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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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
Coimbatore
11.2005

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
Venkatesh Krishnan