Candidates About

 

Reni Mathew

Summary:

·         Over 14 yrs experience in the information technology industry as QA automation and performance Lead and consultant with extensive knowledge of testing methodologies, specializing in HP tools Quick Test Pro(QTP), LoadRunner, HP Quality Center/TestDirector, SAP Testing and specialization in SAP Banking, SAP MM,BMC Patrol, VISTA IM and worked in US, India and UK.

·         Strong expertise in all phases of software testing and management, defining requirements, planning testing process, test automation & execution, analyzing and reporting results, tracking and managing defects with special focus on agile methodologies.

·         Worked as Automation Lead for IBM for the Client Oncor Electric Delivery in Dallas. Lead the automation team working on automation of Customer Care & Billing(CC&B) and other applications like ODM and coordinated with the Client and provided directions for all the automation and performance projects.

·         Working as Onsite Automation/Tools Lead for IBM India for the Client Johnson & Johnson in NJ. Lead and provided directions for the Back to Basics SAP project on automation and test management tools, streamlined and implemented the Process and coordinated with the Client and different vendors.

·         Worked as Automation Lead and Performance Test Specialist for IBM India for the Clients Medco, Sigma Aldrich and Macys. Lead the Automation of Medco OPCoE projects and worked on performance testing of Sigma Tacton Product Configurator. For Macy’s lead the OMAR/OPTIMA projects as Onsite Lead.

·         Worked as an Automation Test Specialist for IBM India for the Client Nationwide in Swindon, UK on automation of SAP Banking and different applications like OLB, Portrait, EWM,SAP BP and ChapsSwift.

·         Worked as BAT Test Lead for IBM India for the Client ANZ in Bangalore for CMP R2.3.

·         Worked as a Consultant for Aperture Technologies, an Emerson group company in St Louis, MO on functional testing, performance testing and automation of VISTA Infrastructure monitoring.

·         Worked as a Consultant for Sapient Corporation US, for the client British Petroleum in Chicago, IL on data migration automation, integration testing automation, performance testing and implementation of Physops solution for BP which involved integration of Aspen IMOS with around 17 different applications including SAP and NextGen.

·         Worked as Sr. Associate QA, L1 for Sapient Corporation, for the Clients Sony Electronics Limited and New Market International. Worked on Performance Testing and functional testing/Automation of B2B/B2C application SONY Athena, B2B application BBSC Sonex Nextgen 2.0 and as Testing coordinator and involved in coordination of testing activities of MeetingBroker application for NewMarket International.

·         Worked as Associate Systems Engineer at the Client site of BMC Software in Houston, Texas. Worked on Infrastructure management/Remote monitoring tool BMC Patrol.

·         Worked as software testing -consultant for DCS Infoway and developer in Deautsche Software.

  

Specific Expertise:

 

·         Exclusive experience Leading and working on manual and automated software testing of client-server, e-business solutions, ERP and web applications and web services.

·         Exclusive experience leading and providing directions to the teams, managing schedules, dependencies, providing management consulting to client IT and Business Executives to determine their business and technical issues related to automation and performance testing and recommending solutions.

·         Extensive work experience on scripting and automation using QTP.

·         Exclusive experience in data migration automation and integration automation of Aspen IMOS with SAP and NextGen.

·         Exclusive experience in test management using HPQC ,functional automation and volumetric automation of Back to Basics SAP project covering various process areas.

·         Exclusive experience in management and functional automation of Customer Care & Billing(CC&B) and ODM.

·         Exclusive experience on SAP Testing and automation of SAP Banking implementation Project Voyager, OLB, Portrait, EWM and Chapswift.

·         Extensive work experience on Performance Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Soak Testing using LoadRunner and Jmeter.

·         Exclusive work experience in Quality Center Administration and managed around 650 people. Involved in streamlining the Process, Customization, Project creation, User role management and Work flow management.

·         Exclusive experience on systems and infrastructure monitoring tools BMC Patrol and VISTA Infrastructure monitoring tool.

·         Extensive work experience on GUI Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Blackbox Testing, Integration testing and I18N.

·         Proficient in Mercury/HP Interactive Tools like QTP, LoadRunner, Winrunner, TestDirector, and MQC.

·         Experienced in SRS Analysis, Developing, Reviewing and Execution of Test cases, Test scripts and expected results and worked throughout the QA lifecycle.

