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Swathi Kammadanam
Freelancer
Hyderabad,TS
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Summary
Over 5 years experience in IBM Mainframe applications as a QA-Tester/Test Lead in Banking & Financial domain and a professional experience as HR consultant in Financial domain and AI Excellent communication & interpersonal skills with strong analytical, team building, problem solving and organizational abilities, working with Subject Matter Experts (SME) Analyzing the requirements document and Preparing Test Plan document and test cases. Executing the test cases based on the given priorities and raising defects and sending it to development team to fix the bugs. Experience in configuration HP Quality center test management Knowledge in Selenium, AI and Agile methodologies Experience in debugging defects identified and fixing them, comparing the test results with production results to make sure the changes are right at first time. Knowledge and experience as HR Consultant and content writing AI
Professional in quality assurance and testing with solid background in managing testing teams and fostering collaborative efforts. Recognized for driving successful test strategies and maintaining high standards in deliverables. Known for adaptability and reliability in dynamic project settings, leveraging deep knowledge of test methodologies and team leadership.
Overview
3
Certifications
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Bank of America
Associate Tester
03.2023 - 08.2025
Job overview
- The project objective is to maintain and carry out development and enhancement activities for the Customer Online Information Network (COIN) application. The Customer Online Information Network is a first-generation client-server application and refers to both the network and the online suite of applications that support the client-based businesses in the retail banking centers, call centers, and support centers in the west coast.
- Worked primarily on Anti-money laundering projects of Bank of America, Customer Identification Program Completeness, Integrated fraud platform, Customer statement address standardization and national change of address, Migration of bank and Merrill Lynch bank to Bank of America.
- Managed project responsibilities to ensure timely completion of tasks.
- Prepared analysis and design documents to support development activities.
- Worked primarily on Anti money laundering projects of Bank of America, Customer Identification Program Completeness, Integrated fraud platform, Customer statement address standardization and national change of address, Migration of bank and Merrill Lynch bank to Bank of America.
- Maintained version control for changes made to application, ensuring accurate documentation.
- Preparation of Unit, Integration Test plans and Cases.
- Executed preventive actions to minimize potential issues in application functionality.
- Provide post-implementation support for solution provided.
- Ensuring that all work within area of responsibility is carried out in accordance with agreed timelines.
- Take preventive actions to avoid or minimize problems.
- Utilized various tools for project management and tracking.
- Ensuring that all work within area of responsibility is carried out in accordance with agreed time-lines.
- Applied programming languages for software development tasks.
- Operated at Accenture's Hyderabad office to support project initiatives.
- C, python
- Work Location
- Accenture, Hyderabad
, Remote
Freelancer, Remote Jobs
11.2025 - 03.2026
Job overview
- Developed customized solutions to address unique client needs, resulting in repeat business and referrals.
- Strengthened client relationships with consistent communication and timely project updates.
- Enhanced client satisfaction by delivering high-quality work within deadlines.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and organization.
- Optimized project efficiency by creating and implementing effective task management strategies.
- Adapted quickly to changing project requirements, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability under pressure.
- Conducted thorough research to provide well-informed recommendations for clients'' strategic decision-making processes.
Bank of Montreal
Test Lead
03.2023 - 08.2025
Job overview
- Commercial Lending Redesign (CLR) is a web based application which basically deals with the process of loan for the commercial customers of Bank of Montreal. The goal of this project is to process and approve the commercial loans in a quicker way comparing to the legacy mainframe applications. With this the customers can get the loans approved in 4 days from the time of application.
- CLR has various stages of loan processing – Such as Application Entry, Credit Analysis, Credit decision, Decline&Withdraw, Customer Acceptance &due diligence, Document preparation, Booking, Closing. Each of these stage is unique and processes the loan in a more reliable and efficient manner.
- Oversaw project responsibilities
- Analyze requirements document and prepare Test Plan document
- Prepare offshore delivery and resource plan
- Define the responsibilities and work assignment to the team members. Also mentor them and provide strategic guidance for the project execution
- Coordinated training sessions to enhance team skills and shared expertise across teams through technical, business, and process-related sessions.
- Monitoring the test progress of work by conducting status meeting , conference calls with onsite and offshore team on Daily basis
- Prepare meeting agenda and status report. Reviewing project status with TCS Management.
- Identified risks early and implemented mitigation strategies.
- Manage the project related process & knowledge document in Share path
- Utilized various tools
- Tool : HP Quality Centre
- Special Software : Capital Stream
- QAWork Location
- Accenture, Hyderabad
Bank of America
QA-Tester
05.2017 - 10.2019
Job overview
- Instead of having separate Customer/account information systems housing various customer and account data, the Bank decided to bring them all, under a single umbrella, so that the bank has a 360 degree view of the customer and his related details.
- The California customers and accounts would be converted, into a single environment and will house the California deposits, loan and Investment accounts and enhance any existing functionality that was available for the California customers, accounts and their addresses.
- Analyzed client requirements and estimated time for system incorporation.
- Planning for testing requirements of projects.
- Conducting effective test artifacts reviews.
- Reviewing the code changes for other modules and review of test results.
- Constant Interaction with On-site/Offshore counterparts regarding the changes and other development related activities.
- Client Interaction on weekly basis to discuss the status of tasks.
- Involved in Production implementation and Post implementation monitoring
- Development of the code
- Release Management Activities.
- Providing effort estimations and helping Manager in scheduling and delivery prioritization.
- Reviewed test artifacts to ensure quality and compliance with project specifications.
- Managing System and UAT Support of a delivery effective
- Planned and delivered technical and non-technical training to team members to ensure successful task completion.
- Ensuring that team members understand their resultant output and are motivated to produce maximum output. Also owning performance appraisal responsibilities for the team members under minimum guidance of supervisor/ Human Resources.
- HP Quality Center, CA7- Scheduler
- HTML
- Work Location
- Accenture, Hyderabad
Education
Symbiosis Management Studies(Long Distance)
MBA from HRM
04.2001
Osmania University
Bachelor of Computers B.Sc from Information Technology(IT)
01-2005
Skills
Test & Team Management Tools: Micro Focus ALM (Formerly HP ALM), JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint
Database: SQL Server
Functional testing
Test planning
Agile methodology
Testing management
Certification
ISTQB Foundation Level - 2015
Interests
Chess
Dance-classical
Reading books
Timeline
Freelancer, Remote Jobs
, Remote
11.2025 - 03.2026
Associate Tester
Bank of America
03.2023 - 08.2025
Test Lead
Bank of Montreal
03.2023 - 08.2025
QA-Tester
Bank of America
05.2017 - 10.2019
Symbiosis Management Studies(Long Distance)
MBA from HRM
04.2001
Osmania University
Bachelor of Computers B.Sc from Information Technology(IT)