Venkatesh Krishnan
Summary
Reliable Automation Tester ready to help companies handle daunting diagnostic tasks through automation control. Wise in identifying optimal scenarios for test automation. Trusted provider of cost-effective, time-efficient diagnostic automation frameworks for various domains.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Automation Test Lead
Travel Port
TCS, Chennai
04.2020 - 12.2023
- Design implement functional and regression tests solution based on the stories/chores as per safe agile methodology
- Develop and execute test plans and test cases with a strong emphasis on using code to solve technical challenges and shorten the test cycle using UFT
- Work with development, test and product management to design and implement test and validation strategies
- Create, execute and troubleshoot automated test scenarios across our systems
- Cascade status reports regularly to stakeholders, highlight risks and issues and facilitate resolution as appropriate
- Work closely with other testers and developers to improve Travelport automated framework with bug fixes and feature requests
- Contribute to robust, scalable and high-quality test automation solutions for Smoke, functional and regression testing
- Interact with other teams to analyses cross module dependencies.
Automation Test Engineer
Travel Port
TCS, Chennai
12.2019 - 03.2020
- Design implement functional and regression tests solution based on the stories/chores as per safe agile methodology
- Develop and execute test plans and test cases with a strong emphasis on using code to solve technical challenges and shorten the test cycle using UFT
- Work with development, test and product management to design and implement test and validation strategies
- Create, execute and troubleshoot automated test scenarios across our systems
- Contribute to robust, scalable and high-quality test automation solutions for functional and regression testing
- Interact with other teams to analyses cross module dependencies.
Test Analyst
The Home Depot
The Home Depot, Atlanta USA
10.2018 - 10.2019
- Design, implement functional and regression tests solution based on the stories/chores as per agile methodology
- Develop and execute test plans and test cases with a strong emphasis on using code to solve technical challenges and shorten the test cycle through IPad automation using Java Seetest
- Work with development, test and product management to design and implement test and validation strategies
- Create, execute and troubleshoot automated test scenarios across our systems
- Co-ordination with Off-shore team on daily basis
- Contribute to robust, scalable and high-quality test automation solutions for functional and regression testing
- Interact with other teams to analyze cross module dependencies and also facilitating integration testing and user acceptance testing
- As SWAT effort meet with various stakeholders, application teams, interfacing teams, network teams and devise an agreeable and feasible solution for a development and testing environment
- Cascade status reports regularly to stakeholders, highlight risks and issues and facilitate resolution as appropriate
- Work closely with other testers and developers to improve THD automated Homer framework with bug fixes and feature requests.
Automation Lead
The Home Depot
TCS, Chennai
12.2017 - 09.2018
- Understanding Business requirements
- Analyzing the client requirements and functional areas of the existing system
- Preparation of Requirement Documents
- Project planning and Monitoring
- Automating the business requirement with Component Based Test Automation SAP tool
- Preparation of Test Cases, Unit testing as per the test plan and system testing
- Supporting for performance and security testing
- Supporting for QA, UAT and production testing
- Preparation of various kinds of process artifacts like Test reports, KT documents etc.
Automation Lead
American International Group (AIG)
TCS, Chennai
02.2016 - 11.2017
- Selenium Environment setup
- Preparation of Automation Test Strategy document
- Preparation of Automation effort estimation
- Integrating the Maven project with Jenkins
- Involved in scheduling the Jenkins job
- Generating and executing Automated Test Script using TestNg Framework
- Preparation of ROI calculation presentation (Return on Investment)
- Maintenance of automation test scripts.
Automation Lead
American International Group (AIG)
TCS, Chennai
01.2015 - 04.2015
- Created Automation Strategy document
- Created Automation effort estimation
- Generated and executed Automated Test cases for 12 Non-Web applications in all regions (QA, Model and Prod) using Hybrid Framework
- Executed weekly dry run of automated test cases for 41 Web applications in all regions (QA, Model and Prod) using Hybrid Framework
- Maintenance of automation test scripts
- Uploaded Test execution Reports to Share point site
Module Lead
Target Corporation
TCS, Chennai
03.2014 - 11.2014
- Gathering & Analyses User requirements
- Estimation and Planning of Deliverables
- Preparation of Test Scenarios
- Capture Business Requirements and write Test cases
- Involved in System Testing, SIT and UAT support
- Regression testing on R1 functionalities
- Executing Test Cases to validate the functionality of the system
- Hosted daily defect calls and status calls from offshore
- Track the Defects identified during Testing in a defect log and follow up until the problem is resolved and verified.
Automation Test Analyst
Target Corporation
TCS, Chennai
11.2011 - 02.2014
- Preparation of Test Strategy document
- Preparation of stepwise manual scenarios
- Prepared multiple sets of test data for automation
- Did installation and configuration of QC to Solution Manager Integration, SAP TAO and QTP
- Created the Migration Plan document to migrate the Mappings and work-flows to the Testing and Production environment
- Created the SAP TAO components.
Automation Lead
Proactive Solutech India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
01.2010 - 10.2011
- Prepare the Test Scenarios, Review Test Cases, Test Execution and defects Logging
- Generating and executing Automated Test Scripts using QTP through data driven framework
- Analysis of test results, raising trouble reports during regression testing
- Preparation of library functions
- Creation of recovery scenario script.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
TamilNadu College of Engineering
Coimbatore11.2005
Skills
- Proficient in multiple automation tools UFT, SAP CBTA, SAP TAO and Selenium with Java
- Extensive work experience with various domains Retail, Insurance, Travel Transportation and Hospitality & Product
- Agile Delivery
- Project Management
- Automated Test Development
Certification
Certified in Safe agile practitioner 5.0
Timeline
Automation Test Lead
Travel Port
04.2020 - 12.2023
Automation Test Engineer
Travel Port
12.2019 - 03.2020
Test Analyst
The Home Depot
10.2018 - 10.2019
Automation Lead
The Home Depot
12.2017 - 09.2018
Automation Lead
American International Group (AIG)
02.2016 - 11.2017
Automation Lead
American International Group (AIG)
01.2015 - 04.2015
Module Lead
Target Corporation
03.2014 - 11.2014
Automation Test Analyst
Target Corporation
11.2011 - 02.2014
Automation Lead
Proactive Solutech India Pvt Ltd
01.2010 - 10.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
TamilNadu College of Engineering