Heram Challa

Experience

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  Ness SES

  Aug 2004 - Dec 2004

  Test Engineer with Ness Technologies India Ltd

  Worked as a Test Engineer at Offshore on Marketmax application. Involved in preparation of test cases, test data, test execution, traceability matrix etc. Involved in project status review meetings, defect meetings.

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  Citi

  Jan 2005 - Jul 2010

  Worked as a Test Lead at Onshore. Involved in SIT testing and closely worked with offshore team. Took the responsibility of source code control and involved in release process in QA environment. Conversion of source code repository from CVS to SVN and given the training on usage of SVN. Also responsible for all testing activities and deliverables. Closely worked with Product team in order to clarify functional queries of the application. Worked as a Test Lead at Offshore on Intellect Treasury Product. Took the responsible of team handling and test deliverables. Involved in preparation of all test documents and execution phases. Implemented our Intellect product in CITI Europe and CITI Tokyo. Involved in SIT & UAT testing at CITI, London & Tokyo for short term. Worked as a Senior Test Engineer at Offshore on GPOS application. Involved in preparation of test plan, test cases, test data, test execution, traceability matrix etc. Involved in SIT testing for different buyers like Wal-Mart, Nike, Gap, Target etc.

  • Test Lead with Polaris FT LTD

    Sept 2009 - Jul 2010

  • Test Lead with Polaris FT LTD

    Jan 2006 - Aug 2009

  • Senior Test Engineer with Polaris FT LTD

    Jan 2005 - Dec 2005
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  Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

  Aug 2010 - Feb 2015

  Worked as a Senior Test Lead at offshore and handling multiple projects with multiple teams. Took ownership of Data warehouse testing by using of ETL tool ‘Greenplum’ and delivered the projects successfully. Good in Project Management and resource allocation. Also the author of Master Test Strategy document, Test Plan, Traceability Matrix, Integration test scenarios, end-to-end test scenarios and other deliverables. Complete ownership of Risk management applications and responsible for deliverables. Show less Worked as an Onsite Coordinator and involved in coordination of onsite and offshore team. Responsible for project estimation, resource planning, test strategy, test plan, test cases and test execution. Involved in end-to-end and UAT testing. Closely worked with Product team and participated in PMT meetings. Preparation of Daily Status Reports, Post Test Reports and Post Implementation Reviews. Complete ownership of test deliverables and new releases to production. Handled multiple projects at the same time. Show less

  • Senior Test Lead with Polaris FT LTD

    May 2012 - Feb 2015

  • Senior Test Lead with Polaris FT LTD

    Aug 2010 - Apr 2012
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  PulteGroup

  Jul 2015 - Mar 2017

  Test Manager with Cigniti Inc.

  • Heading project estimation and resource planning• Working as Onsite Coordinator and handling multiple projects• Leading End-to-End testing services for BWP and Purchase Pro applications• Complete Agile process and involved in daily stand up meetings, grooming sessions, testing updates in sprint wise, bug triage meetings etc.• Participation with automation team and counterparts in preparing the regression suites• Complete ownership of test deliverables and new releases into production• Participant in Dev-pair testing with 3-amigos• Preparation of Test Strategy, Test Plan, WBS and Traceability Matrix• Provide testing metrics along with best practices and value adds after completion of each sprint• Implemented and Achieved Agile test practices on current applications• Planning and document the leverage of the testing efforts minimization in multiple sprints• 50% Individual contributor role and 50% is stakeholder management, resource mapping and vendor management activities Show less

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  Intellect Design Arena Ltd

  Sept 2017 - now

  Senior Project Manager