Satya Praveen Vemuri

Experienced and enthusiastic leader with track record of success across wide range of industries. Possesses exceptional interpersonal, problem-solving and analytical skills to provide advice and expertise to client organizations improving business performance. Experienced in all aspects of operations, strategy and finance.

A dynamic leader with about 19 years of Industry experience in Test Project Management, Test Delivery Management, Quality Assurance & Engineering.

In depth experience delivering large transformational, migration and upgrade projects in Banking (Core Banking, Digital Transformation, Cards, Regulatory & Compliances), Telecom, Higher Education domains.

Results driven strategist with demonstrated experience in performing various leadership roles – Delivery Head, Account Manager, Program Manager, Test Project Manager, Delivery Manager, Practice Head and Senior Consultant.

Solid track record of managing projects, using Waterfall, RUP, IVV, V-Model & Agile methodologies like SCRUM, LEAN, KANBAN & DevOps. 5+ years of Onsite Experience in delivering multiple projects for global clients.

Established and managed Onsite/Offshore Delivery through Client onboarding with strong Strategy Development, Budget and Demand Forecasting, Resource Planning and Recruitment, Process Alignment with organizational standards, implement Performance Monitoring and improvements along with Risk Management.

Experienced in Software Test Management, Operational Management, Stakeholder Management and Vendor Management in various domains managing functional and non-functional projects.

Experienced in various facets of Test Project Management which includes managing Test Delivery, Test Strategy, Test Solution, Test Planning, Test Estimation, Test Metrics Preparation and Analysis.

· Account Management

· Service Delivery Management

· Product Management

· Test Delivery Management

· Quality & Delivery Assurance

· Governance

· Client Onboarding

· Project Coordination

· People Management

· Demand & Budget Forecasting

· PMO

· Talent & HR

• Helped clients to come up with RFP and respond with best suited Technical and Commercial Solutions
• Strategizing & planning Test Execution and Test Delivery
• Conduct Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly Governance meetings with Head of Testing and Bank CEO’s
• Handling a team of 100+ testers (IT and Business), Managers and Test Leads, onsite.
• Defining the scope of testing within the context of each release / delivery
• Planning, deploying and managing the testing effort for any given engagement.
• Responsible for escalation, team building, and people management.
• Responsible for self-planning, team planning, follow-ups, issue resolution, providing technical assistance, onsite support.
• Review team’s work and take corrective actions, guide and mentor them.
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs through effective estimation, prioritize and proper planning and coordinate testing activities.
• Applying the appropriate test measurements metrics for better quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Provide cost/progress/test status reporting to the management.
• Responsible for the overall Quality of test architecture across all platforms, both functional and non-functional including load, performance, usability etc.
• Ensure traceability of requirements to test cases, develop detailed test plans.
• Execution of test activities according to plan.
• Ensure content and structure of all Testing documents, artifacts are documented and maintained in centralized repository.
• Serve as an expert on testing initiatives, performance and automation processes.
• Assessing the progress and effectiveness of the test effort
• Reporting to VP–IT and working closely with senior Management teams to set up and improve Testing and QA processes and also implemented best practices and quality processes.
• Responsible for entire Test Deliverables by providing technical and functional leadership, resource forecasting and allocation, Test Strategic Planning, Defect Management & Resolution
• Developing & reviewing test strategy, test plan, test cases, test suits, scenarios, test data & requirement traceability matrix and conducting peer reviews of test deliverables. Providing testing solutions to various projects by understanding business & IT strategy and then by aligning to them
• Preparing & updating process documents, training documents and knowledge transfer documents
• Monitoring the quality (functional and usability) of all deliveries made by the team and meeting all goals of the Test Function with quality & cost parameters

• Undertaking end to end project management including technology mapping, planning, defining project delivery framework, schedule development, resource planning & management till final delivery, monitoring / tracking projects with respect to budgeted cost, demand forecasts and time over-runs, preparing weekly project progress reports, test progress report and other reports for senior management & stakeholders.
• Facilitating delivery of the overall project in accordance with the mission and the goals of the organization.
• Facilitate Delivery Assurance phase wise activates like Project Initiations, Planning, Execution and closure. Few of the activities is driven by me are SOW/Contract reviews, Risks Issues Identification, Metrics for tracking financial impacts, Plan and conduct Pre-Delivery Audits, Tailoring and Deviations, Best Practices/Lessons Learnt, Closure Audit as well.

• Scrum Master Accredited Certified (SMAC) - International Scrum Institute
• SFC (Scrum Fundamental Certified) - SCRUM Study
• SMC (Scrum Master Certified) - SCRUM Study
• ASM (Trained on Agile Scrum Master) - Simplilearn
• Six Sigma yellow belt certified - SCRUM Study
• Diploma in Software Technologies - CMC, Hyderabad