Candidates About

 

 

Asif Iqbal PMP®

 

Professional Summary:

A result oriented individual with 15 years of diversified experience in technical architect, handling complex products, applications, systems analysis and test management. Has ten years of domain expertise in HealthCare & Insurance and seven plus years in Banking & Financial, Securities and Capital Market AML Compliance & Regulatory. Possess high technical aptitude and high level of analytical ability.

 

Areas of Expertise:

·         PMP® certified Project Manager with 15 years IT experience and 10 years of Technical architect in systems design & analysis, test and implementation experience.

·         Have experience leading delivery teams in US, UK, NZ and India and has experience working in USA for over 6 years, worked in various domains like Healthcare and Life Sciences, Property and Casualty Insurance, Finance, Government, Securities and Capital Market AML Compliance & Regulatory.

• Evaluate current business processes & systems and Plan & implement procedures & systems to maximize operating efficiency.

·         Negotiate with Key Stakeholders by Defining Business Models & processes for successfully delivery of complex solutions.

·         Derive and Involve in key strategic decisions making for customers and organizations for ROI, Growth and Sustenance of key portfolios by evaluating and implementing Efficient and Effective Business models.

·         Expertise in Project Management, handling complex products, Applications and Test Management and Leading various Development and QA teams.

·         Managing Agile, Iterative and Waterfall life cycle projects.

·         Proficient in End to End Test Management.

·         GAP analysis of Requirements, deliverables, testing processes for Effective and Efficient implementation in STLC.

·         Manage and Assists UAT and Prod teams for go lives.

·         Expertise in implementing testing life cycle, SQA methodology and test process automation.

• Map the business scenarios to technical deliveries in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SalesForce CRM, Metadata and Master Data management MDM.
• Analyze the data needs of organizations and prioritized the design and delivery of the new and/or modified data management process and procedures.
• Define and delivered business cases for key data initiatives specifically in relation to technological delivery[O1]  of MS Dynamics CRM, SalesForce CRM, MDM, Hyperion, ETL, SQL Server, Informatica and Data Quality Tools.
• Evaluate data management services across organizations where required to enable continuous improvement initiatives

·         Technical expertise in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce CRM, IBM Info sphere IGC, BG, MDM Testing, Data Stage, Data warehouse, BPM, Cloud, Mobile testing, iPad Apps, Rational Clear case, DOORS, Version One, SOAP UI, SharePoint implementation, ETL, Database Testing, Data Migration & Analysis  IBM Data Stage, Informatica, OS 390, IBM ZOS, SSIS, SSRS.

·         Test Management experience in Enterprise Release management, cross-departmental projects involving multiple platforms, production support and day to day operational issues and triage.

·         Excellent written and oral communication skills to talk to customers/partners globally.

 

 

Education Details:

BE in Computer science in Karnataka University Dharwad with First Class in August 2001.

 

Certifications:

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP®)-at PMI

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – at International Scrum Master

Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE) – at Quality assurance Institute

 

Professional Experience:

 

Client: XL-Catlin, Hartford, Connecticut                                                                                                 Sept 2016 – Till date

Project Name: SalesForce Rationalization to Client Distribution System (CDS)

Role: Test Manager

 

Responsibilities:

·         Playing the role of Integration Program Test Manager by handling multiple Integration streams for Testing Responsible for coordinating with various Project Teams, Project Managers and SMEs for the needs of the this Integration Project undertaken.

• Map the business scenarios to technical deliveries in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SalesForce CRM, Metadata and Master Data management.
• Analyze the data needs of organizations and prioritized the design and delivery of the new and/or modified data management process and procedures.

·         Prepare a Test Plan that provides the appropriate test coverage for the Producer Administration Integration and ensures the release is sufficiently tested prior to production.

·         Define and agree the test phases and types of testing for the successful testing.

·         Define environments and test data requirements.

·         Define the Test Execution approach, Entry & Exit criteria of each phase of testing.

·         Identify Assumptions, Dependencies, Risks, Issues associated with testing activities.

·         Identify the resource requirements and their roles and responsibilities.

·         Define testing project engagement, governance and stakeholder communication processes for both internal and external groups.

·         Define Test Suspension and Resumption Criteria.

 

Client: State Street, Boston, Massachusetts                                                                                                        April 2015 – Sept 2016

Project Name: Enterprise Data Governance & Management Automation Platform (Anti Money Laundering)

Role: Test Manager

 

Responsibilities:

·         Playing the role of a Program Test Manager by handling multiple Testing projects related to each other. Responsible for Managing Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 Projects. Managing different number of resources in every project. Responsible for coordinating with various Project Teams, Project Managers and SMEs for the needs of the Project undertaken.

