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8 years of experience in Quality Assurance including Automation and Manual Testing, in various critical applications, on various technologies, platforms

and domains. Extensive hands on experience with automation tools Win Runner, Quick Test Pro (QTP), Quality Center (QC), Load Runner and Test Complete. Well versed in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), SCRUM and Bug Life Cycle. Experience in Financial/Investment Domain like After Market Research, Fixed Income Trading, Equity Trading, CCM (Customer Communication Management), Insurance. Experience in testing applications developed using V-model, Waterfall, RUP and Agile methodologies. Experience working with the source control and versioning tools like VSS, PVCS Proficient in developing Test Strategies, Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases Design, Use Case Diagram and analysis of Test Results and Defect Tracking & Peer review of testing artifacts. Analyzed Requirements during Requirement Gathering and Design Phase, also Forecasting and Estimating future requirements. Experienced in testing Web based and Client Server applications under multi-browser environments. Strong Experience in Black Box testing i.e. involved in different types of testing like Sanity, Functional, GUI, Regression, Integration, Performance, Concurrency, localization, System, Data Driven testing, Database Testing and User Acceptance Testing of Web based, standalone and client/server applications. Automated & Manual Test script execution. Experience in Test Management & Defect tracking tools like Quality Centre (QC), Team Track, Test Director, JIRA and Evolution. Good knowledge of LINUX and UNIX environment. Prioritizing areas of testing to meet deadlines, organizing walkthroughs and team meetings(JAD Sessions) Working experience of testing FIX protocol. Working experience on Web Services based application with SOAP protocol & SOA Architecture. Experience in Working with databases like SQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle and MS Access. Securing sound expertise in data modeling, designing and creating table/views, stored procedures, functions using SQL Server 2005/2008 Expertise in backend testing using complex SQL queries. Have strong data validation skills using Oracle, SQL Server. Good experience in analyzing functional specifications and business requirements to derive user acceptance test conditions (UAT) with Use Case, RUP, UML, Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions Ensured the timely delivery of different testing milestones with Batch Testing and Data Driven Testing very efficiently and effectively. File and Record Extraction using FTP/Import/Export in UNIX. Exposure to On-site and Off-Shore model.

Technical Expertise: Defect tracking tools Automation Tools Quality Center 9.0/9.2/11.0, Team Track, Test director 7.6/8.0, Evolution, JIRA 4.0 QTP 9.5/9.2/9.0/8.2, Win Runner 7.5, Test complete 2.0/5.0, Load Runner 8.0/8.1.4

Version Control Databases Query Languages Testing Language Programming Languages Operating systems Knowledge

PVCS ,VSS 6.0 SQL Server 2005/2000, My SQL, Oracle10g/8i, MS Access, Sybase SQL Mercury Interactive TSL C#.Net, Java, VBScript, HTML, XML, Delphi Script Win 95/2003/XP/Vista, Unix, Red Hat, Solaris, AIX Web Services, SOA, Virtual Machines, Citrix, SOAP, FIX, FileZilla , SOX

Certification: Certified tester by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Professional Experience: Thomson Reuters Sr. Quality Analyst

01/2012 Present

Project: Data Scope Select (Market Data) Thomson Reuters Data Scope Select is the strategic data delivery platform for non-streaming content globally. The platform is a full cross-asset offering with intelligently linked data for all Thomson Reuters Data Scope content including Reference Data, Corporate Actions, Legal Entity Data, end-of-day/intra-day pricing and Evaluation Pricing Services. Extraction definition and delivery can be controlled manually from the browser, with XML based actions submitted to the FTP servers or using the web services API. Scheduling of extractions can be automated and based on event triggers or exact client based time requirements. Delivered through Data Scope Select, Thomson Reuters Data Scope Pricing covers many asset classes and is available on an intra-day, end-of-day, corporate actions, terms & condition and time series basis. The web service API provides flexible and comprehensive access to the full data model and is suitable as an application data source or as embedded methodology in client side data retrieval workflows.

