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Silas Rondla

Silas Rondla

Bangalore

Summary

Guidewire Business Analyst with 13+ years of Experience in Property & Casualty Insurance Domain. Currently working as Functional SME and Domain BA QA for a US based Insurance Client for GuideWire PolicyCenter Project. Worked for 14 Guidewire Projects and involved in Project Initiation to Production Go-live phases. Certified Scrum Master and Associate Certification – InsuranceSuite 10.0 Analyst Expertise in PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter and ProducerEngage Applications.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Test Manager/Functional SME

SLK Software Pvt. Ltd.
06.2023 - Current

Test Manager

Ernst & Young LLP
04.2015 - 04.2023

Senior Consultant

Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2006 - 04.2015

Education

Master of Technology (M.Tech) - Power Electronics

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

University of Madras

Skills

  • Requirements Gathering
  • Gap Analysis
  • Documentation
  • Solution Design Support
  • Testing Support
  • Training and Support
  • Change Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Stakeholder management
  • Continuous Improvement

Certification

  • Certified ScrumMaster
  • Associate Certification – InsuranceSuite 10.0 Analyst

Clients And Projects

  • CNA, USA – CNAPC Specialty
  • Claim EDI Transformation
  • Specialty to CCP R2
  • Specialty to CCP R1
  • Claim Center Advancement
  • Tennesse Farm Bureau Insurance, USA – Producer Engage Project
  • Zurich, Switzerland - GuideWire ClaimCenter implementation
  • Alfa Insurance, USA - GuideWire Suite Implementation
  • Hastings UK - GuideWire ClaimCenter Implementation
  • MSA, USA - Claims Upgrade Testing

Roles And Responsibilities

Requirements Gathering - responsible for eliciting and documenting business requirements from stakeholders. This involves conducting interviews, workshops, and reviews to understand the needs of the organization. Gap Analysis - Analyzing existing business processes and systems to identify gaps between current state and desired future state. This helps in determining how Guidewire solutions can best meet the organization's needs. Creating documents like Business Requirement Documents, Functional Requirement Documents, High Level Design and Low Level Design documents for Integrations. Solution Design Support – collaborating with Solution Architects, Developers and Product Owners to design solutions that align with business requirements. Testing Support – Provided Testing Support like reviewing the Test cases, Scenarios and End to End or Customer Journey Test Scenarios. Training and Support – Provided trainings to new Joiners in the project, provide a walkthrough on the User Story or Feature or Integration point before the Sprint. Change Management – Involve in Change management process during new enhancements for Change Requests. Perform Impact Analysis, track the User Acceptance Defects and create User Stories for the Enhancements. Quality Assurance – Review the Test Strategy and deliverables of manual and Automation Scripts Stakeholder Management – Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment of the Guidewire Solution with business goals and objectives. Continuous Improvement - Identifying opportunities for process improvement and optimization within the Guidewire system, and making recommendations for enhancements or modifications as needed.

Timeline

Test Manager/Functional SME

SLK Software Pvt. Ltd.
06.2023 - Current

Test Manager

Ernst & Young LLP
04.2015 - 04.2023

Senior Consultant

Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2006 - 04.2015

Master of Technology (M.Tech) - Power Electronics

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

University of Madras
Silas Rondla