Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Timeline
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Bhawana Garwal

Eden Prairie,MN

Summary

Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget.

Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning.

Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.




Overview

9
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

NEC India

Agile Scrum Master
12.2021 - 01.2023

Job overview

  • Lead scrum team consisting of 8 members.
  • Facilitated cross-functional communication, enabling teams to collaborate effectively on project tasks.
  • Enhanced team efficiency by implementing Agile methodologies and guiding daily scrum meetings.
  • Conducted sprint reviews and retrospectives, fostering a collaborative environment for feedback and improvement.
  • Collaborated closely with product owners to prioritize backlog items based on business value and stakeholder needs.

NEC India

Senior Test Engineer
01.2018 - 11.2021

Job overview

  • Improved software quality by designing and executing comprehensive test plans.
  • Enhanced product performance by conducting thorough regression testing on each release.
  • Collaborated with development team to diagnose and resolve software issues in a timely manner.
  • Reduced defect leakage by rigorously analyzing requirements and creating comprehensive test plans.
  • Optimized test coverage through continuous collaboration with stakeholders, refining requirements and addressing any gaps in specifications.
  • Identified, isolated, reported and tracked defects in defect tracking system.
  • Tracked test reports and failures determined by root cause data trends.
  • Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.

NEC India

Manual & Automation Tester
07.2015 - 01.2018

Job overview

  • Manual Tester involved in Test Case planning, writing executing and reporting bug report.
  • UFT Automation tester involved in automating the new ticketing system.
  • Reduced manual testing efforts with the development of reusable automated test scripts.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
  • Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.

Wipro

Compliance Tester (Member Technical Staff)
09.2013 - 07.2015

Job overview

  • Compliance Tester involved in Qualification of NEC Storage and Servers and performing Certification test to achieve LOGO for NEC Storage Arrays in SAN network from different vendors
  • Identified critical bugs through thorough testing processes, enhancing overall product performance.
  • Ensured compliance with industry standards by rigorously following established testing methodologies and best practices.

Education

Amity University

B.E from Bioinformatics
01.2013

University Overview

GPA: 8.15

Skills

  • Agile Methodology: Release planning, Product Owner Collaboration, Sprint Review Facilitation, User Story Creation, Sprint Planning
  • Testing Methodologies: Black-box, Manual, Exploratory and Automated testing, Test Planning, Creating Test Cases, Writing Use Cases, Defect Report
  • Operating Systems: - Windows (WIN2k12R2, WIN2k8, WIN2k8R2, Win2k3), Linux (RHEL/SUSE)
  • Automation & Management Tools: - UFT (basic), Selenium (basic), Test-Link, JIRA, WBRT, CRM
  • Version Control: SVN

Accomplishments

  • ISTQB certified (ITB-CTFL-0085195).
  • Recognized with 'Certificate of Appreciation' for executing the Golden Set Data Variations of 125 products which added value to the customer's satisfaction.
  • I appreciated handling the team's system related queries.
  • Recognized with 'Spot Award' for commendable work in building system understanding, test planning, testing, defect analysis, defect tracking and QA status reporting in recent development Sprints of PREDIX project.
  • Recognized with 'Team Oscar Award' for exhibiting a great sense of dedication, teamwork and Onsite experience with NEC-SINGAPORE clients.

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Alliance - March 2024-March2026

Timeline

Agile Scrum Master

NEC India
12.2021 - 01.2023

Senior Test Engineer

NEC India
01.2018 - 11.2021

Manual & Automation Tester

NEC India
07.2015 - 01.2018

Compliance Tester (Member Technical Staff)

Wipro
09.2013 - 07.2015

Amity University

B.E from Bioinformatics

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