Responsibilities: Developed test plan which include: The Scope, objectives, testing scenarios, test environment etc. and setting up test environment. Done estimation of assigned ERDs (Enhancement Request). Used JIRA for gathering requirements, tracking requirement changes and bugs associated with the requirement (i.e. ERD). Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on Business Requirements, High Level Design and Use cases. Prepared test data to test the assigned ERDs. Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM). Work closely with the Development team to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the components and systems developing. Performed manual testing i.e. Tested GUI, Function Points, E2E (end to end) and verified content using SqlDbx data base tool. Reviewed the Business Requirements Document and Use cases to finalize the scope of the Test. Worked very closely with Product to understand the requirements properly and discussed bugs found in application in order to deliver Quality product.

Performed Sanity Testing, Content Testing, Compatibility (IE 7.0, 8.0 & Mozilla Firefox 10.0) testing and Regression Testing. Used Web services API client tester tool to test access to the full DSS data model. Written SQL queries to prepare mockup test data using SqlDbx tools & DSS test to test application thoroughly. Used FTP & SFTP to test DSS application. Verified Prices of different asset types like Equities, Derives, and Money & Indices using 3000xtra, IDN & NDA. Created and Edited XML & CSV files in order to test DSS application efficiently. Tested ERDs by creating XML action and submitting to FTP server and web services API tool. Worked with Quality Centre 11.0 as a repository for all test cases. Tracked the defects using QC & JIRA, generated defect summary reports and also communicated issues to team leads and developers. Used SharePoint as common repository for all testing related documents like Public Forums. Gathered and recorded validation results during test execution phases. Performed GUI testing: tested the screen navigation, graphics and hyperlinks, etc. to make sure that these are established as the requirements. To Co-ordinate and communicate regarding testing activities in different geographies. Weekly walkthrough, Bug review Meeting, Build Hand-Off session and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing. Environment: Quality Center (QC) 11.0, JIRA, JAVA, Share Point, Sybase (SqlDbx), Bitvise Tunnelier 4.40, 3000xtra 5.0.1, Web services API tool. Bank of America, NY Sr. Quality Analyst 07/2011 01/2012

Project: Pioneer Trading System Pioneer trading platform is a Trader workstation solution. Pioneer trading system provides high performance, scalable and cross-product trading platforms with robust and efficient order- routing capabilities. Pioneer Trader Workstation is a module that provides functionality for Broker- to- Broker (B2B) trading, Pioneer Administrative tools is a module that gives trader to admin rights i.e. user creation, user entitlements, Groups, Roles and ECN settings etc. and the Pioneer Dealer Panel is a module that provides functionality for Broker -to-Customer (B2C) negotiation and trading. The Dealer Panel enables traders to respond to customer inquiries on various in the B2C environment, Specifically Bloomberg and Trade Web. The Dealer Panel supports the following products TRSY, IRS, AGCY & Bloomberg USD Swaps and Euro Swaps. Responsibilities: Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on Business Requirements, High Level Design and Use cases in QC. Created and Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM). Work closely with the Development team to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the components and systems developing. Performed manual testing i.e. Tested GUI, Function Points and verified content using Pioneer Scope tool. Modification of existing test cases within QC. Performed Change testing, Sanity Testing, Functional testing, System testing, Regional (NY, LN, TK) testing, Content Testing and Regression Testing. Prepared mockup test data to test application thoroughly. Generated Testing Reports using QC. Generated defect summary reports and also communicated issues to team leads and developers.

