Ramana Manohar

Experience

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  ADP

  Jun 2005 - Sept 2009

  • Review & integration of automated test scripts designed in HP UFT.• Design and ownership of driver & master scripts for automated test cases.• Successful implementation of Virtualization techniques using Hyper – Visor for QA team’s lab setup. • Involved in creation/modification of framework for automation development• Responsible for creation, review & execution of automated test scripts• Team leading tasks in the absence of my superiors • Development of windows & web applications using VB.NET & ASP.NET using MS Visual Studio• Performed Unit testing using NUnit & integration testing on the development environment

  • Team Lead

    Apr 2008 - Sept 2009

  • Senior Engineer

    Jun 2007 - Apr 2008

  • Software Engineer

    Jun 2005 - Jun 2007
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  Atos Syntel

  Jul 2010 - Jan 2015

  Responsible for all specialized & functional testing projects. Activities include:• API testing: In charge of all API testing projects - analysis, test strategy, estimates & testing various projectsTools used: SmartBear’s SoapUI, LoadUI, HP ServiceTest, HP UFTPerformance Testing:• Worked on designing & building a customized reusable framework for conducting performance testing• Conducted feasibility study & research on various areas where performance testing needs to be done• Responsible for strategizing, planning, execution & reporting & led a team of 2 performance test expertsTools used: HP ALM 12x, HP LoadRunner• Mobile testing: Lead all QA activities for mobility testing for JH RPS, Tools used: Experitest SeeTestFunctional testing project activities:• Analysis of the scope & nature of the project & estimating the effort required for functional testing• Requirement analysis with the business teams & coordinate with testing team in developing test strategy• Service Virtualization: Worked on new innovative ideas to work on service virtualization using HP tools• SharePoint Administration: Responsible for maintaining & administering SharePoint sites• HP QC & ALM Administration: Responsible for administering HP QC & ALM across all business units Show less Handled various teams & activities as a Project Lead for the Syntel's CoE teams. Some highlights:• Led an 8-member CoE team for Microsoft ALM & Test Manager product suite implementation.• Led a 4-member team to design & maintain a web portal for cloud test offering capabilities.• Designed strategies & plans for working with MS ALM features like unit, Coded-UI & performance testing.• Led a team of 3 members in designing web services testing framework for API applications using CA LISA.• Involved in designing & building a web-based testing framework using HP UFT.• Led a team of researchers in cloud computing for providing TaaS – Testing as a Service in AWS.• Led a team of 5 members for providing a standard test automated solution for SAP modules. Show less

  • Senior Tech Lead

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Tech Lead

    Jul 2010 - Jan 2013
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  Manulife

  Jan 2015 - Aug 2016

  Release & QA Manager

  Responsible for ensuring all QA activities for each release is completed successfully on time. Portfolios that were under the purview of Release QA: Release Management:• Responsible for planning, scheduling, completion, sign-off.• Coordinate with project teams for defect triage to ensure that the schedule stays on track.• Proactively engaged with the release group to ensure overall release is implemented without issues.Automated Regression Testing:• Responsible for planning, strategy & delivery of regression & automation test assets.• Managed & trained a team of 16 automation developers.• Optimized & enhanced the regression test framework for faster & efficient delivery.Tools: HP ALM, HP UFT, CA Agile Central, CA WLA, SeleniumPerformance Testing:• In charge of performance testing Ecomm applications – Strategizing, planning, execution & reporting• Managed a team of 3 performance test developers to ensure application performance• Designed customized performance testing plan & reports for quicker turn-aroundTools: HP ALM 12x, HP LoadRunnerAPI Testing:• Responsible for analyzing the technical requirements, providing test strategy, resourcing & estimates.• Managed one onshore resource for delivering API testing projects.• Designed custom testing framework for smooth & efficient testing of APIs.Tools: SmartBear’s SoapUI, LoadUI, HP ServiceTest, HP UFTMobile Testing: Responsible for all testing activities on mobile devices & Emulators. Tools: Perfecto, SeeTestHP Quality/Performance Center & ALM Administration:• Responsible for administration of HP QC/PC & ALM tools across all BUs in Manulife/John Hancock.• Designed & built standardized template, reports, metrics & conducted workshops, webinars & training.• Led a team of one onshore & two offshore ALM experts in administering QC/PC & ALM as ongoing activity.MS SharePoint Administration: Responsible for maintaining & administering SharePoint sites for all business units. Show less

