1. Madhuri Veldanda
Ph: 9966012216 (m)
Objective
Seeking leadership assignments and a challenging career in Quality Assurance and
Software Testing
Professional Achievements
• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) in SQL, PL/SQL (Score: 53/57)
• Brainbench certified in RDBMS
• ISTQB Certified Tester
Professional Experience Summary
More than 12 years of experience as Sr.QA LEAD / Technical LEAD/ QA Analyst
Education
• 1996 - Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Osmania University, Hyderabad
• 1993 - Bachelor of Computer Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad
Trainings
• Project LEAD Training for Women by NASSCOM
• Leadership Skills for Managers – Internally within the Organization
Testing Expertise includes:
• Manual & Automated Testing, Preparing test plans, black-box Testing, Requirements
Analysis
• Strong knowledge of QuickTest Professional (QTP), Test Director 7.5
• Good exposure on Win Runner 8.0, Load Runner 7.0
QA Capabilities:
• Functional Testing
• System Testing
• Regression Testing
• Database Testing
• Web Testing
• Good knowledge in Integration testing & GUI Testing.
• Proficient in writing Test Scenarios/Test Cases and documentation of test results.
• Reporting and prioritizing software bugs in conjunction with the Development & QA
Managers
• Querying the database using SQL to check for successful transactions
• Excellent understanding of Software Product Development and QA process
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong communication and presentation skills
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2. Hardware and Software Experience:
Languages- TSL, Visual Basic, C++, C, Cobol, Pascal, Fortran, PL/SQL
OS Environment- UNIX, Windows XP/NT/95/98 and MS-DOS
RDBMS- Oracle (8x/8i), MS-SQL Server 6.0
Testing Tools & Utilities: QTP 10.5, Test Director 7.5
Web development- ASP, HTML, VB Script,
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior QA Lead August 2008 to till date
Seneca Global Inc., HiTec City, Hyderabad
Working as a Senior Quality Lead, responsible for reviewing requirements and developing and
executing the test strategy, test plan, and test cases
Client: Instec Insurance Information Technologies, Inc
Naperville, IL, USA
Involved in testing of Instec Quicksolver software that supports the full policy lifecycle, from
quoting to policy issuance, Renewal and Endorsements in various lines of business like
Commercial Auto, Business Owners Process, Workers Compensation and Package policies
Tasks Involved:
• Test Planning
• Test Effort Estimations
• Requirement Analysis && Team Coordination
• Handling weekly status calls with the client and preparing Meeting Minutes
• Test Case Design & Execution(around 1,50,000 test cases)
• Regression Testing
• Defect Logging in tools – JIRA, Whizible and SharePoint
• Test Automation using Hybrid Framework
• Tested in the areas of Rating, Forms, Filler Forms, Data Forms, UI, Validation (UI and
Data) and Functionality for Quote, Proposal and Issue
• Verification of Policy Forms against the Forms Administration
• Performance Testing to establish benchmark times for key functions
Rating -The amount of time it takes to rate a policy with single-state/single-
location and multi-state/multi-locations
Forms Assembly /Policy Forms - The amount of time it takes for Forms
assembly, and time that it takes to build the list of available forms in the policy forms
window
• Capacity testing to verify the number of users to hold the application or particular
functionality using the policies in different products
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3. • To verify the break-down point of the application and to analyze the time taken to
execute the functionalities
Role
Senior QA Lead
Technology
Rich smart client application developed in .NET, Whizible, SharePoint
QA Analyst Feb 2006 to Jan 2008
Agency Port Insurance, Boston, USA
Web-based Agency Portal Testing
AgencyPort Insurance Services, Inc is a leading provider of Web-based agency portal for various
insurance companies like Arbella, Farmers, Tower, Berkley NET etc. It is a full-featured web-
based system that is easy to use by the agents in reducing internal policy processing and
underwriting costs, and can be easily modified once business conditions or product specifications
change.
Involved in testing Home Owners, Dwelling Fire, Garage & Dealers, Commercial Auto, Personal
Auto and Workers Comp policies by creating test cases, executing, defect tracking and
Regression testing.
Tasks involved:
• Test Planning
• Test Management
• Perform testing in all lines of Business
• Executed all the Test scripts and logged defects using Squish, a Bug Tracking
tool
• Automated the test scripts
• Understand and create Interface and Workflow test scenarios
• Interfacing with Development and Management team for Reporting and Tracking
using Squish
• White box testing Role
Technology
QTP, XML, Squish, Test Director, IOPOUS, WATIR
QA Analyst Nov 2005 to Feb 2006
Arbella Insurance, Quincy, MA, USA
Insurance Product Application Testing
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4. Arbella is an Insurance provider which deals with policies like Dwelling Fire, Home Owners,
Personal Umbrella, Workers compensation and Business Owners policies. A Web-based
application for Insurance agents to fill up online application for their customers.
Worked as an Analyst and involved in complete Testing life cycle by gathering Requirements
from the development team, creating test cases, executing, reporting and also Regression tests.
