Sonali Agarwal

Sonali Agarwal

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  • Timeline

  • Skills

    Test automation
    Software testing
    Certified salesforce.com developer
    Functional analysis
    Interviewing
    Capybara
    Sql
    Software project management
    Ruby
    Java
    Global trade management
  • About me

    Experienced Technical Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Test Automation, Software Testing, Requirements Analysis, Interviewing and Team management. Strong quality assurance professional, well groomed in Agile Testing.

  • Education

    • Maharani College Jaipur

      1996 - 1999
      Bachelor of Science - BS Biology/Biological Sciences, General
    • Modern Senior Secondary School, Kota - Raj.

      1991 - 1998
    • DOEACC

      -
      Master of Computer Applications - MCA
    • University of Rajasthan

      1999 - 2001
      Master of Arts - MA English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
  • Experience

    • Metacube Software Pvt Ltd

      Nov 2004 - Feb 2022

      Salesforce TrailheadWorking as a Program Manager for Metacube as an off-shore development partner.Salesforce (www.salesforce.com) is a customer relationship management solution that brings companies and customers together. With Trailhead anyone can learn in-demand skills, earn resume-worthy credentials, and connect with a community of learners for mentorship and employment opportunities.The role involves coordinating with cross discipline team members to make sure that all parties are in sync with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.Meeting, discussing and coordinating with project team members to identify and resolve issues.Monitoring the adherence of team members to various processes laid down for smooth functioning of the projects. Ensuring that the Sprint ceremonies are performed on a regular basis and coaching team members on Agile methodology and processes. Show less Molecular Devices Working as a Business Analyst for Metacube as an off-shore development partner for Molecular Devices (www.moleculardevices.com)The role involves - Product Roadmap designing in collaboration with clients and stakeholders for a time bound Project for developing community service Portal on Salesforce Platform. Developing detailed product requirement documentation and business use cases for portal use, and conveying those requirements to the Engineering team.Addressing client priority and changes to priority in the most productive manner.Assisting team members to come up with proper technical design documents. Discussion with Sprint team regarding issues, blockers and other concerns they have regarding the sprint backlog or technology issues.Manage expectations of the product, escalate issues and provide executive updates.Designing Acceptance Test Cases for UAT and production releases. Involvement in all phases of the project development from its inception to Production go live. Show less Sage Clarity Working as a Business Analyst for Metacube as an off-shore development partner for SageClarity (www.sageclarity.com)The role involves - Product Roadmap designing in collaboration with clients and stakeholders and regular maintenance.Developing detailed product requirement documentation and business use cases for products and solutions, and conveying those requirements to the Engineering team.Maintaining a dynamic product backlog with enough visibility for at least 3 upcoming sprints.Preparing Release Documents for every release. Discussing with Sprint team regarding issues, blockers and other concerns they have regarding the sprint backlog or technology issues.Managing expectations of the product, escalate issues and provide executive updates. Show less Academy Worked as Product Owner for the Academy product of Metacube. The role required -Product strategy planning, development and research.Developing detailed product requirement documentation and business use cases for products and solutions, and conveying those requirements to the Engineering team.Defining and developing the Learning and Development Product Roadmap from requirements analysis to product release.Working with Engineering and QA to plan and determine phasing, timeframes for delivery, and manage delivery according to requirementsManaging expectations of the product, escalating issues and providing executive updates Show less FinancialForceWorked as Software Automation Lead for Financial Force Project for Metacube as an offshore development partner for FinancialForce (www.financialforce.com). The role required -Leading a team of software automation personnel for automating current and backlog test cases for various modules and regular maintenance of Automation Test Suite for Continuous Integration (CI). Deciding the overall automation framework, coming up with generic functions and libraries for code reusability and uniformity of approach. Functional automation of the products and services on the Salesforce platform. Active and regular participation as Scrum Master in Daily Scrum calls, Sprint Planning, Retrospective meetings conducted as part of Agile Methodology. Show less TradebeamWorked as Team Lead for Quality Assurance and Functional Analyst for Tradebeam Project for Metacube as an offshore development partner for Tradebeam Inc. USA (www.tradebeam.com). The role required - Working with the Developers and Products team on implementation, requirement gaps and usability issues. Development of Test plans and Test cases (functional and UI).Performing System testing, Black Box testing, Integration testing, Regression testing and Sanity Testing on various QA environments (QA, Staging, Production). Root Cause Analysis and Requirements Documentation. Working with the Product Managers for finalizing specifications. Product strategy planning and development. Developing detailed product requirement documentation and business use cases for products and solutions, and conveying those requirements to the Engineering team. Show less

      • Program Manager

        Jan 2021 - Feb 2022
      • Senior Business Analyst

        Jul 2020 - Jan 2021
      • Senior Business Analyst

        Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
      • Senior Technology Lead

        Nov 2004 - Jan 2021
      • Senior Technology Lead - QA

        Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
      • Product Owner

        Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
      • Senior Technology Lead - QA

        Jan 2014 - Jul 2019
      • Team Lead for Quality Assurance and Functional Analyst

        Aug 2005 - Jan 2014
      • Software Quality Assurance Tester

        Nov 2004 - Aug 2005
    • Rightpoint India

      Feb 2022 - now
      Director, Delivery Management
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Strategic Thinking

      LinkedIn
      Feb 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Business Analysis Foundations

      LinkedIn
      Feb 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Salesforce Certified Force.com Developer

      Salesforce
    • Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder

      Salesforce
      Jan 2018
    • Interviewing a Job Candidate for Recruiters (2016)

      LinkedIn
      Oct 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • Interviewing Techniques (2017)

      LinkedIn
      Oct 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • SCRUM PRODUCT OWNER ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION™

      International Scrum Institute™
      Jan 2019
    • ISTQB Foundation Level Certification

      ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board
    • ISTQB Agile Certification

      ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board
    • Data Analytics for Business Professionals

      LinkedIn
      Jan 2020
      View certificate certificate