Ravikanth Edamakanti

Operations Associate

Cumming, Georgia, United States19 yrs 5 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Over 18 years of experience in Software Testing.
  • Expert in test automation strategy and implementation.
  • Recognized industry educator and speaker.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned QA Manager in Fintech and Aviation sectors, specializing in test automation and team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationTeam ManagementTest PlanningRequirements AnalysisManual TestingTest ExecutionDefect LoggingTest Case PreparationBug Tracking

Other Skills

CI/CDAI-driven testingQTPHealthcare TestingGDS TestingDatabase TestingRegression TestingTest ManagementProject EstimationAgile TestingContinuous IntegrationQuality CenterSelenium WebDriverTestNGMaven Framework

About

» Having over 18 years of experience in Software Testing: expertise in Banking, Airline, Trading & Healthcare related domain applications » QA Manager with extensive experience leading enterprise-level test automation initiatives for banking and financial services, delivering scalable and high-quality solutions. » Proven expertise in test automation strategy design and implementation using tools like Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Playwright, and Eggplant. » Successfully built and integrated CI/CD pipelines for automated test execution, enabling continuous testing and faster release cycles. » Leading adoption of AI-driven and agentic test automation frameworks, including implementation of advanced concepts like LLMs, MCP, and autonomous QA agents. » Delivered automation solutions for large-scale applications (1500+ test cases), improving test coverage, execution speed, and defect detection efficiency. » Strong domain expertise in banking and financial systems, including middleware migrations (e.g., TIBCO to MuleSoft) and end-to-end system validation. » Experienced in vendor partnerships and consulting, collaborating with organizations like Tricentis and Katalon for product evangelism, training, and implementation. » Recognized industry educator and speaker, delivering webinars, bootcamps, and conference sessions (e.g., StarWest) on modern QA challenges and automation best practices. » Award-winning contributor (Teaching Excellence Award) and active community leader, mentoring QA professionals and driving adoption of automation tools. » Creator of a growing YouTube channel focused on AI-driven testing, low-code/no-code automation, and modern QA practices, reaching and educating a global audience. » Hands-on leader with a strong balance of technical execution, strategic vision, and team mentorship. » Expertise in team management and project management activities. Handling 35 members team in my current project » Handling client and acting as the face of the business and getting more business in terms of new projects » Involved in evolving the Automation QTP framework. Expertise in Hybrid Frame Work (More towards Keyword Driven). » Expertise in Healthcare domain testing » Expertise in Global Distribution System testing like Share GDS, Apollo GDS and Sabre GDS. » Having experience on technical tools Microsoft Visio, Rational Clear Case & Clear Quest, Quality Centre, ALM, Borland’s Caliber, and VSS Version controller » Certified as Scrum Master and PRINCE2 certified

Experience

19 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
10 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Cigniti technologies

2 roles

Senior Manager

Promoted

May 2021Present · 5 yrs

Test AutomationCI/CDAI-driven testingTeam Management

Test Manager

Dec 2015May 2021 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Applabs - a csc company

