Sarthak Kalra
Technical Project Manager (QA)
Gurgaon
Summary
Instrumental Technical Project Manager bringing 12 years of experience achieving ambitious goals in challenging IT environment. Diligent, forward-thinking and adaptable to dynamic company, customer, and project needs. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
13
13
Certificates
Work History
Technical Project Manager
Accenture
04.2020 - Current
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Collaborated with business users, technical teams, database administrators and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application designing, and planning sessions to validate requirements.
- Developed project plans and managed project scope using methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
- Served as technical liaison, supporting engineering, management, procurement, sales, and marketing, quality assurance and supply base.
- Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
- Accomplished client goals by providing quality technical projects.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Managed 2 project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.
Test Manager
Accenture
01.2016 - 03.2020
- US Retail Banking – Deposits Saving Accounts
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Maintained bug reporting system for logged faults, delegating issues to development personnel for remediation.
- Updated ongoing testing procedures for software to account for changes resulting from post-release patches.
- Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
- Advised developers on problems with databases, performance and other issues.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
- Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
- Defined testing and acceptance strategies and determined quality assurance benchmarks.
- Designed scenarios and procedures for human testing of pre-release software products for Banking industry.
Test Engineer
Accenture
08.2012 - 12.2015
- US Retail Banks - US Deposits
- Scheduled available resources to conduct assessments and prototype testing.
- Engaged internal and external customers during planning and test phases to answer questions.
- Tested, identified and troubleshot problems with networks.
- Utilized statistical methods and Six Sigma techniques to conduct experiments, analyze data and perform root cause analysis.
- Tested hardware and software within sandbox environment prior to release to production.
- Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.
- Provided solutions to various technical problems of varying scope and complexity.
- Developed and maintained test and evaluation strategies for testing to show operational readiness and suitability with planned project decision points.
- Researched new developments in testing methods and equipment and made recommendations to improve testing procedures.
- Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and use cases to support testing objectives.
- Collaborated with other departments to facilitate successful project completion.
- Performed complex calculations to analyze and optimize engineering processes.
- Implemented automated systems to improve accuracy and efficiency of engineering processes.
- Verified construction documentation to meet client requirements and vision.
- Developed and maintained relationships with suppliers to facilitate quality and timely delivery of materials.
- Monitored and evaluated engineering performance to recommend improvements.
Intern
Accenture
12.2011 - 07.2012
- US Real Estate Loans
- Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets, and reports.
- Analyzed problems and worked with teams to develop solutions.
- Completed research, compiled data, updated spreadsheets, and produced timely reports.
- Assisted in developing integrated marketing strategies for small businesses.
- Supported creation of detailed, technical financial models to value potential acquisition targets.
- Developed and maintained relationships with key internal stakeholders.
- Prepared project presentations and reports to assist senior staff.
Software Developer (.Net/SQL Server) (Part Time)
ComputerAge
03.2009 - 07.2012
- Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
- Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs, and improving functionality.
- Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
- Developed software for desktop and mobile operating systems.
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Information Technology
08.2009 - 07.2012
Bachelors of Science -
07.2006 - 07.2009
Skills
Technical Project Planning
Strategic Planning
Technical Troubleshooting
Quality Assurance
Schedule Management
Risk Mitigation
Cost Estimation
Agile Project Management
Documentation and Reporting
Resource Identification
Resource Planning
Idea Development and Brainstorming
Root Cause Analysis
Coaching and Mentoring
Certification
SAFe Agile certified
Business Skill Set
Experience in working for payroll management domain for UK and Southeast Asian countries.
Good working experience with US Banking Deposits and Savings flows and applications.
Have worked on US Banking flows for Mortgage loans including – Originations, Servicing, Defaults.
Good working experience with Retail Loans, Private Bank loans, Small business loans, Credit Cards, POS and Banking Complaint Management.
Timeline
Technical Project Manager - Accenture
04.2020 - Current
Test Manager - Accenture
01.2016 - 03.2020
Test Engineer - Accenture
08.2012 - 12.2015
Intern - Accenture
12.2011 - 07.2012
Amity University - Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Information Technology
08.2009 - 07.2012
Software Developer (.Net/SQL Server) (Part Time) - ComputerAge
03.2009 - 07.2012
SHIATS - Bachelors of Science,
07.2006 - 07.2009