·         Experienced in coordinating with multiple vendors as an independent consultant for performance testing and coordination of testing activities from a different geography.

·         Experienced in Estimation, Preparing Test Plan and details, Preparing Automation plan, Capacity planning, creating automation and performance strategy documents, generating reports.

·         Experienced in the use of black box and agile methodologies and approaches.

·         Efficient at defect reporting, tracking and verifying using tools like ClearQuest, Clarify CRM.

·         Involved in Installation, Configuration and Testing of an e-business solutions software, BMC Patrol for internet services.

·         Installation and Configuration of BMC Patrol Agent and Knowledge Modules.

·         Worked on UNIX, WIN XP, WIN NT and WIN 2K platforms and On Web Servers like Netscape, Microsoft IIS servers and Apache Server.

·         Involved in Testing of Financial accounting package and medical software for DCS Infoway

·         Extensive work experience and business knowledge of financial trading, derivatives and futures and options.

·         Dynamic IT Professional with superior problem solving and analytical skills.

·         Website and software development using Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop

·         Exposure to : C, C++, Lotus Notes, VB 5.0, VC++,MS Access, MS Excel, Sybase, CorelDraw 7,MS Office, Orcad , Java, JSP, HTML and VJ++

 

Technical Skills:

 

Testing tools                       QTP, LoadRunner, Mercury Quality Center (MQC), Test Director,
                                            Jmeter, WinRunner, IBM Rational ClearQuest, Vantive client,
                                            Webstress tool, Clarify CRM, WinCVS, Homer tool, vbscript, HP
                                            Diagnostics.                                      

Programming language      C, C++, VB 5.0,Lotus Notes.

RDBMS                              Sybase, MS Access 97/2000,SQL                        

Operating System              Win XP, Win NT, Win 2k, UNIX (all flavors)

Applications                        Aspen IMOS, NextGen, SAP, BMC Patrol, OLB,Portrait, ChapSwift,
                                           PBM

 

Education:

 

Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Kerala, India.

 

Technical Certifications:

 

Professional Diploma in Network centered computing (2 yrs) from NIIT.
Scrum Master Accredited Certification – Certificate ID 23373732418287

 

Professional Experience/Project Profile:

 

IBM, Apr 2014 – Till Date

Automation Lead–Oncor Electric Delivery Mainframe Modernization Program, Dallas TX US                                                                                     

 

The Oncor Mainframe Modernization Program is an initiative to replace Oncor Electric Delivery’s Mainframe Application Portfolio with new software applications, migrate all mainframe applications to operate on a distributed computing environment and eliminate reliance on the mainframe. The MMP will also be used to establish an enterprise disaster recovery solution for MMP and an enterprise security / data management infrastructure.

Oncor MMP Wave 3‘s main focus is to replace LCIS, the legacy mainframe application that handles customer information, revenue management and field activity with Oracle’s Customer Care & Billing (CC&B) application and other distributed systems Oncor has.  The Market Transaction/Field Activity is to develop a custom solution to follow ERCOT’s Solution to Stacking market rules to process high volume EDI transactions received from ERCORT and REP and generate field activities for field operations. This is an extreme complex solution supporting multiple business units within Oncor, integrating with ERCOT and REPs, and comprise of a slew of applications across multiple business domains.  It is also business critical because of Oncor’s commitment to market requirement in the Texas Market.

The new technology will enable Oncor’s people, processes and technologies to work in harmony, improving relationships with customers. The integrated architecture will also be leveraged to provide a robust reporting environment that enhances decision support and business intelligence functionality. These integrated technologies will be an essential part of the foundation of Oncor’s customer service and support execution of the customer centric strategy of becoming a trusted advisor.

·         Project Name : Mainframe Modernization Program

·         Environment   : Win 8

·         Skill/Tools       : HP ALM 11.0, MS Excel, HP QTP 11.0, Loadrunner 11.0
                         CC&B , ODM &  Applications, MS Project

·         Client              : Oncor, Dallas

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

·         Responsible to lead and provide direction to the team, manage schedules, dependencies, provide management consulting to client IT and Business Executives to determine their business and technical issues related to automation and performance testing and recommend solutions.

·         Responsible to lead the team working on automation of Customer Care & Billing(CC&B) and other applications like ODM and coordinate with the Client for all the automation and performance projects. It includes Regression and web services automation of various areas of the respective applications like customer configuration, revenue management and Field Activity in both SIT and UAT Environments.

