Abilash Chandran

Project Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Agile project management with cloud technologies.
Led successful Salesforce and ETL project deliveries.
Strong background in software testing and quality assurance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare-focused Agile Project Manager with expertise in Cloud and Software Testing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Agile Project ManagementCloudSalesforceSoftware Testing Life CycleQuality Management

Other Skills

AWSAgile CoachingAgile LeadershipAgile MethodologiesAgile TransformationAzureBugzillaCSMClearQuestCloud ApplicationsCloud Project ManagementConfluenceDefect TrackingETLETL Testing

About

Abilash is a Agile project manager in Carelon. His expertise is in Agile coaching, Cloud Project Management (AWS, GCP, Azure) , Automation & Salesforce testing with major US healthcare clients (Anthem, Johnson & Johnson, Abbvie, HomeServe). He has experience in Legal industry (Legal Level 0 certified) and Life Sciences and Health Care Domain (Level 1 industry certified). He also has strong knowledge of testing life cycle (Foundation level ISTQB certified) and Agile process (SAFE SASM, CSM & SFPC certified).

Experience

Carelon global solutions

Project Manager (Scrum Master) - Cloud

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Managed 2 Cloud projects (Salesforce, AWS, GCP, Azure) of peak size 35
▪ Implemented SAFE Scrum board for feature team and Kanban for support
team
▪ Successfully completed 5+ PIs (1 PI consists of 3 months with 1 major and
support release per month) without any deviations from Release plans
▪ Identified risks and dependencies in Jira Align and provided mitigations
▪ Cross trained team members to be agile enough to take up changing PI
needs
▪ Coordinated with PO to schedule demo, Backlog refinement and Sprint
Planning
▪ Created Jira Best practice document for Business, so that Support team has
faster turnaround time for production defects
▪ Collaborated with RTE to create knowledge repository in confluence
▪ Created useful visual filters and dashboards for team to track status
▪ Documented retrospective pain points and acted upon the action items on
next step

Cloud Project ManagementAgile CoachingJira AlignConfluenceSAFE ScrumKanban+2

Deloitte

2 roles

Senior Technology Consultant

Promoted

Sep 2017 – Sep 2021 · 4 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As a Team Lead, managed a Salesforce & ETL team (15 members) to
deliver 20+ Releases
▪ Successfully managed TOSCA/Selenium automation team to deliver
Regression suite automation.
▪ Took initiative in analyzing Mobile scope & delivered smooth user
experience via Salesforce app in mobile & iPad
▪ Performed System Integration Testing of Salesforce/Web application with
5+ external client systems
▪ Became functional SME of complex functionality and mentored 10+ new
hires by creating detail KT documentation and video recordings
▪ Prioritized deliveries based on feedback from clients and handled difficult
conversations related to scope and capacity
▪ Tacked agile and automation metrics for each release
▪ Assisted in Agile transformation by taking up the role of Scrum Master and
made sure scrum values and principles are implemented
▪ Driving effective Product Backlog management, and eliminating obstacles
to the achievement of team goals whenever possible

SalesforceETLTOSCASeleniumAgile TransformationSystem Integration Testing+1

Consultant

Sep 2015 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Cognizant technology solutions

2 roles

Software Associate

Promoted

Aug 2013 – Aug 2015 · 2 yrs · Coimbatore Area, India

QA Lead and Analyst roles supporting Automation as well as Manual
Testing with client facing roles demonstrating leadership abilities
▪ Expertise in all phases of the Software Testing Life cycle (STLC), including
requirements gathering, project planning, scheduling, testing, defect
tracking, management, and reporting
▪ Experience in Functional Testing, Regression Testing, UI Testing, System
Testing, Integration Testing with external teams and Data flow testing
between Application & Database
▪ Skilled at troubleshooting system, integration, user acceptance, positive and
negative, functional & regression testing with strong analytical skills
▪ Expertise in designing and developing test strategy, test plan, test cases
and generating test reports, defect reports & product QA documentation
▪ Experience with resource planning, scope assessment, testing framework,
communication plan, reporting metrics template, defect reports, change
management
▪ Worked closely with business owners, development teams and project
management throughout the testing lifecycle to improve overall quality

Software Testing Life CycleFunctional TestingRegression TestingTest StrategyTest PlanningQuality Management

Programming Analyst

Aug 2010 – Aug 2013 · 3 yrs · Coimbatore Area, India

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master of Science (MS) — Software Engineering

Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

Amrita Institute Of Technology Science

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) — Computer Engineering

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010

Chinmaya balabhavan

Higher Secondary — Computer Science

Jan 2006 – Jan 2006

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