Kavitha Gomathy

Experience

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  UnitedHealth Group

  Oct 2003 - Jun 2014

  • Performed the role of a UAT Release Manager, lead a team of 10 + QAs acting as a liaison between the IT and Business team. Was the Single point of contact from Cosmos IT to all the involved business teams like Ovations, Medica, Americhoice and UBH.• Works with business groups on Process improvement initiatives to establish a common UAT model, data set up process for UAT support, reviewing the process with key business lead and IT leads and roll out.• Participate in UAT Planning exercise, forecast resource requirements, involve in preparing project plans and monitor/track the progress of projects/tasks as per the project plan, tracking issues to closure, ensure the projects are completed on time and on budget and also ensuring that laid down procedures and processes followed by the Client team• Met with the business team for each project, every quarter and provide an overview of the data present in the UAT environment and also provide an overview of the expectations and Environment details to new Business users and also understand their need of the support required from IT.• Monitors the progress of UAT execution and compare the progress of the planned test case completion to the actual completion and bring it up in the Release call for all projects.• Performed validation activities on the deployment day and provide the necessary support to Business team for deployment day validation. Show less • Performed the role of QA Release Manager and provides leadership and supervises the QA deliverables of each project in the release. • Played critical role in every Cosmos Deployment with release management team in getting the deployment plan created and is responsible for the successful execution and validation of jobs.• Participate in Project Estimation exercise, forecast resource requirements, involve in preparing project plans and monitor/track the progress of projects/tasks as per the project plan, tracking issues to closure, ensure the projects are completed on time and on budget and also ensuring that laid down procedures and processes followed by the Client team• Performed Co-ordination activities as mentioned below. - Coordination with PM for each project and the dev managers - Escalations to Senior managers in case of any QA management issues. - Update SPRF UAT status to Senior management on a regular basis. Show less • Performed the role of UAT Lead for Cosmos Migration Project (PORT)• Managed Validation testing and UAT testing activities for all the three business segments involved. Namely, Medica, Ovations, Americhoice and UBH• Have also served as the Functional Expert and lead for the project implementation at the client site in Minneapolis, MN. • Was also responsible to set-up the infrastructure required for implementation and support of each working group. Directly managed the offshore project team in charge of setting up and supporting the development environments. • Provides validation and system testing support and services to accomplish the validation and testing • Produces project status reports, providing timely updates decision support information to project team• Documentation and resolution of testing incidents and failures• Works closely and builds business relationship with project managers, Business Project Managers, technical leads, developers and Validation Review Board members in the assessment of project goals, objectives, adequate test, project timelines, constraints, QA compliance and deliverability Show less

  • Project Manager

    May 2012 - Jun 2014

  • UAT Release manager

    Apr 2010 - Apr 2012

  • QA Release manager

    Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

  • UAT Lead

    May 2007 - Oct 2009

  • Business Analyst

    Apr 2006 - May 2007

  • QA Lead

    Sept 2004 - Apr 2006

  • QA

    Oct 2003 - Sept 2004
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  Anthem, Inc.

  Jul 2014 - Mar 2016

  Engineering Lead

  Anthem's step towards exchanges integration in order to provide subsidy eligible products to their customers lead to establishment of HIX program which involved following two major efforts in Sales and Retention department. 1) Healthcare reform (HCR) Broker portal- To build a web portal comprising all the broker functions from legacy systems and facilitate internal and external agents across all the states to sell HCR compliant products on or off exchanges.2) Exchange Integration - To facilitate integration between WellPoint owned portals and the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) to support consumers shopping/ enrolling in Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) through own portals.Worked in the role of Scrum Master. Responsibility Includes:•Responsible for managing multiple releases with Agile – SCRUM Methodology as a Scrum Master.•Train and coach teams to agile practices•Track the sprints and subsidiary plans for Staffing, Scope, Risk and Quality. •Analyze team performance and agile maturity regularly and steer the team towards successful delivery. Ensure project objectives are in continuous alignment with the evolving business direction.•Fully accountable for the delivery of the team in terms of sprints and quality. Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members•Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables and helping to implement an effective system of project governance•Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the sprint and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team•Facilitate and manage following activities - Product backlog refinement,Sprint planning,Daily Scrum, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective. Show less

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  Molina Healthcare

  Mar 2016 - Feb 2018

  Senior Project Manager
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  Anthem, Inc.

  Mar 2018 - Apr 2022

  • Sr Technical Delivery Manager - Engineering Team

    Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Delivery Manager

    Mar 2018 - Apr 2022
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  Michaels Stores

  Apr 2022 - now

  • Staff Program Manager

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Sr Technical Program Manager

    Apr 2022 - Nov 2023