Anand Hooda

QA Manager

Gurgaon, Haryana, India16 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Over 15 years of experience in QA and Test Delivery.
  • Expert in driving automation and CI/CD adoption.
  • Proven leader in managing large QA teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA Manager specializing in E-commerce and Agile Testing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationAgile TestingSoftware Project Management

Other Skills

REST APIJavaShift-left testingSelenium WebDriverPOMTest PlanningTest Automation FrameworkPlaywrightCucumber bddAppiumJavaScriptLLM model testingTestimqmetryReporting & Analysis

About

Results-driven Test Manager / QA Manager with 15+ years of experience leading enterprise QA and Test Delivery across Banking, Insurance, Airline, Travel, Hospitality, and E‑commerce domains. Specialized in test strategy, QA governance, release management, automation frameworks, API testing, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile delivery. Proven leader in managing large QA teams, owning release readiness and production go/no-go decisions, driving defect leakage reduction (~35%), and accelerating releases through automation and continuous testing. Adept at stakeholder communication, risk and escalation management, and aligning quality outcomes with business goals.

Experience

16 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Publicis re:sources

QA Lead/Manager

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram · Remote

  • 1. Leading end-to-end QA delivery including strategy, planning, automation, and release sign-off
  • 2. Managing QA teams of 15–30 members across multiple Agile programs
  • 3. Driving automation and CI/CD adoption to improve release velocity and quality
  • 4. Partnering with business and technology stakeholders on quality governance
REST APIJavaShift-left testingSelenium WebDriverPOMTest Planning+9

Coforge

Test Analyst

Jan 2022Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Hybrid

Shift-left testingLLM model testing

Successive technologies

QA Manager

Nov 2020Dec 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Remote

qmetryReporting & AnalysisSelenium WebDriverWebdriverIOPostman APIPOM+12

Persistent systems

Quality Assurance Automation Lead/Manager

Feb 2019Oct 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana · On-site

  • QA Automation Lead/Manager at Shree Infosoft(Now Persistent) Pvt Ltd Gurgaon
Selenium TestingSoftware Project ManagementTest Automation

Igt solutions

Sr Automation Tester

Sep 2017Feb 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

Selenium Testing

Fastbooking

2 roles

Application Engineer

Sep 2009Sep 2017 · 8 yrs

Application Engineer

Sep 2009Sep 2014 · 5 yrs

Education

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Postgraduate Certification — Strategic Management – The Competitive Edge

May 2023Oct 2023

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Project Management

Apr 2021Jun 2023

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Postgraduate Certification — Design for internet of things

Jan 2022Jun 2022

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Management for Managers — Project Management

Jul 2021Nov 2021

Maharshi Dayanand University

mca — Computer Science

Jan 2006Jan 2009

SM Hindu Sr Sec School Sonipat

Matriculation — Regular

Apr 1994May 1999

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Project Management

May 2021May 2023

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