Tasks involved:
• Creation of test cases
• Executed all the Test scripts in Test Director and logged defects in Team Track
• Automating the test scripts
• Performed Smoke,Negative testing in all lines of Business
• Major part of Testing was done in e Suite Integrated System Testing (IST) and in
UAT.
• Understand and create Interface and Workflow test scenarios
• Interfacing with Development and Management team for Reporting and Tracking
using Team Track
• Regression testing
• Test log, metrics and Status reporting to development and project management
Role
QA Analyst
Technology
QTP, Test Director 8.0, Team Track
QA Tester Aug 2004 to Aug2005
Brown Brothers Harriman, MA, USA
Action World - Response Processing
Independently tested Corporate Action System - Response Processing for Brown Brothers (BBH).
Involved both in Manual and Automated testing. Tested complete Response processing work flow
by developing extensive manual test cases. Testing process and testing management including
defects and reporting was implemented using Test Director.
Role
Test Engineer
Technolgy
Web based application using EJB, QTP, Test Director
Database Analyst/Administrator March 1999 to Dec 2001
SK Infotek Associates Inc., Herndon, VA
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5. Inventory Management System
SK Infotek Associates
Developed and independently tested and deployed Inventory Management System for SK Infotek
inventory and administration process. Key features involve software asset management,
hardware management, time sheet management for consulting engineers; invoice tracking and
custom report generation. Additional interface is developed to PALM PDA for tracking and data
entry, this feature is a powerful enhancement using mobile technology and flexibility of the
application
Role
Independently designed, implemented, tested and deployed
Technology
Visual Basic 6,java, Palm OS 3.1, MS-SQL 6, thinkDB, Windows NT/98, Test Director 7.5
Responsibilities:
• Involved in writing the test plans, test conditions, test data, test cases using functional
specifications
• Manually created and executed various Test Procedures and Test Cases (Manual Testing).
• Performing GUI, Functional, Integration and Regression Testing
• Detecting bugs & classifying them based on the severity.
• Providing Screenshots to identify & reproduce the bugs.
• Prepared Traceability Matrix, Test Metrics.
Resource Management System
Client: Resource Inputs Ltd.
The project is to develop a program to maintain the complete process of screening, selection,
interview scheduling, and induction process and invoice issue business functions for the
consulting firm. Key features of the program includes preparation of resume in standard formats
in database, skills match for the requirements, issue of call letters, scheduling interviews, issuing
appointment/regret letter, invoice preparation and tracking and various customizable internal
reports.
Role
Involved in Design, implementation, testing and deployment at client location
Technology
Visual Basic 6, Oracle 8, Windows NT/98
Office Automation System
Client: APITCO (Andhra Pradesh Industrial and Technical consulting Organization), a
consulting organization providing industrial/management solutions for most of southern India.
Client Server based office automation system is developed for all operations of APITCO involving
following major modules,
• Administration Module - Employee and HR information
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6. • Project Module - Project operations and tracking
• Training Module - Training Management and tracking
• Accounts module - Accounts maintenance including Balance sheet generation
Application developed, tested and deployed both in Oracle and MS-SQL server databases.
Role
System architecture, GUI design, database design testing the software before deployment.
Technology
Visual Basic 6, Oracle 7.x, 8x/MS-SQL 6.0, Windows NT/98, ODBC
Testing Responsibilities include:
• Involved in testing the project manually
• Involved in the complete test cycle of the project starting from the preparation of the test plan
to the beta release.
• Involved in writing the test plans, test conditions, test data, test cases using functional
specifications
www.v-edify.com - E-Education Portal
Client: SK Infotek Associates Inc
At SK Infotek developed the portal site to provide one stop information for all the educational
institution across India offering various degrees and courses. The portal is developed using Java
technology with SQL backend database.
Role
System design, database design, implementation of database, server side development,
database tuning and database administration
Technology
Java (JSP’s, JavaScript), MS-SQL, Windows NT IIS server.
Training Incharge Sep 1997 to March 1999
SK Infotek Associates
Worked as a senior training in-charge at SK Infotek conducting class room / hands-on software
training for new and experienced staff. Additionally duties involved training course development,
internal project work and writing reference materials. Handled many courses in C,C++, database
design, DBA, database tuning.
Programmer Apr 1997 to Sep 1997
Sain-Medicaments Pvt Ltd.
Developed a package "PURCHASE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM” for tracking purchase activities of
Sain-Medicaments. Key modules developed are
• Transaction information for fresh, repaired and rejected inventory material
• Information maintenance for purchase order, purchase register, material dispatch
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7. Role
Database design, implementation
Technology
MS-SQL 5.0, Visual Basic 5, Windows NT/95
Programmer Sep 1996 to Apr 1997
MegaSoft Consultants Pvt Ltd.
Developed a package "RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SOFTWARE PROJECTS” for
allocating resources to employees depending on the availability and the requisitions
being placed by them
Role Database design, implementation
Technology Oracle 7.3, Developer 2000, Windows NT/95
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