·         Responsible for gaining the support of Business Sponsors, acquiring required funding and resources for the Project, Schedule Management, Cost Management, Risk Management, Participating in Commit 1 and Commit 2 meetings and presenting the project, taking care of the Projects from Initiation until Implementation, Performance Feedbacks, Managing virtual teams globally distributed resources across New York, Kansas, Boston, UK and India.

·         Prepare Test Plan, Test Strategy and track the progress

·         Ensuring the Project Team meets the project deliverables within scope, time and budget.

·         Participate in client meetings for various needs of the project and gain their support and responsible for obtaining their sign offs at various stages of the project.

·         Time Management, Quality Management, Resource Management, Cost Management, Risk Management and Stakeholder Management for various projects implementation.

·         Participate in Client Meetings for Status Reporting, Design document discussion, Requirements clarification.

·         Conducting Scrum Meetings, working with the Product Owner to revise the Product and Sprint Backlogs, Assigning work to the team at Onsite, offshore, collaborating with the SME, Product Owner, Interface Teams, doing the necessary coordination for the UAT Testing.

 

Client: Humana, Louisville, Kentucky                                                                                                                      Oct 2012 – April 2015

Project Name: Sales Force Automation - Core CRM-Medicare

Role: Test Manager

 

Responsibilities:

·         Discuss with Business Managers and Customer Service Team to understand the Business Requirement

·         Prepare Test Plan, Test Strategy and track the progress

·         Setting of Testing Team and Processes.

·         WBS creation and allocate use of available resources.

·         Coordinating with Multiple teams to achieve set Objective for Testing.

·         Evaluate current business processes and systems

·         Plan and implement procedures and systems to maximize operating efficiency

·         Support and Assists UAT and Prod teams for go lives.

·         Organize and manage business meetings.

·         Facilitate the preparation and analysis of reports

 

Client: Humana, Louisville, Kentucky                                                                                                                      Sept 2010-Oct2012

Project: SDR – Data Warehouse (Shared Data Repository)

Role: Test Manager

 

Responsibilities:

·         Discuss with Project Managers and Customer Service Team to understand the Business Requirement

·         Prepare Test Plan, Test Strategy and track the progress

·         Responsible for Project Transition and KT management

·         Communicate test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and executive management.

·         WBS creation for available resources.

·         Management of E2E testing of the application.

·         Preparation of Test metrics

·         Designing the new approaches and best practices for effective & efficient application Testing.

·         GAP analysis of testing processes for Effective and Efficient Testing implementation in STLC.

 

Client: Travelers, Hartford, Connecticut                                                                                                                                Sept2007-Sept2010

Project Name: Premium Pipeline, Inland Marine Express

Role: Test Lead

 

Project Responsibilities:

·         Create approaches and processes for the collection and analysis of data for ensuring software, systems, and product quality.

·         Direct the analysis of formal test results in order to discover and report any defects, bugs, errors, configuration issues, and interoperability flaws.

·         Create and communicate test plans and scripts that will determine optimal application performance according to specifications; revise as needed.

·         Conduct internal audits to measure and assure adherence to established QA standards for software development, application integration, and information system performance, and corresponding documentation.

·         Coordinate testing of new software to ensure integration into company systems meets functional requirements, system compliance, and technical specifications.

·         Communicate test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and executive management.

·         Manage all members of the quality control team, and ensure that aggressive deadlines are met.

·         Train, coach, and mentor QA staff and other junior staff members.

 

Client: ACC (Accident Compensation Corporation), Wellington, New Zealand                                      June 2006-July 2007

Project Name: AMS – Application Management Services

Role: Test Analyst

 

Responsibilities:

·         Tested Unisys Mainframe OS 2200 based applications.

·         Test metrics using Quality center and Rational Clear quest

·         Execution Excellency in Operational aspect of the projects

·         Test case Writing/execution Excellency/Defect Management.

 

Client: NHS (NPFit), London, Great Britain                                                                                                            Dec 2001-Apr 2006

Project Name: LORENZO – A total view of health

Role: Test Analyst

 

Responsibilities:

• Functional testing of all modules, preparing Test Cases, Traceability matrix and Test Report generation
• Automation for these modules using QTP for functionality and UI testing for Windows, Web and Web services
• Participated in analysis of a user's needs, preliminary investigation and gathering information.

·         Conducting the Smoke, functionality & regression Testing.