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  Finastra

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2017

  Manager, Quality Engineering & Product Development

  Responsible for day to day management of dev & quality engineers in supporting a range of proprietary applications. Responsibilities include recruitment, coaching, professional development, performance management & compensation. As a part of this role, headed the following initiatives: • A team of developers for redesigning the web apps for Government's Student Loans Program.• A team for performing E-2-E test automation solution for Alberta’s Go Digital Platform.• A scrum team for designing an E-2-E solution for our client facing teams to efficiently on-board new clients.• A product dev team of for designing custom utilities & integration points with different tools.• Two automation development teams (both onshore & offshore) to ensure product quality.Other activities include (but not limited to):• The point person for standardizing the agile methodologies & processes for different scrum teams• Analyzing the requirements & designing end-to-end solutions, strategy, resourcing & estimates• Enterprise lead for test automation & ensure standardization of automation frameworks• Work closely with the Release Engineering/DevOps teams to implement CI capabilities across all teams• Technologies: MS Visual Studio, MS VSTS, MTM, CA Agile Central, MS Coded UI, Selenium, SOAP UI Show less

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  Slalom Build

  Dec 2017 - now

  Working as a part of Slalom’s senior leadership team and have direct leadership oversight in managing the Quality Engineering capability for Toronto & Montreal. Responsibilities for the role include: Team Leadership: Coach & Mentor leaders/technical contributors to bring in a culture of learning & growth and support their growth in the role.Business Development: Part of leadership team to help shape up work for various markets in Canada and provide thought leadership. Fully engaged in the E-2-E sales cycle including, SPRO, RFPs, SOW/MSAs.Hiring & Operations: As the Hiring lead, built a 30-person team from scratch. Deeply rooted in the interview process and hired into all capabilities.Strategic Initiatives: Working closely with several senior leaders to help define a roadmap for the future. As a part of Client Delivery, worked on several projects (some highlights):Engagement Manager – Greenfield Application on AWS:Engaged with a global training & research organization to help set up a greenfield app (web & mobile) scalable on the cloud. Led this program to coordinate with various teams from across the globe.Capabilities: Engineering, QE, UX, Cloud, DevOpsTech: AWS, Serverless, Microservices, Postman, JIRAProgram Lead – App Modernization, GCP migration:Led a team of engineers in app modernization & decommissioning legacy platform and migrated to GCP. Managed this project to ensure all the capabilities stay on track and meet the deliverables. Responsibilities: Program Management, CI/CD, Cloud, DevOps & QE. Tech: GCP, Pub/sub, Angular, Microservices, JIRA, Zypher, WebdriverIO, RestAssuredEngagement Lead – Modernization & Cloud Enablement: Managed the account and created a roadmap to ensure all the workstreams under this project deliver the required vision and enable the clients to take their business to the next level.Capabilities: Software & Quality Engineering, UX, Cloud, DevOpsTech: AWS, Microservices, Jenkins, Postman, JIRA, Confluence Show less Was as a part of Slalom Toronto’s leadership team & leading the Quality Engineering practice. Responsibilities include:Project & Client deliveryTeam Leadership & People ManagementMentoring & Training Operations & StaffingBusiness DevelopmentCapability InitiativesFurthermore, worked on several projects (some highlights below):Program Management – Cloud Platform & Data Analytics:A large Canadian bank engaged us to define and implement a solution for streamlining their data into cloud. Managed this program to ensure that our deliverables are met with quality and go the extra mile when needed.Technologies: JIRA, Rally, Confluence, Protractor, JMeter, Kafka, Kibana, ElasticAPIsQuality Assessment – Salesforce & Custom UI:Conducted an assessment for a large financial services company in improving their agile delivery. Assessment included improvements to delivery, governance, QA & automation strategy.Quality Architect - Database & Infrastructure Migration:Led a team of QEs for ensuring successful "lift & shift" for a large healthcare provider. Responsible for designing strategy, end-to-end testing, implementing test automation, performance & continuous testing.Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, TestRail, Ranorex, DynatraceStrategy Lead - Data transformation & migration to Hadoop Cloud:As the strategy lead, designed the end-to-end quality strategy for one of the biggest transformation projects for a large multi-national bank. Also led the QE team to ensure successful project delivery. Technologies: Talend, Apache Hadoop, HP ALM, JIRA, Confluence Show less

  • Director of Quality Engineering

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Solution Principal (Manager)

    Dec 2017 - Jan 2020