Jayaprakash Narasimhan
Apex,NC
Summary
Quality engineering leader with proven track record at Bank of Montreal, specializing in continuous improvement and automation. Expertise in Selenium and API testing, complemented by strong data visualization skills using Power BI. Led teams to optimize testing strategies, achieving timely project delivery and high-quality standards.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead – Modernization Technology
Bank of Montreal U.S. Personal & Business Banking
06.2023 - Current
- Lead quality engineering initiatives and drive continuous improvement mindset across the organization.
- Hand-on experience in APIs and end to end system workflow integration testing.
- Lead test data management initiative and solve complex data challenges.
- Implementing continuous testing through automation and deployed regression automation suits each release.
- Worked on defining KPI metrics and hands-on experience in building Power Bi reports.
- Facilitate daily coordination with Offshore testers to monitor progress and address project issues / blocker.
- Effort estimation & Schedule planning, tracking of milestone to ensure timely delivery.
- Publishing the Monthly & Weekly reports and required supporting artifacts to the senior management.
Test Manager
Prudential Global Investment Insurance
Newark, USA
10.2019 - 05.2023
- Worked on test planning and execution of test strategy.
- Enabled Continuous testing and deployed selenium regression suit for each release.
- Involved in ETL testing. Validate of data mapping and transformation.
- Effort estimation & Schedule planning, tracking of milestone to ensure timely delivery.
- Conducted Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning and retrospectives.
- Tracking progress through test plan and at scope level through Jira.
- Publishing the reports and required supporting artifacts to the senior management.
Project Lead
New York life insurance company
New York City, USA
04.2016 - 09.2019
- Prepared test plan ensures all requirements are executed as per schedule.
- Requirement gathering, estimation and solutioning with the architects and business users.
- Created automated regression scripts.
- I identified potential quality risks and developed strategies for mitigating them.
- Lead a successful transition from traditional waterfall methodology to Hybrid agile development process.
Sr. Software developer
Target Corporation
Minneapolis, USA
10.2010 - 03.2016
- Requirement gathering, estimation and solutioning with the architects and business users.
- Support Nonproduction environment. Ensure the process are up and running.
Developer
Qualcomm Incorporated
San Diego, USA
08.2008 - 09.2010
- Developed scripts for automation frameworks and implemented custom frameworks across enterprise.
- Demonstrated excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills in resolving conflicts between team members.
Developer
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Chennai, India
04.2006 - 07.2008
- Developed scripts for automation frameworks and implemented custom frameworks across enterprise.
- Demonstrated excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills in resolving conflicts between team members.
Education
Bachelor of ENGINEERING -
University of Madras
IndiaSkills
- Selenium and Cypress
- JIRA and ALM
- Confluence and Azure DevOps
- API testing and SOAP UI
- Load testing with LoadRunner
- Data visualization with Power BI
- Test management tools
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- International Software Testing Qualifications Board Certified Tester
- Fundamentals of Azure Open AI Service
- Certified Scrum Master
- LOMA 280 Life Insurance Certified
Affiliations
Nationality - Indian
Timeline
Lead – Modernization Technology
Bank of Montreal U.S. Personal & Business Banking
06.2023 - Current
Test Manager
Prudential Global Investment Insurance
10.2019 - 05.2023
Project Lead
New York life insurance company
04.2016 - 09.2019
Sr. Software developer
Target Corporation
10.2010 - 03.2016
Developer
Qualcomm Incorporated
08.2008 - 09.2010
Developer
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
04.2006 - 07.2008
Bachelor of ENGINEERING -
University of Madras