Asharani M R

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of QA automation experience
Led automation strategies at SAP Ariba
Achieved 30% reduction in post-release defects

Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA Automation Specialist in the SaaS industry, focusing on scalable automation frameworks.

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Skills

Core Skills

Qa AutomationTest AutomationWeb Development

Other Skills

AJAXAngularJSAutomation Test StrategyBootstrapC#C++CI/CDCSSCSS3Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Core JavaCypressEclipseGithubHTML5

About

With over 10 years of experience, I specialize in leading QA automation strategies and aligning them with business objectives to deliver impactful results. At SAP Ariba, I oversee automation for Supplier Lifecycle and Procurement workflows, collaborating with product owners to refine requirements and streamline processes. My expertise lies in architecting scalable automation frameworks using tools like Playwright, Selenium, and WebdriverIO, integrated into CI/CD pipelines. Passionate about product quality and efficiency, I focus on reducing defects and enhancing release cycles to meet organizational goals.

Experience

Sap ariba

Automation Lead & Product Specialist – SAP Ariba Procurement

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Owned QA automation strategy for Supplier Lifecycle & Procurement workflows (onboarding, approvals, compliance, risk).
Led and mentored a 3-member automation team; standardized frameworks, CI/CD, and code reviews.
Architected automation frameworks with Playwright, WebdriverIO (QMate), Selenium, Cypress; integrated into Jenkins pipelines.
Partnered with Product Owners & BAs to refine requirements & backlog; acted as Product Proxy to ensure automation aligned with business value.
Achievements:
Playwright MCP Server POC → 35% faster execution, optimized infra.
Scaled automation to 200+ scenarios → reduced regression time by 40%.
Cut post-release defects by 30% with risk-based automation.
Recognized for bridging QA and Product priorities in Supplier Lifecycle Management.

Automation Test StrategyPlaywrightWebdriverIOSeleniumCypressCI/CD+3

Thinkify labs

SDET

Nov 2019 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka

Built UI automation using Protractor/Jasmine, Cypress, Webdriver.io for analytics dashboards.
Integrated automation into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
Delivered regression suites supporting smooth product releases for analytics platform.

ProtractorCypressWebdriverIOJenkinsTest Automation

Athenahealth

Member Of Technical Staff

Feb 2017 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Performed End-to-End testing and User Acceptance Testing.
Develop test framework using TestNG and Selenium Webdriver.
Created Test cases Using Element locators and Selenium Webdriver methods.
Execution of Selenium Test cases and Reporting defects.
Analysis of test requirement and automation feasibility.
Test case documentation.
Test automation scripting and execution.
Involved in the Implementation of many reusable UI components.
End to end development from the UX design.
Implementing the cross-browser compatibility and responsive web design.
Customizing the page layout.
Automating the test cases using the Nodejs, wraith.

TestNGSelenium WebdriverTest Automation

Accrete globus technology

Member of technical staff

Jan 2014 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Implemented complex functionalities.
Making responsive web pages using HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery.
Integrated external API’s: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter.
Designed flow for the many modules includes Order Management and Package Shipping.
Made many efficient generic modules which used by all the different projects in different manner as per the client requirements.
Testing and find out the many real time test cases.
Created SRS documentation.
Handling the Backend part.
Good at Database design, implementation and upgradations.
Experience in query optimization.
Explaining the working of backend system to other developers