Gathered and recorded validation results during test execution phases. Created & Tracked PTS and CHG also tracked using JIRA Performed GUI testing: tested the screen navigation, graphics and hyperlinks, etc. to make sure that these are established as the requirements. Used Trade Web and Bloomberg applications to test B2C Pioneer Dealer application. Worked on conversion of manual integration tests into automated tests using QTP. Execution of Health checks script and Functional script using QTP for Different Regions. Provided support to all Pioneer applications for any issue in QA environment. To Co-ordinate and communicate regarding testing activities in different geographies. Weekly Release, Bug review Discussions, Build Hand-Off session and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing. Environment: Quality Center (QC) 9.2,JAVA, JIRA, Trade Web, Bloomberg, QTP (9.5) Client: Thomson Reuters, NY Nov10 Jun11 Project: Thomson One Replacement (AMR) Role: Sr. Quality Analyst Thomson ONE offers an unsurpassed combination of world-class content, insightful analytics, and innovative workflow efficiencies. Thomson ONE allows you to gain deeper insight into your coverage, increase your productivity, and strengthen your recommendations. Our tools help you extract more value from equity data and research and prioritize your research efforts, saving you hours of time every week. This projects aim is to support the overall goal of delivering research to all products from a single research repository. Basically, it is re-implementation of the existing Thomson research pages utilizing the Reuters research infrastructure that includes Maelstrom, Tornado (version 2.1) web services and MxPDB. Responsibilities: Developed test plan which include: The Scope, objectives, testing scenarios, test environment etc. and setting up test environment. Done estimation of whole QA cycle. Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on Business Requirements, High Level Design and Use cases. Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM). Work closely with the Development team to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the components and systems developing. Performed manual testing i.e. Tested GUI, Function Points and verified content using Health text tool. Attended BRD walkthroughs conducted by Business Analysts. Reviewed the Business Requirements Document and Use cases to finalize the scope of the Test. Worked very closely with Product to understand the requirements properly and discussed bugs found in application in order to deliver Quality product. Performed Sanity Testing, Functional testing, System testing, Integration, Performance testing, Content Testing, Compatibility (IE 7.0, 8.0 & 9.0, OS: Vista, XP & 7) testing and Regression Testing. Prepared mockup test data to test application thoroughly. Prepared test cases and test data for localization (Japanese) testing also. Worked with Quality Centre 9.2 as a repository for all test cases. Tracked the defects using Team Track (2009 R1), generated defect summary reports and also communicated issues to team leads and developers. Used SharePoint as common repository for all testing related documents. Gathered and recorded validation results during test execution phases. Performed GUI testing: tested the screen navigation, graphics and hyperlinks, etc. to make sure that these are established as the requirements. To Co-ordinate and communicate regarding testing activities in different geographies.

Weekly walkthrough, Bug review Meeting, Build Hand-Off session and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing. Environment: Quality Center (QC) 9.2, Team Track, JIRA, MxPDB, Tornado (version 2.1) web services,JAVA, SOAP, Health Text tool, Share Point. Client: Alliance Bernstein, NY Dec08 - Jan10 Project: Trade Processing System Role: Sr. Quality Analyst The project was to implement a rollout on TPS (Trade Processing System) platform. TPS is developed as a generic middle office trading platform to consolidate trade flows for MBS like CMO, CDO and fixed income securities like, Corporate Bonds, T-Bills, and Municipal Bonds. TPS platform streamlined various strategic trade processing business services to process across all Fixed Income securities, and create a single, scalable and highly available infrastructure for trade processing in middle office and back office functionalities across institutional and retail trading desks. The Trading System enables to easily create orders, execute trades and manage investment portfolios. The project team worked closely with Fixed Income Trading Front Office to reengineer business flows for Middle Office and Back office Systems. Responsibilities: Participated in developing test plan which include: The Scope, objectives, testing scenarios, test environment etc. and setting up test environment. Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on Business Requirements, High Level Design and Use cases. Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM). Work closely with the Development team to insure the effectiveness and quality of the components and systems developed. Performed manual testing before automating a test. Tested GUI, Function Points and Web services. Attended BRD walkthroughs conducted by Business Analysts. Reviewed the Business Requirements Document and Use cases to finalize the scope of the Test. Performed Sanity Testing, Functional testing, System testing, Integration, User acceptance testing, Performance testing, Data Base Testing and Regression Testing. Prepared mockup test data for batch processing. Verified & Tested Order history reports. Worked with Quality Centre as a repository for all of the testing efforts. Done Functional testing on UNIX. File transfer and extraction from windows to UNIX using FTP. Worked on conversion of manual integration tests into automated tests using QTP. Inserted & Created Standard checkpoints and GUI check points using QTP to compare values between the required and the resultant Test Cases and to verify object properties. Created Data Driven Tests to validate the same scenario with different sets of data. Developed automated test process using QTP to create reusable scripts for regression testing. Modified Test scripts according design doc's changes. Executed SQL statements to Validated Database (Backend Test). Ran batches to load data into databases. Tracked the defects using Quality Center, generated defect summary reports and also communicated issues to team leads and developers. Performed Usability Testing and involved in UAT. Analyzed UAT requirements and documented test plan and test cases. Gathered and recorded validation results during test execution phases. Performed GUI testing: tested the screen navigation, graphics and hyperlinks, etc. to make sure that these are established as the requirements required. Involved in weekly walkthrough and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing.

