Jul 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · On-site

• As Director of Engineering, I spearheaded the leadership of ProHance, a Workforce & Productivity Analytics SaaS platform. I managed a team of over 15 engineers, establishing a culture of quality through standardized best practices. My role involved comprehensive project ownership, from scope definition to successful go-live, ensuring alignment with business objectives. I also engaged directly with enterprise clients to tailor delivery models that met their specific needs.
• Achievements: I introduced a robust test automation strategy that significantly improved release cycles. My leadership in competitive product benchmarking refined product positioning and drove strategic backlog improvements, contributing to the overall success of the platform. Led the end-to-end delivery of an AI-powered face recognition module, ensuring timely and innovative deployment

Jul 2020 – Jun 2021 · 11 mos · On-site

Jan 2018 – Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• In my capacity as Quality Engineering Manager, I led the end-to-end delivery of an AI/ML-powered SaaS platform, overseeing program execution and stakeholder engagement. I was responsible for aligning the Quality Assurance team with development sprints and defining testing strategies to uphold release quality. My role also involved managing vendor relationships and ensuring seamless execution across distributed teams.

Mar 2014 – Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Requirement Analysis, maintaining the Product Backlog, Prioritizing/Grooming of the Product Backlog.
• Managing the entire Software Product Development life cycle using agile methodology. Acting as Scrum Master and Product Owner for the product development.
• Automation Framework design and implementation. Test Automation development.
• Work with Technical Architect and management to define and plan new projects and roll out group wide initiatives.
• Coaching and Mentoring the technical team members and peers on the Agile and Lean principles as it is implemented & used during the project development life cycle.
• Developing Product Roadmap and Release Plan.
• Prioritize and mitigate risks on a timely manner.
• Present regular reports on milestones and deliverables to management and client.

Aug 2013 – Jan 2014 · 5 mos · New Jersey, United States · On-site

Jan 2012 – Feb 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · On-site

• My roles and responsibility at ThoughFocus:
• Developing test strategies, PoC's, and estimation for testing projects.
• Problem solving and providing solutions to testing assignments to build TCoE.
• Handling multiple projects and ensuring quality deliverables.
• Review and rework of testing artifacts and practices to meet the testing goals.
• Team Building, managing/mentoring, and performance management of team member
• Project Specific:
• Co-ordinate with business users to get Business knowledge and flow.
• Analysed user requirements and software requirement specifications documents.
• Participating in various meetings with Business Analysts, and Managers to get the business documents mapped against the requirements.
• Translate test strategy into a test plan and definition of test scenarios and test cases.
• Reviewing, Designing, and Executing of the Test Cases.
• Participated in the Daily status call and defect triage meeting.
• To manage, track, and defect test status; report metrics.
• Private Equity:
• Experience in private equity fund accounting
• Analysis of Capital Account Summary
• Detail understanding of the distribution waterfall calculations, Management Fees, Org Fee, Pref Return, and Carried calculations
• Analysis of Income and disposition waterfall reports
• Analysis of limited partner and general partner allocations (Investments, Follow-on, Reserve, Capital Call)
• Understanding of Loss recoup process, liquidation and clawback process.

May 2007 – Dec 2011 · 4 yrs 7 mos · On-site

Jun 2007 – Mar 2013 · 5 yrs 9 mos · New York, United States · On-site

• Managed a team of QA professionals in the maintenance and enhancement of the Hurdle Rate Model, an in-house Private Equity Fund Administration system, and a Waterfall engine. As a QA lead and SME, I was interacting with the Business Analysts, developers, and business groups to understand the requirements and translate the same into test scenarios and cases. I was responsible for the QA delivery of the new features, enhancements, and CRs.
• Some of the Key projects handled for Private Equity (PE), Real Estate (RE), Alternative Asset Management, Mezzanine fund groups
• Waterfall engine enhancement
• Enhancement for performing GAAP (General Accepted Accounting Principles) calculations
• Multicurrency Enhancement
• Management Fee customization to accommodate Partners with different Fee rates and Fee offset percentages
• Enhancement to calculate Blackstone Affiliated Investors Investment Accounting & Reporting (BAIIAR) and Clawback Calculations
• Event Maintenance enhancement
• Admin Fee Enhancement

Jun 2005 – May 2007 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Responsibilities Handled:
• Reviewing the Functional Requirements and mapping testing approach test cases to requirements.
• Analyzing requirements and prepare the test effort estimate for projects.
• Translate test strategy into test plan and definition of test scenarios and test cases.
• Participate in the formal reviews of application designs, functional requirements and test cases.
• Designing the test Cases to ensure all requirements are covered and executing them
• Involved in System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Post Production Testing. (PROD).
• To manage, track and defect test status; report metrics.
• Identifying the project issues and escalates properly & timely.
• Recommend solutions to technical issues raised in project.
• Impact analysis with respect to Enhancement and bug fix.
• Performing Benchmark test for Client. I.e. conducting performance test for client using Benchmark Tool available in the Service Center.
• Conducting SCM Audit for our project.
• Maintaining the required documents in the EDMS. (QA Activity)
• Maintaining the Test cases and requirements in the TD/QC.
• Test Data preparation for the performance testing
• Executed load and performance testing using Load Runner
• Prepared the performance test execution reports.
• Ensured the functional testing is stable before doing performance testing.
• Designed and Developed Automated Test Scripts for Functional & Regression Testing using QTP.

Apr 2004 – May 2005 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Apr 2003 – Dec 2003 · 8 mos · Karnataka, India