Kranthi Veeranki
Raleigh,NC
Summary
Accomplished and versatile IT Leader with extensive experience in Quality Assurance leadership, software testing, and IT delivery management. Proven ability to lead and grow QA teams, design and implement automation frameworks, and drive CI/CD integration into the SDLC. Adept at building and executing QA strategies, BI validation, and analytics-driven reporting solutions that ensure data integrity, compliance (SOX, HIPAA, CMS), and production readiness. Skilled in manual and automated testing across functional, regression, integration, API, database, security, and user acceptance testing. Experienced in cross-functional collaboration with developers, product managers, and UX teams to ensure quality across microservices, web technologies, and enterprise applications.
Knowledgeable Quality Assurance Manager with solid background in leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality projects on time. Successfully managed complex project portfolios, ensuring alignment with business goals and client satisfaction. Demonstrated excellence in stakeholder communication and agile methodologies.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
IT Quality Assurance and Delivery Manager
Constellation Brands Inc.
02.2022 - Current
- Project: Revenue Growth Management – Pricing & Promotion Platform (Vistaar PSM)
- Provide hands-on leadership for QA across the Revenue Growth Management – Pricing & Promotion Platform (Vistaar PSM), managing a cross-functional team of business users and QA engineers.
- Designed and executed automation strategy and frameworks for functional, regression, API, and performance testing to validate pricing logic, promotional workflows, and system integrations.
- Championed CI/CD practices, integrating automated QA into DevOps pipelines to ensure seamless deployments.
- Validated pricing data across ERP (SAP, JDE), CRM, POS, and analytics platforms; utilized Snowflake for performance and data quality testing.
- Collaborated with developers to make features more testable, mentoring the QA and development teams on automation, exploratory, and microservices testing strategies.
- Established QA metrics dashboards to monitor defect trends, release readiness, and capacity planning; presented quality health reports to steering committees and senior management.
- Led QA for CBI Vistaar integrations, validating rule synchronization, API connectivity, and microservices-based workflows.
- Oversaw SOX compliance, quarterly access reviews, and sensitive access audits to align with corporate governance.
- Promoted continuous improvement by refining QA processes, automating test coverage, and removing roadblocks for the team.
Quality Assurance Lead
Excellus BCBS
10.2020 - 01.2022
- Projects: CMS Interoperability Mandate
- Directed SIT and UAT testing for CMS Interoperability Mandate; created test strategies and executed functional, regression, API, and exploratory testing.
- Acted as QA practice leader, mentoring junior testers, defining best practices, and aligning testing with agile delivery timelines.
- Coordinated defect triage, daily stand-ups, and pre-production validations to ensure release readiness.
- Delivered clear QA metrics, capacity planning insights, and release reports to project managers and stakeholders.
- Guided cross-functional teams and offshore testers, ensuring quality across multiple Scrum teams.
Procurement Analyst, Quality Assurance Manager
SAP Ariba
10.2017 - 09.2020
- Project: Projects: Edge; Horizon, Digital Enablement, SAP S4 HANA
- Led global QA and UAT testing for SAP Ariba procurement systems; collaborated with business leads across Treasury, Procurement, Finance, and R2R functions.
- Designed and executed end-to-end testing (integration, functional, regression, performance) across SAP S/4 HANA and Ariba platforms.
- Implemented automation (Selenium, TestNG, Jenkins, Maven) for functional and regression suites within CI/CD pipelines.
- Acted as Scrum Master, managing daily stand-ups, defect triage, and release reporting.
- Established QA best practices, created Master Test Plans, and maintained RTM to ensure traceability and quality assurance.
- Supported vendor management and coordinated with partners (HCL, E&Y, Deloitte) for quality delivery.
- Delivered capacity and resource planning insights by tracking QA effort metrics and optimizing team workload distribution.
Quality Assurance Team Lead
Fidelis Care
04.2017 - 09.2017
- Projects: PaySpan; Print Management
- Led QA for Medicaid claims testing and payment gateway projects, validating interfaces, workflows, and compliance with HIPAA.
- Directed an onsite/offshore QA team of 12; reviewed test scripts, created test strategies, and ensured API and database testing coverage.
- Coordinated UAT with business stakeholders, providing leadership in exploratory and regression testing.
- Introduced QA dashboard reporting for test execution metrics, improving leadership visibility into quality status.
Quality Assurance Team Lead / Operations Delivery Lead
CSRA (GDIT)
10.2014 - 04.2017
- Projects: New York State of Health Exchange Program (NYHX)
- Managed QA delivery for New York State of Health Exchange Program, leading teams of 15–40 testers for agile releases.
- Designed test strategies for regression, smoke, sanity, GUI, and database integrity testing.
- Implemented API and backend testing using SOAP UI and XML services.
- Provided QA metrics and reports to management, ensuring alignment with project schedules and capacity planning.
Quality Assurance Test Lead
Capital District Physicians Health Plan
07.2013 - 10.2014
- Projects: Facets Upgrade, Find My Doctor
- Directed QA for Facets upgrade projects, focusing on data migration, ETL, and regression testing.
- Developed automated regression suites using automation tool QTP for faster release cycles.
- Extensively tested backend systems using SQL queries and supported ETL/BI validations.
Education
Master of Science (MS) - Computer Science
Herguan University
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) - Bio Medical Engineering
JNTU, BVRIT
Skills
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Agile / Scrum
- Test Automation Framework Design
- CI/CD Pipeline Integration
- Test Strategy & Planning
- Metrics-Driven QA Management
- API & Microservices Testing
- Regression & UAT
- Security & Accessibility Testing
- Test Data Management
- Defect Management
- Business Requirements Analysis
- Vendor & Offshore Team Management
- Coaching & People Development
Certification
- Successfully delivered small (100-200 hrs. testing), Medium (300 - 400 hrs.) and Large (800 -1000 hrs. testing) projects on monthly/Quarterly release basis with 100% schedule adherence as a Team lead.
- Established RCA and RTM process to prevent production defects and delivered projects with High quality.
- Received appreciation from Senior management and the project team for delivering projects and releases with excellent quality and constructive partnership.
- Collaborated on client engagement strategy to drive entry into risk-driven project methodology, improving accuracy of project definition, sizing estimates.
- Streamlined QA process to increase efficiency and reduce new product roll out time.
- Developed Customized Master Test Plan template, excel based tool for test estimation, improved data review effectiveness, accurate test reporting.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) | ISQTB (CFTL)
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Art of Living foundation (Non-Profit) Volunteer: Actively participated in organizing and facilitating community events and workshops focused on stress management, wellness, and personal development. Breathwork and Meditation Instructor: Conducted breathwork and meditation sessions, helping individuals achieve mental clarity, relaxation, and overall well-being. Community Leader: Led various community initiatives, fostering a sense of unity and collaboration among members, and promoting positive social change. Awarded Mayor's coin for the community engagement, 2023.
Timeline
IT Quality Assurance and Delivery Manager
Constellation Brands Inc.
02.2022 - Current
Quality Assurance Lead
Excellus BCBS
10.2020 - 01.2022
Procurement Analyst, Quality Assurance Manager
SAP Ariba
10.2017 - 09.2020
Quality Assurance Team Lead
Fidelis Care
04.2017 - 09.2017
Quality Assurance Team Lead / Operations Delivery Lead
CSRA (GDIT)
10.2014 - 04.2017
Quality Assurance Test Lead
Capital District Physicians Health Plan
07.2013 - 10.2014
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) - Bio Medical Engineering
JNTU, BVRIT
Master of Science (MS) - Computer Science
Herguan University
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