Environment: Quality Center (QC) 9.2, QTP 9.5/9.2, SQL Server 2005, C#, .NET, VB scripting, SOA, Web services, SOAP, VSS 6.0, TFS (Team Foundation Server), FIX, UNIX Client: Mizuho Securities, NY Sep 07 Dec08 Project: Equities Management System Role: Sr. QA Analyst The Equities Management System is a global buy-side order management and trading system for Capital Markets. It provides Equity Portfolio Managers and Traders with a highly customizable order blotter, pretrade and post-execution compliance monitoring tools, modeling, and what-if analysis tools. Portfolio Managers can create and allocate orders by directly entering them in the blotter or they can generate orders using advanced features such as Manager Workbench, Targeting, and Reba lancer. Responsibilities: Managing all phases of software testing for assigned components ensuring Test plans, Test Strategies and Test cases are completed to meet business requirements. Involved in developing test cases and test harnesses based on high-level and detailed design documents. Authored Test Cases to include prerequisites, detailed directions and descriptions of the anticipated outcome. Developed test plan and setting up test environment. Designed and executed Test Scripts and performed Manual Testing. Participated in Functional Testing, GUI and Navigation Testing of the Stock Trading modules. Involved in Sanity testing on the application builds to ensure the stability. Performed regression testing and system testing on the application. Performed Integration testing, Smoke Testing and Performance Testing. Developed automated test process using QTP to create reusable scripts for Regression testing. Identification of Automation Scenarios and creation of the scripts using the QTP. Developed Data Driven Tests with QTP to test the application with different data values. Inserted various types of Synchronization points for capturing the Object Properties and Object Data. File transfer from different platforms to UNIX using FileZilla. Performed Functional & Performance testing on UNIX. Involved in Performance and Load testing using Load Runner. Execute Performance Tests using Load Runner and monitor Database and Server Activity. Enhanced the load testing scripts by adding parameterization and correlation statements to pass the unique and valid data to the server. Performed Validation testing to ensure that correct data is entered in the database and ensured Graphical Reports were generated. Execution of the QTP scripts after each build and to verify them. Involved in weekly walkthroughs and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing. Developed UAT test cases for validation. Defect reporting and tracking using Quality Center. Environment: Quality Center 9.0, QTP 9.0, Load Runner, Oracle, JIRA, JAVA, UNIX, FIX protocol, FileZilla Client: Farmers Insurance, CA Dec06 Aug07 Project: Subscribe Role: QA Analyst Farmers Insurance is US based General insurance solutions Provider. Subscribe insurance administration platform is Comprehensive insurance and reinsurance administration platform meeting the needs of insurance companies throughout the industry. It is Policy administration software which maintains Policy, claims, RI etc. Responsibilities: Analyzed user requirements and developed test cases/scripts based on functional specifications. Upgraded Delphi Scripts from Test Complete V2 to V5.

