Experience

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  Multichoice group

  May 2012 - Nov 2023

  • Lead cross functional teams • Facilitate High level CFT sprint and release planning• Co-ordinate execution of QC software testing strategy, framework and execution as required by the project. • Develop and maintain dashboards for live reporting • Participate in the prioritization and reporting of defects through liaison with product owner, lead developer and STB Architecture. • Assist in the Implementation and reviews of quality assurance processes, procedures and outputs throughout the project.• Contribute to component and system testing quality standards in alignment with the overall test strategy • Facilitates escalation of technical blockers in CFT and if within Automation infrastructure scope – resolves impediment.• In charge of the daily health status of the Automation Soak Lab: from hardware acquisition to troubleshooting/ repairing faulty decoders, configuring new project requirements to commissioning additional hardware.• Convey gap in QC resource and hardware requirements.• Highlight/Escalate QC risks and draft a mitigation implementation plan.• Facilitate QC delivery discussions and decision making (stand ups, technical, retros).• Provide quarterly Automation framework training to the Manual testers. Show less I work on predominantly high impact and complex system tasks involving diverse technologies in a deadline driven environment that requires integration between various external parties.These include:Design, develop and execute reusable and maintainable automated test scripts for the StormTest system.Maintain and trouble shoot test automation scripts.Review automation scripts before committing.Analyse results of automated test runs.• Ensure proper version control and configuration management of all test objects developed and test environments used.Attend regular status meetings as required with the testing and project teams.Competencies - Functional:Experience with automated software testing using StormTest.Experience with using XML, Python programming language and Object Oriented Analysis and Design.Software debugging/troubleshooting.Experience with test and defect tracking tools.Experience with software version control tools.Experience with automated testing methodologies Show less

  • Senior Specialist: Decoder Product Design

    Oct 2018 - Nov 2023

  • QC Team Lead: Cross Functional Teams at MultiChoice

    Jun 2016 - Sept 2018

  • Test Automation Specialist

    May 2012 - May 2016
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  Corpus

  Jul 2012 - Oct 2012

  Graduate test automation analyst

  Graduate Training Programme in Test Automation and Python Programming which was a part of a 12 month Programme for MultiChoice.Modules Completed1. Software Testing Basics2. Introduction to STB 3. Advanced Python Programming4. Project Management5. StormTest Tool Fundamentals

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  Altron

  Dec 2023 - now

  Senior specialist digital product manager - strategic growth

  Provides Product leadership, responsible for strategic execution of new and transformative solutionsResponsible for strategically positioning new and existing products.Product Market analysis Management of Product Roadmap and executionNew partners & vendor enablement Leading Cross functional teams and Agile solution delivery Managing technical leadership teamPrioritization & PI planningDefining product MVP & User journeysResponsible for full end to end integration testing and sign offProduct Go Live and commercializationMigration strategy and roll back plansExco presentations & approvals for new strategic solutions Show less