·         Build the automation team and worked with the various teams for the respective projects to identify automation needs and responsible for Estimation, Automation Planning, Framework, Design and guide the team in scripting using QTP 11.0 and VBScript.

·         Lead and guide the team on automation for System Integration testing, Regression testing and UAT testing on different environments like SIT and UAT.

·         Responsible for managing and defining the process for automation and streamlining the scripts and the automation suite.

·         Lead and guide the team for performance testing, performance planning and scripting using Loadrunner.

·         Creation and review of Estimation, Automation Test Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.

·         Estimate, Develop and execute project test plans, and manage schedules and resource allocation and allocation of assignments/automation testing tasks.

·         Manage, review work in progress, track the progress of the tasks and communicate and update project status.

·         Schedule and attend daily TouchPoint meetings, prepare weekly status reports and provide status of the project to the Client.

·         Automation planning and management, Defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through HP ALM and preparation of execution reports from HP ALM.

·         Identify the dependencies and risks involved in each feature/project and provide a mitigation plan.

·         Understanding the customer requirements and deliverables to exactly meet the requirements for Oncor by utilizing in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience to deliver solutions.

 

 

IBM, Feb 2013 – Apr 2014

Onsite Automation/Tools Lead – Johnson & Johnson Back to Basics, New Jersey US                                                                                    

 

Johnson & Johnson has more than 250 operating companies located in 57 countries around the world and is organized mainly into three business segments namely Consumer, Medical Devices and Diagnostics(MD&D) and Pharmaceutical. 

 

Back to Basics (BTB) is an end-to-end process-based Business Transformation Program that will define a common, global Supply Chain transactional solution for the JnJ Pharmaceutical, Consumer Products, and MD&D sectors. It is an SAP design and build project to create a Global ERP Design Template for all regions/sectors using the best practice ERP implementation approach. The scope of the BTB project is to use this global template design as the basis for a new Global template with the first planned deployment of sites for Latin American (“LATAM”) and the following process areas are included as part of the implementation: Planning / APO ,Make ,Source ,Quality Management ,Finance ,Master Data and Deliver.

 

It adds business value by Improving Supply Chain Management & Financial Mgt, Improving Customer Service, Administrative Cost Reduction via Global Financial Services (GFS), Decreased Procurement Costs, Reduced Product Recall and Regulatory Risk, Improved Compliance and Access to real time information, reporting and analytics.

 

·         Project Name : Back to Basics

·         Environment   : Win XP, Win 7

·         Skill/Tools       : HP QC 10.0, MS Excel, HP QTP 10.0, Loadrunner,
                         JNJ Portals & Applications

·         Client              : Johnson & Johnson, NJ

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

·         Responsible to lead and provide direction to the teams, manage schedules, dependencies, provide management consulting to client IT and Business Executives to determine their business and technical issues related to test management tool HPQC, automation and performance testing and recommend solutions.

·         Responsible for managing, streamlining and implementing the HPQC BTB CTPS process, administered Quality Center and managed around 650 people on BTB project and supported them. Involved in Project creation, customization, User role management and Work flow management.

·         Responsible to Lead the Automation team and responsible for Automation and Performance, Framework, Design, Planning and Scripting using QTP and VBScript and performance planning and scripting using Loadrunner for all BTB projects.

·         Responsible for planning and automation of functional regression and volumetric automation of the respective Project Portals as well as all the applications using QTP 10.0 for the various Process areas.

·         Lead and guide on automation and test management tools for Technical Acceptance Testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, System testing, Business Simulation and UAT testing on different environments like Pre QA, QA and PRD.

·         Responsible for planning and guiding the team in creating the test cases and

Scenarios, preparation of process documents, SOP’s, Work instructions and training documents for HPQC , bulk upload of test scripts and requirements in HPQC and reporting project metrics.

·         Helped build the automation team and worked with the various process teams for the respective projects to identify automation needs and guide the team in scripting using QTP and VBScript.

·         Planning and scripting, Creation and review of Estimation, Automation Test Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.

·         Manage schedules and allocation of testing tasks, review work in progress, track the progress of the tasks and communicate and update project status. Attend meetings and provide status to the Client.

·         Test planning and management, Defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through HPQC and preparation of status reports and dashboards.

·         Identify the dependencies and risks involved in each feature/project and provide a mitigation plan.

·         Understanding the customer requirements and deliverables to exactly meet the requirements for Johnson & Johnson by utilizing in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience to deliver solutions.