Execution, Modification and Enhancement of Script in Test Complete, Manual Testing, Coordination of Testing activities, black box testing, Database testing, writing test cases, Defect tracking and Reporting within Citrix. Validated the back-end data in SQL Server by writing SQL queries. Documented bugs, user change requests, Performed Regression testing for various applications. Modified automated Test scripts for new enhancements in the application. Developed Test plan, Test Scenarios and Test Scripts involving all business scenarios. Worked with publication team on creating User Manual for training purpose. Reviewed Test Cases on the basis of Functional and Technical specifications. Prepared high level effort estimation. Performed Regression testing on application by Executing automated test scripts in Test Complete. Verification of functionality and conducted Data Driven Test with the Test Data sets and verified the calculation of the application using Test complete. Environment: Test Complete 2.0/5.0, Test Director, Delphi, VSS, MS- Office, Sybase, SQL Server 2005. Client: Pitney Bowes Oct05 Dec06 Project: DOC1 Role: QA Engineer DOC1 i.e. Document composition products from Pitney Bowes Business Insight help companies easily create and centrally control all your customer communicationstransactional, on-demand and interactive documents, and delivered in virtually any media print, fax, Web, e-mail or SMS. Design and manage all transactional, on-demand and interactive communications from a single controlled environment. Responsibilities: GUI testing of the application Localization testing (Using Virtual Machines) and System testing. Participated in SCRUM. Sprint planning meeting, Sprint estimation meeting, Sprint Daily Stand up meeting, Sprint review meeting and Sprint retrospective. Analyzed user requirements or system change request and gathered existing product information regarding the new requirement or change request. Developed Use Case Diagram, Test Scenarios, Test data and Test cases based on the user requirement or change request. Peer review and execution of test cases. Build Verification Tests (BVT) on newly deployed product builds. Reviewed the contents of User guide for a new developed feature sent by Technical writer or Documentation team. Verified & tested the Reports and log file generated by the application. Creation of XML files to test the application. Sign off the Sprint from the QA perspective. Performed Functional Testing and Performance testing on different platforms (Windows, HP-UX ,Linux, Solaris, AIX) Bug Tracking (using Test Director) including examining the severity and priority of the Defects and Reporting Management of Test Cases using Test Director. Regression Testing, Functional Testing, Batch Testing, System Testing and Concurrency Testing. Documentation of QA documents and activities using Share point. Communication with Counter Part (UK) regarding various technical issues related to the projects, work progress, queries related to the product, Demonstration of the tested new feature. Environment: Test Director, Win Runner, Oracle, JAVA, VB scripting, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, AIX, Filezilla

Client: Room Solution, UK Dec04 Sep05 Project: Exact Advantage Role: QA Analyst Worked for Room Solutions for their product, EXACT ADVANTAGE deals with Risk aggregation for the non-life insurance domain. Exact Advantage is the market leading risk exposure management solutions. It is the first insurance software solution to provide fully integrated aggregated assessments for both marine and non-marine commercial insurance. Responsibilities: Analyzed business requirement specifications, system requirement specifications and responsible for documenting functional requirements and supplementary requirements. Developed detailed test strategy (Waterfall Methodology), Test Scenarios, test plan, test cases and test scripts for Functional, Navigational, GUI and Regression Testing. Analyzed all business and technical specifications to create test scripts. Participated in defect review meetings with team members Executed Test cases and documented the results. Reported the Defects identified during test execution. Verified the Fixed Defects identified during test execution. Identified the critical path/task of the project during the Test phase. Prioritization of issues/problems based on the test results. Involved in other test planning meetings and submitted test metrics daily to the management. Environment: Test Complete 2.0, Evolution, Delphi, VSS, MS- Office, and Sybase

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