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Surekha Shanker Bandaru

Project Manager
Hyderabad
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Surekha Shanker Bandaru

Summary

Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Led and delivered large system transformation projects for various clients across Insurance, Superannuation and Retirement solutions

14+ years' experience in supporting and managing end-to-end solutions of Customer Management, Web Portal Applications for different geographical locations. Conversant with AEM, Sitecore Hybris platforms.

Overview

14
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
2
Certifications

Work History

Deloitte Consulting
Hyderabad

Project Manager
09.2015 - 05.2023

Job overview

  • Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
  • Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
  • Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
  • Developed and implemented strategic project plans to meet business objectives.
  • Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
  • Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.

Deloitte Consulting
Hyderabad

Senior QA Lead
08.2012 - 08.2015

Job overview

  • Investigated variances, performed root-cause analysis and documented corrective actions to resolve complications.
  • Established metrics, applied industry best practices and developed new tools and processes.
  • Recommended strategies and methods to improve test plans and test processes.
  • Used SQL to validate test results and recommend corrective actions.
  • Established new and improved QA processes by developing test processes, test cases and assigning and executing tests.
  • Identified potential product risks and developed plans to mitigate or eliminate hazards.
  • Acted as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases by providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally.
  • Managed testing initiatives, establishing metrics, standards, methodology and necessary testing precautions and scheduling execution.
  • Recommended software solutions such as automated test tools or improved test processes to meet business strategies.

Deloitte Consulting
Hyderabad

QA Engineer
12.2008 - 08.2012

Job overview

  • Developed and implemented comprehensive quality assurance plans to met quality standards.
  • Developed traceability documentation to aid in investigating faults and defects.
  • Led problem-solving activities to quickly identify and permanently resolve quality and productivity issues.
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
  • Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
  • Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
  • Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
  • Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
  • Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
  • Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
  • Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.

Education

JNTU College of Engineering
Ananatapur

B.Tech from Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
10.1991 - 06.1995

Skills

Project planning and development

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Accomplishments

Worked as Pursuit lead for more than 15 pursuits. Managed and led the
pursuits for the firm and won more that 30%


Coached and Facilitated multiple Milestone programs for Analysts, Consultants and Senior Consultants at Deloitte University


Led and volunteered CSR initiatives representing Deloitte

Certification

Certified scrum master

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Timeline

Project Manager

Deloitte Consulting
09.2015 - 05.2023

Senior QA Lead

Deloitte Consulting
08.2012 - 08.2015

QA Engineer

Deloitte Consulting
12.2008 - 08.2012

JNTU College of Engineering

B.Tech from Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
10.1991 - 06.1995
Surekha Shanker BandaruProject Manager