·         Assuring quality in the deliverables by doing regression and end to end system testing for the various activities in BTB project.

·        Work with users closely to resolve the critical issues at the Client site, understand the project requirements and provide implementation support.

 

IBM, Aug 2012 – Dec 2012

Onsite Lead – Macy’s OMAR Project, Bangalore India                                                                                       

 

Macy’s OMAR project is part of the Macy’s initiative known as Optima which is a SAS Markdown Optimization solution. Markdown Optimization provides retailers the ability to determine which items should be marked down, by how much they should be marked down, when, and in which markets, stores or store clusters. OMAR (Optima Members and Rules) is a pricing application used to systemically create markdown plans and feed them to Optima. The solution aims to improve Macy’s current markdown business process, increase revenue and margins while decreasing excess inventory. SAS Markdown Optimization provides insight into markdown activities— past, present and future—to help retailers improve margins. Key technologies behind OMAR/OPTIMA applications is Mainframes, SAS, Dot Net, DB2, Terradata SQL Assistant.

 

·         Project Name : Macy’s OMAR Project

·         Environment   : Win XP

·         Skill/Tools       : OMAR Application, Mainframes, MS Excel

·         Client              : Macy’s Systems and Technology

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

·         Responsible to lead the team working on OMAR/OPTIMA Mainframes batch and UI and coordinated with the Client and different Vendors. Regression testing, System testing, Integration testing, End to End testing and UAT  testing on different environments like BIZ, PRD, FIX and NRT was done.

·         Responsible for Creation and review of Estimation, Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.

·         Guiding the team in creating the test cases and scenarios.

·         Managing schedules and resource allocation and allocation of assignments and testing tasks.

·         Reviewing work in progress, tracking the progress of the tasks and communicating and updating project status. Attending meetings, preparing weekly status reports and providing status of the project to the Client.

·        Guiding the team on defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through bug tracker and helped analyze QC.

 

IBM, Nov 2011 – June 2012

Automation Lead – Medco OPCoE Automation, Bangalore India                                                                                       

 

Medco is one of the largest Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) that focuses specifically on the cost-effective and appropriate delivery of prescription medications to the market .Medco 2.0, the initiative to define next version of Medco as an enterprise, involved an extensive Business Processing Reengineering (BPR) exercise to define future state business process and requirements. It uses the business process tool (PEGA) to power a dynamic organizational model.

Central theme behind Medco 2.0 is to gain agility and flexibility in Medco's core applications and offer continuous availability, high performance and linear scalability. Key technologies behind Medco 2.0 is Pega PRPC 6.1 on IBM WebSphere/DB2.

 

·         Project Name : Medco OPCoE Automation

·         Environment   : Win XP

·         Skill/Tools       : HP QTP 11.0, MS Excel, HP QC 11.0, Medco Portals & Applications

·         Client              : Medco

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

·         Responsible to lead the Automation team of 22 people working on around 18 projects in different CoE’s and responsible for Estimation, Automation Planning, Framework, Design and Scripting using QTP and VBScript for all Medco OPCoE projects.

·         Responsible for planning and automation for regression and E2E automation of the respective Project Portals as well as all the applications Alpha, NRx, TMW, ESD, UVWeb, Autofax, ect in both SI and QA Environments using QTP 11.0.

·         Helped build the automation team and worked with the various scrum teams for the respective projects to identify automation needs and guide the team in scripting using QTP and VBScript.

·         Creation and review of Estimation, Automation Test Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.

·         Estimate, Develop and execute project test plans, and manage schedules and resource allocation and allocation of assignments/automation testing tasks.

·         Tracking the progress of the tasks performed from offshore and updating the progress of the tasks in PMF of PEGA tool.

·         Preparing weekly status reports and provide status of the project to the Client.

·        Automation planning and management, Defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through QC and Rational Clear Quest.

·         Identify the dependencies and risks involved in each feature/project and provide a mitigation plan.

·         Understanding the customer requirements and deliverables to exactly meet the requirements for Medco by utilizing in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience to deliver solutions.

 

IBM, June 2011 – Sep 2011

Performance Test Specialist–Sigma Aldrich Web Testing TAC for Sigma Aldrich, Bangalore India                                                                 

 

Sigma Tacton Product Configurator aims to create a robust, easy to use, online ordering experience for custom products like DNA, RNA and Peptides on SIAL website. Ease of ordering will thus increase sales and incremental revenue. Tacton application replaces the legacy application and was integrated to Web sphere Commerce and SAP. Key technologies behind Tacton Configurator Project is Java J2EE,Websphere Commerce and SAP.

