Walston Dsouza
Mangalore
Summary
Experienced leader in guiding and directing dynamic QA teams, specializing in establishing and managing QA teams, driving successful transition efforts, and developing innovative processes for delivering Video and Broadband products. Trusted as the go-to resource for addressing strategy, scope, timing, environments, metrics, and resource alignment concerns. Adept at driving centralized Quality Assurance (QA) services, tools, and infrastructure while implementing specialist practices in test automation through the use of standardized frameworks aligned with industry best practices. Possesses extensive knowledge of Digital Cable Broadcasting systems and a proven track record in managing Digital Headend for RF, IP, and DOCSIS return paths.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Director, QA Engineering
Vantiva India Private ltd
01.2006 - Current
- Overseeing Test Management and System Integration Testing for Android, Legacy Cable Set-Top Boxes, Hybrid QAM/IP STBs, and RDK-based Set-Top Boxes for leading U.S
- Customers including Comcast, Verizon, Bell Canada, Charter, Cox, and LGI
- Lead tools and automation team focused on enhancing test efficiency
- Develop policies and procedures, implement quality standards, Audits and Assessments, monitor quality metrics and budgeting
- Built and managed a high-performing Test execution and Automation team of over 60 engineers across multiple locations
- Played a key role in optimizing and centralizing QA activities
- Led system integration and testing efforts across multiple RDK, OCAP, and Android platforms
- Test lead for OCAP projects
- Time Warner & Shaw projects
- Lab engineer for ARRIS(Motorola) backend infrastructure for Comcast Projects (RF and DOCSIS return path), Verizon projects (IP return) & Time warner OCAP projects
- Participated in many customer demos
- Defined process for efficiency improvements through test escape analysis, helping in reducing escapes below 5%
- Mentored automation team to design web application to aggregate data from various tools used across QA teams, trigger and monitor test execution results
- Efficiency improvements through automation – Bug analysis through AI frameworks
- Automated bug creation during stability testing
Test Execution Engineer
Embed Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
04.2005 - 08.2006
- Integration & testing of DSP evaluation boards using code composer studio
Education
MBA - Business Management
IIM Calcutta
Kolkata, India08-2015
Electronics And Communications Engineering
U V C E
Bengaluru, India03-2005
Skills
Leadership
Good communication
Problem solving,
People Management,
Resource Planning,
Analytical skills
budgeting,
Software testing and Quality management
Audio, Video, Digital video Broadcast systems
Timeline
Director, QA Engineering
Vantiva India Private ltd
01.2006 - Current
Test Execution Engineer
Embed Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
04.2005 - 08.2006
MBA - Business Management
IIM Calcutta
Electronics And Communications Engineering
U V C E
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