Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Accomplishments
Software
Certification
Interests
Timeline
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Samatha N

Samatha N

QA Tech Lead ,Team Empowerment Coach And A Certified SCRUM Master,Certified PSPO
Bangalore

Summary

Organized and dependable QA Lead With Rich Experience of 14 Years in QA and 3 Years in Development .Successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. A Certified Life Coach and Applied Coaching to Empower Team. True Believer and Practitioner of AGILE-SCRUM Methodology and Certified SCRUM Master, pursuing PSPO Certification.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

QA Technical Lead

HID GLOBAL
Bangalore
05.2017 - Current
  • Led feature SCRUM teams and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement through Active Retrospection.
  • Lead Automation Team and Created Automation Test Suites in Robot Framework.
  • Managed team of QA resources, overseeing hiring, training,Coach individually for optimum professional growth of employees.
  • Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity.
  • Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
  • Participated Every Innovation Week of PI and thrice Ideas were selected as winner / runners.Got opportunity of Coffee with VP-Engineering
  • As part of Process Innovation Idea Studied and Implemented Shift Left Strategy for multiple Sprints in Team.
  • Made Sure Team Understands and follows concept of AGILE on daily basis.Collaboration,Communication,Transparency being Key Values of a Team.
  • Certified Life Coach from Life By Design,Certified SCRUM Master,Certified PSPO

Tech Lead, Scrum Master

Infosys Pvt India Ltd
Bangalore, INDIA
12.2013 - 04.2017
  • Used Selenium and Automated Smoke ,Regression Test Suites for Everyday Build Prootion.
  • Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
  • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.

Sr QA Engineer

HCL Technologies
Bangalore
03.2011 - 11.2013
  • Supported product managers and development teams across phases of testing from planning to execution, troubleshooting and reporting within high-volume, agile environment.
  • Trained and guided onsite and offshore team members in quality assurance standards, policies and procedures.
  • Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
  • Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.

JAVA Developer,QA Engineer of AGILE SCRUM Team

Cognizant Technologies
Bangalore
11.2007 - 02.2011
  • Initially for an Year worked as Java Developer and Post ML relocated to Bangalore and continued as QA resource.
  • Provide analysis of the inputs from clients, stakeholders, end-users, and other project participants.
  • Revise user stories, such as requirement generation, out of scope stories, missing stories, etc.
  • Consult on features with the developers.
  • Consult on sprint development, duration, requirement development, especially in Scrum.
  • Ensure that functionality features do not impact other features in a negative way.
  • Trained by Client SAP Labs on adoption of AGILE-SCRUM and got certified as SCRUM MASTER.
  • Got Trained and Participated in Team Building Activity planned by SAP Labs in Pondicherry by PEGASUS LEARNING UNBOUND

QA Engineer

Nagaraj Technologies
Bangalore
12.2004 - 07.2006
  • Utilized software development constructs to code, verify and test Java-based distributable.
  • Completed UI screen development using Struts,JSp,Servlets Core Java
  • Performed Unit Testing of every feature before QA handover
  • Analyzed and Resolved the bugs raised by QA Team.

Education

B.Tech -

GNITS, JNTU Hyderabad
Hyderabad
06.1999 - 06.2003

Certfied PSPO -

SCRUM ORG
Bangalore
03.2022 - 03.2022

Certified Life Coach -

Life By Design
Chennai
02.2022 - 03.2022

Certified SCRUM Master -

SCRUM Alliance
Bangalore
12.2010 - 12.2010

Skills

    Team leadership and direction

Automation through Robot Framework

Automation through Selenium

AGILE Team Coach

Additional Information

  • Achievements/Tasks Achievements/Tasks Tasks/Achievements

Accomplishments

  • Achieved Smoke and Regression Automation Suites by introducing Robot Test Framework and Selenium.
  • Consecutively selected as Winner/Runner in Innovation Weeks for the Innovative Ideas at Product Level/ Process Level.
  • Winner of Coffee with VP, Engineering
  • True Believer of AGILE-SCRUM Principles and Practiced them truly.
  • Mentored,Coached and Empowered Team Members to reach their Optimum work Performance
  • Active Team Collaborator with Effective communication within Team and between Teams.

Software

Robot Framework, Selenium,API Testing through PostMan Java, SCRUM Master, PSPO

Certification

Certified SCRUM MASTER,Scrum Alliance

Interests

Conversations,Coaching,Team Bonding,Travelling,Cooking,Parenting,Story Telling

Timeline

Certfied PSPO -

SCRUM ORG
03.2022 - 03.2022

Certified PSPO, SCRUM.ORG

03-2022

Certified Life Coach -

Life By Design
02.2022 - 03.2022

Certified Life Coach,Life By Design

02-2022

QA Technical Lead

HID GLOBAL
05.2017 - Current

Tech Lead, Scrum Master

Infosys Pvt India Ltd
12.2013 - 04.2017

Certified SCRUM MASTER,Scrum Alliance

12-2011

Sr QA Engineer

HCL Technologies
03.2011 - 11.2013

Certified SCRUM Master -

SCRUM Alliance
12.2010 - 12.2010

JAVA Developer,QA Engineer of AGILE SCRUM Team

Cognizant Technologies
11.2007 - 02.2011

QA Engineer

Nagaraj Technologies
12.2004 - 07.2006

B.Tech -

GNITS, JNTU Hyderabad
06.1999 - 06.2003
Samatha NQA Tech Lead ,Team Empowerment Coach And A Certified SCRUM Master,Certified PSPO