 

·         Project Name : Sigma Aldrich Web Testing TAC

·         Environment   : Win XP

·         Skill/Tools       : HP Loadrunner 9.5, MS Excel, SAP MM

·         Client              : Sigma Aldrich

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

·         Involved in Performance Estimation, Planning, scripting, execution and analysis using Loadrunner 9.5.

·         Lead the efforts of the team in preparation for Performance and Load testing and coordinated with the onsite team.

·         Recording, Scripting, parameterization and execution of the scripts were done.

·        Created the Test Scenarios, executed and generated the reports and created performance test reports using LoadRunner 9.5.

 

 

IBM, Jan 2010 – May 2011

Test Automation Specialist – Voyager SAP Banking Implementation Project for Nationwide, Swindon UK                                                                                       

 

Nationwide Voyager project is an SAP Banking implementation project at Nationwide and is the first SAP Banking implementation in UK.Voyager program seeks to replace the Nationwide Core banking applications across Banking,Savings and Mortgages by making significant investment in SAP Core banking infrastructure as a mechanism for replacing legacy IT systems and transforming the way business operates.The legacy estate includes 58 applications that are modified to integrate SAP and a further 118 interfaces that link to SAP.

 

Release 1a or Banking -Business Partner Release was the implementation of the full hardware infrastructure for the overall programme, commissioning of the SAP Core Banking Software and preload of 16.7m active customer records from Customer Information System(CIS) to SAP Business Partner(BP).Release 1b&1c or the Core Bank release includes integration of SAP Core Banking Software with Nationwide's existing IT systems, configuration of SAP to introduce existing and new banking products to SAP platform, the pilot of those products and the modification of legacy channel applications to provide dual access to Unisys and SAP.

 

 

Project Name : Nationwide Voyager Project

Environment   : Win XP

Skill/Tools       : Mercury Quality Center 10.0, OLB, Portrait, ChapSwift, SAP BP,EWM,QTP
                         10.0,SQL Server, MS Excel

Client              : Nationwide, Swindon UK

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

·      Leading the efforts of the team for Automation, Planning, Designing, Developing and Reviewing automation suites and scripts for Voyager SAP Banking Implementation.

·        Involved in scripting and automation of the different interfaces and applications like Online Banking(OLB), Portrait, ChapSwift, EWM, SAP ect for Voyager using QTP 10.0 and QC 10.0

·        Involved in estimation and preparation of automation plan and framework for scripts and working on ATF Framework of Nationwide.

·          Reviewing and analyzing automation suites and resolving issues and monitoring performance.

·          Analyzing the tasks to be completed, assigning resources to task, and advising resources on the development of the technical solutions.

·          Worked on Test Plan and Progress, Automation Framework and technical guide, Master Script, Driver scripts, Library files, datasheets and resource files and developed coding guidelines.

·          Reviewed SAP Core Banking scripts in preparation for SAP banking automation using QTP and worked on scripts for SAP BP and DM.

·          Proficient on SAP Navigation and transaction codes and worked on library scripts to create BP, assign roles ect and automate SAP GUI.

·          Reviewed knowledge base on architecture, applications and processes involved in the complex SAP Banking implementation project and also attended IBM SAP Core Banking.

 

 

IBM, Aug 2009 – Dec 2009

BAT Test Lead – CMP R2.3 for ANZ, Bangalore India                                                                                       

 

Cash Management Platform (CMP) is a portfolio of work streams to implement an internet enabled corporate transactional banking platform for business, corporate and institutional customers. The objective of CMP program is to implement ANZ transactive platform that will provide the ability for ANZ institutional customers to use a secure online solution for accessing a broad range of banking services to meet their business needs. Key technologies behind CMP are Java J2EE, Web application server, Oracle RDBMS and Business Objects Crystal reports features.

 

·         Project Name : CMP R2.3

·         Environment   : Win XP

·         Skill/Tools       : Mercury Quality Center 9.2, ANZ Transactive, Clear case, PVCS, MS Excel, Host on Demand, Gemsafe

·         Client              : ANZ

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

·         Involved in the Test Planning phase, reviewing BAT Detailed Test plan and Master Test Plan.