Madhan MAHIZHNAN
Plainsboro,NJ
Summary
Experienced Assistant Vice President - Technology Manager offering career in Banking sector and career of more than 15 years. Skilled in Software Testing and as Scrum Master.Developing continuous improvements throughout planning and implementation phases of projects. Demonstrated history of establishing and enforcing adherence to standards of excellence. Well-versed in mentoring and guiding associates to exceed client and stakeholder expectations.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Vice President
Bank of America
India, Chennai
07.2021 - Current
- Supervised implementation project designed to improve system productivity.
- Submitted project deliverables to clients, consistently adhering to quality standards.
- Proposed, reviewed and approved modifications to project plans.
- Monitored performance of project team members to provide performance feedback.
- Communicated with key stakeholders to determine project requirements and objectives.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Collaborated with cross-functional team to define features and build powerful and easy-to-use products and customer-facing workflow tools.
- Created project status presentations for delivery to customers or project personnel.
- Performed analysis of user stories from the backlog.
- Facilitated the coordination of Sprint planning meetings, Daily Stand Up calls, and Sprint Retrospective meetings.
- Ensured continuous accuracy of the Burn Down/Up chart in JIRA.
- Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
- Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
- Participated in daily Scrum meetings to update on project progress.
- Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
- Stayed current on emerging technologies and trends that could benefit production process.
- Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.
- Coached and mentored team members, stakeholders and leadership on benefits of Agile and Scrum.
Associate Manager
Accenture Solutions Private
India, Chennai
05.2010 - 07.2021
- Proactively reviewed test results, identifying and tracking issues to their root causes.
- Evaluated test results and prepared system-level reports to detail findings and validate system performance.
- Wrote technical reports on test and analysis results and presented findings to stakeholders.
- Created test data for validating scenarios based on functional requirements.
- Verified development and maintenance of regression test suites, analyzing compliance with prescribed standards and alignment with outcome tolerances.
- Managed resource allocation and networked to manage planning and operations in testing cycle.
- Led onboarding efforts, instructing junior team members on automated testing protocols, policies and best practices.
- Implemented test automation procedures for both regression and progression scenarios, powering future implementation of repeatable diagnostics.
- Developed technical solutions to resolved complex range of problems.
- Automated functional and regression testing approaches to streamline software production.
- Planned, implemented and monitored software testing by coordinating with staff and holding test review meetings.
QA Engineer
Indepth solutions
India, Chennai
10.2009 - 05.2010
- Worked with off-site teams to complete timely tests and facilitate smooth product releases.
- Tested web application compatibility and performance to recommend cross-browser compatibility improvements to web development team.
- Tracked software bugs and detailed information regarding findings and resolution techniques in documentation.
- Searched for bugs in newly-developed aspects of existing web applications in sandbox environments, reporting errors to deliver complete functionality in time for launch date.
- Crafted test cases after determining test scenarios taken from documentation.
- Learned new testing methods through continued education and research.
- Collaborated with key stakeholders to understand client's anticipated outcome for product testing.
QA Test Engineer
Hurix Systems Private
India, Chennai
05.2008 - 05.2009
- Evaluated test results and prepared system-level reports to detail findings and validate system performance.
- Verified development and maintenance of regression test suites, analyzing compliance with prescribed standards and alignment with outcome tolerances.
- Created test data for validating scenarios based on functional requirements.
- Noted changes during testing in project documentation.
- Defined testing cycles for unit, regression, smoke and UAT.
- Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
- Worked to gather customer requirements, clarify specifications and translate into product backlog.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science & Engineering -
SRM Valliammai Engineering College
01.2007
Skills
- Financial analysis and planning
- Operations Management
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Performance Improvement
- Scrum processes
- Leading scrum meetings
- Project Team Coordination
- Test Management Tools
- Agile Methodologies
- Test Planning
- JIRA
- Presentations and Public Speaking
- Test Automation
- Agile Best Practices
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Risk Management
- Scrum Methodology
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Scrum Foundation professional certificate (SFPC)
- IBM – Datastage V8.5
- HP UFT & HP ALM
- ISTQB
- Agile Professional Certification
- Banking Industry Generalist Certification
Accomplishments
- Received GOLD Awards from the clients for successful project completion.
- Received Silver Awards from Organization for Project Management
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Assistant Vice President
Bank of America
07.2021 - Current
Associate Manager
Accenture Solutions Private
05.2010 - 07.2021
QA Engineer
Indepth solutions
10.2009 - 05.2010
QA Test Engineer
Hurix Systems Private
05.2008 - 05.2009
Bachelor of Computer Science & Engineering -
SRM Valliammai Engineering College