Associate Manager

Nov 2009Dec 2015 · 6 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

  •  Traveled Onsite (USA) Denver location to support PSS migration activities as part of United Airlines Project.
  •  Traveled Onsite (London) to analyze new functional enhancements to Trade Elect, review requirements and use cases as part of London Stock Exchange
  •  Technical professional, with outstanding test planning, design and execution, reports, estimation, reviews, monitoring and resource utilizing skills with ability to support multiple simultaneous projects.
  •  Expertise in team management and project management activities. Handling 35 members team in my current project
  •  Prepare daily WBS for staff & coordinating the daily allocation of work
  •  Motivate the team to achieve high standards and PCI targets
  •  Handling client and acting as the face of the business and getting more business in terms of new projects
  •  Part of recruitment cell in recruiting the new staff
  •  Leading Innovations Program. Built a strong framework for innovations and driving the innovations program very effectively to add value to the client
  •  Involved in evolving the Automation QTP framework. Expertise in Hybrid Frame Work (More towards Keyword Driven).
  •  Experienced in Mercury Interactive Quick test professional 9.0 (QTP) Automated Testing, automating manual scripts, debugging scripts and running scripts.
  •  Expertise in Healthcare domain testing and automated the major functionalities using QTP
  •  Expertise in Global Distribution System testing like Share GDS, Apollo GDS and Sabre GDS.
  •  Expertise in Stock Market domain testing in different areas like Orders, Trading, SETS Protocol, FIX Protocol, Price Monitoring, Heuristic Hill Climbing Algorithm, Pegged Orders, Hidden Orders and MES Orders
  •  Exposure to all stages of Software Development Life Cycle, Testing Techniques, Types of Testing, Data Base Testing and Testing Life Cycles.
Test PlanningTeam ManagementQTPHealthcare TestingGDS Testing

Technosoft global services pvt.ltd

Team Leader

Mar 2009Oct 2009 · 7 mos

  • Managing Activities
  • Identification, Allocation & effective Utilization of resources within team according to the project needs.
  • Was instrumental in imparting various project and technical related trainings to team members and new joinees based on the project’s needs.
  • Leading, managing & monitoring the entire quality activity from requirements review to till user acceptance test.
  • Responsible for preparing reports like Daily Status and Weekly Status.
  • Mentoring the new team members, identifying their training needs and accommodating them into work in a quick turnaround time are part of the role.
  • Presenter and participant in knowledge sharing sessions with different teams.
  • Technical Activities
  • Involved in Manual Testing and Device Testing.
  • Estimation & Planning of the Testing Efforts.
  • Responsible for deriving a test approach (includes test planning and designing)
  • Involved in defining the testing scope, testing strategy, identifying roles and responsibilities with Test Design and Execution.
  • Projecting the Test Execution & Defect Metrics with analysis as part of testing exit activity.
  • Documenting & sharing of Best Practices & Key Learning’s within teams.
  • Building test data on MV Unit Devices and preparing the data creation understanding document on how to create data to test the particular functionality.
  • Involved in preparing and reviewing test scenarios, test cases and test data.
  • Identifying defects and posting into GEMINI
  • Guiding and helping the team members in executing the TCs and finish the assigned work by deadline
Manual TestingTest PlanningTeam Management

Accenture

Senior Test Engineer

Jul 2007Mar 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Title: LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
  • Duration: July 2007 to Dec 2008
  • Team Size: 20
  • Tool: ITT Tool, Clear Case and Clear Quest
  • Understanding and reviewing the requirements.
  • Deriving test conditions and scenarios from use cases.
  • Generating test scripts using ITT tool (Integrated Testing Tool).
  • Traveled Onshore (London) for 2 months for analyzing the new functional enhancements to Trade Elect and for reviewing requirements & Use Case writing.
  • Effective transfer of knowledge to offshore team on new requirements.
  • Test scripts execution by using Automation tool ITT Tool, defect logging and tracking to the closure by using Clear Quest.
  • Involved in Data Base Testing.
Test ExecutionDefect LoggingDatabase Testing

Mphasis

Test Engineer

Nov 2006Jun 2007 · 7 mos

  • Preparation of test cases as per functional specifications.
  • Execution of Test cases and reporting results.
  • Logging bugs using Bug Tracking Tool (I-trace).
  • Conduction meeting with client.
  • Involved in evolving the Automation QTP framework. Expertise in Hybrid Frame Work (More towards Keyword Driven).
  • Authoring the scripts for UI and for Functional Test cases in QTP, Enhancing scripts based on requirements
  • Responsible for weekly status meetings showing progress and future testing efforts to the QA manager.
  • Involved in Data Base Testing.
Test Case PreparationBug TrackingDatabase Testing

Education

Loyola Academy

Chemical Technology — Chemical Technology

Jan 1998Jan 2001

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