Madhusudan Rao P

CEO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India21 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

25 years of global IT experience in diverse roles.
Expertise in Banking and Healthcare domains.
Proven track record in testing delivery management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in IT delivery management, specializing in QA for Banking and Healthcare sectors.

Contact

madhup_r@yahoo.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Project DeliveryTesting Delivery ManagementQuality AssuranceProject Management

Other Skills

AI AceleratorsASP.NETAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesAgile Application DevelopmentAgile LeadershipAgile MethodologiesAgile Project ManagementAgile TestingAutomation effortsAutomation frameworkAutomation strategiesBusiness RequirementsHP QTPHP Quality CenterIT demand management

About

With 25 years of global IT experience, worked in various roles, starting as a software developer, and evolving into a passionate delivery management professional. Throughout my career, I have gained an in-depth understanding of product testing and custom solutions for large-scale products, particularly in the Banking and Healthcare domains. My experience spans the entire spectrum, from feasibility studies, design, and development to execution across different testing phases. One of my areas of expertise is to develop an independent mechanism for knowledge management, which significantly reduces resource dependency. Expertise in Retail Banking apps, Mortgages, Information Security, Pharma domain apps/solutions. Additionally, I have successfully managed onsite-offshore integrated test deliveries, ensuring low costs to the business by using an appropriate resource mix. In my role, I support our partners by providing technical consulting and participating in discussions with business and partners as a Subject Matter Expert . I believe direct interaction with business stakeholders is crucial to understanding the bigger picture, assessing testing needs, and defining the testing engagement model and process for SIT, UAT, and OAT. Expert in setting up core teams, augmenting vendor resources, overseeing deliveries, and reporting progress, issues, mitigation strategies, and costs to stakeholders.

Experience

21 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Novartis

Delivery Leader- Testing Factory Services

Sep 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Contribute to all aspects of planning, design, development and delivery of System
Solutions for a specific business or technology area, in alignment with design and
Architectural standards and business requirements. Capture, qualify and help prioritize new
IT demand and ensure IT services provided to business are meeting service quality standards
as per agreed SLAs.
Represent IT to the business or IT groups receiving services, ensuring that expectations
for IT services are met.
Identify and qualify new demand with overall responsibility for steering proposals through
the early phases of approval; participate in establishment of budgets and investment
proposals and obtain sponsorship and funding.
Ensure the introduction of new / modified services happens in a planned, controlled and
timely manner to minimize disruption and maximize benefit.
Create the detailed IT solution/service design, based on functional specifications, to
meet quality and performance requirements and technical constraints.
Develop, build, configure, customize and unit test solutions based on the functional and
technical specifications to meet quality and performance requirements.
Hold end-to-end accountability for business processes, integrate services horizontally
across organizational units, and manage interfaces between Service Delivery projects.

System SolutionsIT demand managementservice quality standardsIT service designservice delivery managementProject Delivery+1

[24]7.ai

Director of QA

Feb 2015 – Sep 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Led a team of QA Engineers & Managers, to test the technical and business requirements for solutions-cloud based SaaS products.
Formulate, implement and improve the Testing (both functional & non-functional) & Automation strategies across the product lines & contribute to shorter release cycles with better quality.
Help create the right platform for the QA team in terms of test tools, defect tracking tools and other support tools.
Manage the training and development of QA staff members to develop their skills and maintain industry-leading knowledge in their areas of responsibility
Recruit and retain the best QA engineers in the industry.
Vendor and Partner management to onboard and manage Contract staff.
Keep Engineering Management updated with quality status and risk assessments. Come up with a metrics driven approach to disseminate information.
Take accountability for the performance and results of the team(s) within own discipline or function.
Adapt departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges.
Work with cross functional teams to understand business requirements and help develop technical solutions for complex business challenges. Influence requirements and release timelines as needed to ensure quality and business satisfaction.
Adapt continuous improvement methodologies & show quantitative progress in reduction of production issues.

QA EngineeringSaaS productsTesting strategiesAutomation strategiesVendor managementQuality Assurance+1

Kony, inc.

Associate Director

Nov 2010 – Feb 2015 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

1. Acumen in Mobile Applications testing in iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms and related Mobile Technologies.
2. Managing teams and handle the difficult times to ensure the quality of the project for Mobility and Mobile Test Strategy, Planning and execution in Kony Mobile Platform.
3. Managing testing scope review, testing effort estimation and budgeting, requirement analysis, test planning and scheduling, creating WBS, managing risks and mitigation actions.
4. Competency building for both functional and non-functional areas. Training packs are conceptualized, planned and executed.
5. Own project/program test strategy/approach across all test phases, track project test plan/milestones
6. End to end testing delivery including SIT, UAT
7. People and their performance management
8. Lead Test Reuse, automation framework using Selenium and Sikuli

Mobile Applications testingTest StrategyRisk managementTest planningAutomation frameworkTesting Delivery Management+1

Barclays

Programme Test Manager

Mar 2008 – Nov 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Pune Area, India

1. Stakeholder Management and point of contact for Testing Delivery
2. Vendor Management-vendor/partner assessment for Different capabilities in testing
3. End to end testing delivery including SIT, UAT and OAT
4. Programme/Project Level RAIDS management
5. Project Financial Management (Work Orders and Service orders)
6. Create and own project test strategy/approach across all test phases
7. Own and deliver estimates, own and maintain project test plan/milestones
8. Own and monitor environment plan
9. Track spend/budget
10. Maintain and deliver Test Metrics
11. Weekly Reporting to Tech office Senior Management
12. Escalation Point for Leads/Vendor Managers

Stakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementTesting deliveryProject Financial ManagementTest MetricsTesting Delivery Management+1

Microsoft

Test Manager

Dec 2004 – Mar 2008 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

1. Managed the spectrum of testing delivery of all Headcount and payroll apps in FIT(GDCI).
2. Responsible for helping business in prioritization, values realization process, project estimations, planning, tracking the progress (and reporting the project progress to group manager)
3. Accountable for setting up test environment as per production standards
4. Liable to create test plans, test case review, organize Triages with the PgM’s, PDM’s
5. Worked with Production support during UAT and Production Installs
6. Lead Automation efforts for dog-fooding effort for all new technologies.

Testing deliveryProject estimationsTest environment setupTest plansAutomation effortsQuality Assurance+1