CHAITANYA CHENIMILLA
Edison
Summary
Collaborative Senior Technical Program Manager partners with executive teams to define and develop solutions. Skilled in project management to efficiently manage customer deliverables. Creates cross-functional partnerships to drive effectiveness.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Technical Program Manager
Warner Bros Discovery
05.2023 - Current
- Delivered efficient project management by overseeing cross-functional teams and ensuring timely completion of milestones and project deliverables.
- Championed process improvements for increased efficiency, analyzing existing workflows and recommending enhancements.
- Fostered strong relationships with stakeholders, effectively communicating progress updates and addressing concerns promptly.
- Manages the communication/negotiation on the dependencies(new features to meet the partner needs) with App teams.
- Ensuring the handover to Ops and Support teams are completed in the provided timeline, and the smooth completion of hyper-care period.
Senior QA Engineer /Business Analyst
Loginsoft Consulting LLC (Client: WBD)
08.2016 - 05.2023
- Review User Story and Technical Design documents and seek clarification from the BA and technical teams.
- Improved product quality by meticulously designing and executing test plans for software applications.
- Enhanced team efficiency by implementing agile methodologies and streamlining QA processes.
- Mentored junior QA engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
- Reduced software defects by conducting thorough regression testing and identifying areas for improvement.
- Prevented costly post-release issues by proactively identifying potential risks during the development process.
QA Lead
CVS Health
07.2015 - 02.2016
- Coordinate all testing activities; establish / maintain test standards ensuring strict adherence to the same.
- Led cross-functional teams to ensure seamless collaboration in achieving project goals.
- Coordinate with team members to conduct enterprise E2E testing, Multi-Release, Deployment and Rollback testing.
- Identified critical defects through rigorous testing, resulting in a more stable product release.
- Conducted root cause analysis on recurring defects, implementing preventative measures to reduce future occurrences.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products.
- Reviews all defects that are logged during the QA phase, drive daily PRG meetings to ensure immediate resolution for the defects.
QA Lead
Vaktech Corp., LLC
07.2011 - 06.2015
- Write / execute test cases and report bugs along with testing applications.
- Streamlined QA processes for improved efficiency, reducing project completion time.
- Identified critical defects through rigorous testing, resulting in a more stable product release.
- Collaborated with development teams to resolve issues and implement improvements, elevating overall product quality.
- Improved customer satisfaction with thorough validation of user requirements during the testing process.
Senior QA Engineer
ValueMomentum Inc.
08.2009 - 06.2011
- Developed / prepared test plans, test cases, analyzed software to provide testing solutions and maintained defects assisted by an offshore team of 6 resources; assisted the agile tester in creating test plans and test cases.
- Involved in providing estimates for test plans, test cases and test execution for Smoke Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and Release Testing for New Business applications, and Claims processing.
- Involved in reviewing, providing feedback, delivering and maintaining test plans & test cases developed by the offshore team based on the workflows provided.
- Single Point of Contact between the offshore team and the end client.
- Conducted daily triage meetings for defects and guided the offshore team on daily tasks.
- Involved in getting sign offs for test plans and test cases along with maintaining status documents for each module.
- Updated daily status and shared the same with the management on a daily
Quality Analyst
Vaktech Corp LLC
10.2007 - 08.2009
- Analyzed functional requirement document, Use Cases, Screen specification documents and developed Test Plans, Schedules and cases covering all aspects of testing right from Integration through post implementation testing.
- Worked with the Development team as well as BAs in developing test cases for testing the Reconciliation process of M1, which is integrated with Choice Point (MVR, CLUE, Credit).
- Execute test cycles for various projects while monitoring status of the same ensuring delivery within deadlines.
- Developed and maintained quality assurance procedure documentation.
- Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
Education
MBA - Project Management
Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry University
North Brunswick, NJ01.2012
B S - Business Administration
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL01.2005
Skills
- Software Testing Life Cycle
- Designing & Executing Test Cases
- Requirement Gathering & Analysis
- Quality Assurance / Analysis
- Test Management
- Project Execution
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Resource Management
- Agile Scrum
- Critical Thinking
- Leadership
- Communication
- Prioritization
- Regression
- User Acceptance Testing
- Manual and Automation Testing
- Non-life P&C Insurance domain
- Argus Drug Safety System
Technical Summary
SQA BASIC, SQL, Java, Quick Test Pro, Visual Studio Express, Selenium, Test Director 7.6/8.0, Quality Center 9, 10, 11, JIRA, Team Track, Oracle, Postgres, TOAD, OneShield Dragon Designer, HTML, XML, VB Script, Java Script, UNIX, Linux, Windows 2000/XP
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)
Timeline
Senior Technical Program Manager
Warner Bros Discovery
05.2023 - Current
Senior QA Engineer /Business Analyst
Loginsoft Consulting LLC (Client: WBD)
08.2016 - 05.2023
QA Lead
CVS Health
07.2015 - 02.2016
QA Lead
Vaktech Corp., LLC
07.2011 - 06.2015
Senior QA Engineer
ValueMomentum Inc.
08.2009 - 06.2011
Quality Analyst
Vaktech Corp LLC
10.2007 - 08.2009
MBA - Project Management
Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry University
B S - Business Administration
University of South Alabama
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