conducting UATs ( User Acceptance Testing ) at various sites some of them are GE-Switzerland , Barclay , ING Vysya.
- Coordinated work with various teams to solve problems and improve efficiency for software testing and automation.
- Effectively interacted among departments regarding software defects and functionality issues, working closely to develop innovative solutions.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Written Useful utilities to accelerate Testing in C# like Hl7 file generator, Json file generators.
- Written utility to converted business rules defined in PDF file into code i.e. in ivb files.
- Written utility to compare Database and HL7 file according to configuration rules.
Education
Advance Diploma in Computer Science -
CDAC ACTS - Pune University Camus
01.1998 - 08.1998
Computer Engineering [ Bachelor of Engineering ]
Maharashtra Institute Of Technology, Pune
05.1994 - 07.1997
D.E.R.E - Diploma - Diploma in Electronics And Radio Engineering
Cusrow Wadia Institute Of Technology
Pune 01.1991 - 06.1994
Skills
Project Management
Multitasking abilities
Planning and Coordination
Automation
Load Testing
Test Department Startup and Establishment
Lending Domain
Timeline
Sr. TestManger
Lumedx Healthcare
03.2009 - Current
Sr. Test Lead
Indus Sofware
10.1998 - 03.2009
Advance Diploma in Computer Science -
CDAC ACTS - Pune University Camus
01.1998 - 08.1998
Computer Engineering [ Bachelor of Engineering ]
Maharashtra Institute Of Technology, Pune
05.1994 - 07.1997
D.E.R.E - Diploma - Diploma in Electronics And Radio Engineering
Cusrow Wadia Institute Of Technology
01.1991 - 06.1994