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Kishore Kumar Ankam

Cincinnati,OH

Summary

8+ years of diverse experience in Information Technology with emphasis on Quality Assurance, System Testing of Web and Client/Server based applications in multiple industries such as Healthcare and Finance. Full life cycle experience in testing process (Requirements, Test Plan, Test Design, Design Reviews, Code Reviews, Test Cases preparation, Test Execution, Test Reports). Proficient in analyzing Business Requirements, System Requirement Specifications (SRS), Functional Requirement specification (FRS), Design Documents to formulate Test Plans, Test Strategies, and Test Cases. Proficient in testing tools such as Cyara, QC/ALM, Test Rail, and defect tracking software such as JIRA, Rally. Extensively involved in Business Functional Testing, Backend testing, System Testing, Cross-Browser testing and Regression Testing. Exposure to all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Test Life Cycle (STLC), and software development methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall. Prepared reports like Defect Statistics and Tracking, Weekly and daily status reports. Experience in handling multiple projects simultaneously and in prioritizing and delivering them according to strict deadlines. Able to work in a Team as well as independently producing desired results. Strong Analytical Skill, mindset, multi-tasking, problem solving and ability to quickly learn new tools and technology.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

IVR Tester

Securian Financial
05.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for creation and execution of automated test Scripts using Cyara Automation tool
  • Executed test cases and reporting defects, collaborating with development team using JIRA
  • Responsible for designing, developing and maintaining new automation frameworks, continued evaluation of test cases for inclusion in test regression, test coverage and automation of newly implemented functionality
  • Experience with RingCentral Agent Routing Testing.

Sr. Quality Analyst/ IVR Tester

Wells Fargo
06.2021 - 05.2023
  • Provide Expertise in Fraud Detection Analysis in Call Centre and IVR
  • Analyze and validate message flow on system built-in Java using Spring Boot Framework
  • Automated Call center application to get integrated with Cyara to automate end-to-end IVR Flow
  • Updated existing test plan and test cases based on change requests, software enhancements and new functionalities.
  • Create Test Scenarios with help of call flow VISO Document
  • Designing Test Scripts, executing them and documenting Test Plans, Strategy, Risks, and Considerations
  • Effectively communicated with executive level management and business stakeholders in keeping project progress on track, discussing project level risks, and prioritizing requirements.

Sr. Quality Analyst/ IVR Tester

Mobigesture
05.2014 - 11.2020
  • Responsible for testing Navigation Flow, Functionality Testing, System Testing, Regression testing, stage testing, end-to-end testing, and deployment to production testing
  • Prepare Test Data (TDR), Test scenarios, Test Scripts, and executed Test Cases from Quality Center
  • Designed and maintained test cases, blocks, and campaigns in Cyara.
  • Executed Test Scripts in Cyara
  • Involved in coordinating with Business to discuss different scenarios at time of scripting Test Cases
  • Working with VISIO designer and business to generate IVR Call Flow diagrams (VISIO), report needs and suggested improvements in order to build IVR test plan.
  • Actively participated in Agile and scrum meetings, review, and develop test scenarios.
  • Managed IVR quality assurance (QA) which included creation and documentation of test scenarios, test cases, scripts, testing, UAT and perform internal QA activities on IVR releases.
  • Imported test cases from ALM/Quality center to MS Excel or MS Word
  • Collaborate with internal/external departments to identify/define back-end system (including web) that interact with IVR farms.

Education

MSIT -

Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia Ky
2022

Bachelor - ECE

JNTUH
Hyderabad
2014

Skills

  • Technical Skills:
  • Testing and Bug Reporting : HP Quality Center/ALM, Azure-ADO, JIRA, Rally
  • Programming Languages : SQL, VB Script
  • RDBMS : MS SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access, DB2
  • Web Technologies :
  • HTML, XML
  • MS Office Tools : Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio
  • Methodologies : Agile, Waterfall
  • Other Tools : IVR Systems, Cyara, FACETS, TOSCA, Xpress Claims Test Pro (MDE), Compass
  • Encoder Pro, OPAS, Illustration, FASAT, CMT, Testing Framework, VISO

Additional Information

  • Performed Various IVR Testing like validating the Routing strategies, Hoop, holiday Messages and Closed Messages, Agent Routing and Queue Treatment using CYARA. Tested the IVR Call flows, Call Routing and Agent Desktop behavior for complete call flows. Experience with Call Center Technology Solutions (CTI Solutions, Call Routing, Call Recording, Agent Interface). Designing and executing IVR test Scripts using CYARA test automation tool. Logging and tracking the Defects and bugs using Rally / Jira. Actively participating in Scrum calls and retrospect meetings. Support the release night validations and regression testing after code deployment.

Timeline

IVR Tester

Securian Financial
05.2023 - Current

Sr. Quality Analyst/ IVR Tester

Wells Fargo
06.2021 - 05.2023

Sr. Quality Analyst/ IVR Tester

Mobigesture
05.2014 - 11.2020

MSIT -

Lindsey Wilson College

Bachelor - ECE

JNTUH
Kishore Kumar Ankam