Pradyumna Kumar Das - CSPO®, CSM®

Experience

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  Appulse Technologies

  Jul 2004 - May 2005

  Sr. Software Engineer

  • Responsible for Retail products - ESL.• Resource management, Vendor management, Estimations, Quality process adherence, Monitoring & mentoring, Inter group co-ordinations, Test Schedule, Release planning & delivery , Internal Audits.• Involved in Full STLC, Coordination with Onshore team, Defect Reporting, making test Strategy/plan like HLP, MLP etc.• Acting as a Team Leader responsible for various Releases as per Testing SDLC.• Involved in the application right from the proposal till the Releases following RUP.• Test Planning and Test Designing• Involved System Testing, Regression / Performance / Recovery and business specific testing Show less

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  Xchanging

  May 2005 - Sept 2006

  Team Lead

  • Responsible for Banking, Insurance, Re-insurance & procurement projects.• Responsible for all the Releases to different clients.• Creating Automation testing Framework – Performance & Functional testing.• Involved in the application right from the proposal till the Releases following Extreme Programming methodology.• Test Planning and Test Designing: Automation & NFT• Involved System Testing, Regression / Performance / Recovery and business specific testing.• All the process followed as per CMMi level 4. Show less

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  R Systems International Ltd

  Sept 2006 - Oct 2008

  Project Lead

  Worked as Project Lead on IPTV Domain. Successfully handled multiple Projects from different locations with Proficient on Client Management and People Management. Expertise on STB, Protocol (RTSP, IGMP), Firmware, Audio/Video Streaming, BackOffice System Software test. Expertise on big Lab setup, Server Management, Multiple Database Management etc. Also actively participated on Quality Audits, DPG & SCCB representative. Functional & Performance test framework design expert.Business Communication specialist. Show less

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  Xavient Information Systems

  Oct 2008 - Apr 2011

  Project Lead

  Worked with Engineering Group as Project Lead on Telecom Domain.Expertise on Cable and IPTV Domain. Well versed in STB Testing, Protocol & Firmware Testing, also expertise on hardware equipment testing.Good at people management and handling multiple projects and teams.

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  IBM Global Services

  Apr 2011 - Jan 2012

  Test Manager

  Worked as Test Manager for Billing portfolio projects.• Involved in the application right from the proposal till the Releases following agile methodology.• Actively involved in the scope define Review Business Requirements, Functional specification and Technical specification for the project and provide Feedback to the Client Managers and Business Analysts, if required.• SPOC for all the upcoming project assessments till approval on Residential Billing areas.• Handling Test Management Tool (Quality Center), Version Control tool (K-Store) & Amdocs billing systems etc.• Managing different test team and upgrade them as per the project requirement on day to day basis.• Co-ordinate between different vendors: Amdocs, CGI etc. • Organize and lead all status calls: SFT Status calls, Defect Triage, Go/No Go calls, Assessment reviews etc.• Also part of COS CARD review meeting, lesson learned meetings, RCA etc.• Project Financial aspects maintained and monitored on regular basis: Project Logs, Timesheets, and YYE.• Also accountable for Resource Planning, training, appraisals etc. Show less

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  Mastek Ltd

  Jan 2012 - now

  Test Manager

  • As Test Manager and also part of the Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE) , I am responsible for: Test Management & Consultancy, Delivery Health check and assurance, Capability Building, Talent Management, Staffing and Fulfillment, Consulting services for Automation, Performance Testing, Security and Digital SMAC testing, Big Data Analytics, BI Reports, Cloud Computing, Tools and Methodologies, Asset Management, Sales and Pre-sales support & setting up TCoE , Test lab maintenance: Mobile, Automation & Performance etc.• Project Delivery aspects as a Test Manager: Successfully delivered multiple projects in RFID, Banking & Finance, Insurance, Re-Insurance, Big Data & Retail domain.• Implemented Agile methodology in all the projects and majorly looking into; Agile Principals, Tasking Meetings/Retrospectives, Communication, Relative Estimation, Project Management, Story-Based Development, Iteration/Sprint Planning Meetings & Conflict Resolution etc.• Actively involved in the Requirement understanding, Test Designing for Functional, non-Functional and Automation areas, Publish KPIs for Testing Projects on weekly, or milestone, basis, maintain SLA’s, Team Management, Mentoring and Coaching, Risk Management & Issue Management etc.• Test Planning, Test Desiging: Automation & Non-Functional Testing• Project Completion Reports, Internal and client audits, Task scheduling and detailed tracking, Mentoring, Test Data Preparation, Test Coverage Analysis sheet, Creating & executing TEST METRICS and follows CMMI Lavel5. Show less