Pankaj Laxman Bhoge
Summary
- With 15+ years of experience, I have excelled in roles such as Scrum Master, Agile Project Manager, Automation Engineer, and Project Test Lead. Throughout my career, I have developed extensive expertise in Agile Project Management, enabling me to proficiently plan, execute, and track projects as a Scrum Master or Agile project manager.
- My diverse background and skillset make me a valuable asset to any team or organization in need of efficient project management and delivery.
- Leveraging expertise in Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber,BDD, and JavaScript to drive innovation and efficiency in software testing processes to enhance product quality.
- Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams
to enhance product quality and streamline testing frameworks, while consistently achieving project milestones and client satisfaction.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Peramal Services LLC
08.2024 - Current
- Client: Radiscan – Project is all about Radiology (diagnostic imaging for CITI Scan, MRI, Ultra Sound etc.) and Pathology (helps in diagnose disease and make treatment decision via physical examination)
- Responsibilities:
- Led daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring proper understanding and execution of Scrum ceremonies
- Worked closely with Product owner and Stakeholders to understand and manage expectations
- Mentoring and guiding team members to adopt agile mindset which includes optimizing path to production, enforce the quality at each stage of agile ceremony
- Creation of tasks, epics, stories, defects in JIRA to keep tracking of all the deliverables
- Focused on increasing team efficiency using agile methodologies and metrics like team velocity, sprint burndowns, sprint goal and success
- Participated in requirements gathering, understanding, test scenarios preparation, test cases preparation, and execution
- Defect reporting, follow ups, defect tracking, root cause analysis
- Support team to get the queries clarified and defects resolved with the help of product owner and stakeholders
- Selenium automation scripts design and implementation and execution using playwright-JAVA
- Participated actively in Manual test preparation, execution and Automation test design, test execution along with scrum activities
Scrum Master | Agile Project Manager
Peramal Services LLC
08.2023 - 07.2024
- Client: NBV – NASDAQ Boardvantage (Client: Nasdaq)
- Responsibilities:
- Participate in Scrum ceremonies (PI planning, sprint planning, retrospectives), user story grooming sessions, product design review's & demo's
- Participated in Scrum Planning to support in Managing product backlog and sprint backlogs in sprint based on capacity
- Involved in test automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver Automation
- Meticulously conducted user requirement analysis, and developing precise test scenarios and test cases
- Automate testing using Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber BDD, Playwright JAVA, for boosting efficiency and reducing manual tasks
- Partnered closely with development teams to analyze and resolve software defects, significantly enhancing product quality and user experience
- Leverage automation tools like Selenium - IntelliJ and Playwright leading to substantial improvements in testing efficiency and productivity
- Testing on multiple devices/platforms like iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows system, MacBook systems to ensure its functionality, usability, and consistency
- Developed Java Selenium WebDriver test scripts and test Frameworks using TestNG, and MAVEN build tools
- Involved in implementing automation framework and exporting Test Results in custom formats
- Participated in product development planning, providing key insights based on predictive modeling
Project Manager Scrum Master
Atos Syntel Pvt Ltd
11.2020 - 07.2023
- Client: HUMANA
- Responsibilities:
- Delivered all the PI objectives on time even after challenges with geographical movement of resources
- Facilitating the Sprint Planning, estimation, planning and resourcing, Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives on frequent basis to identify problems and continuous improvements
- Responsible for resolving teams project impediments that stand in the way of team productivity and performance
- Participate in Scrum ceremonies (PI planning, sprint planning, retrospectives), user story grooming sessions, product design review's & demo's
- Mentoring and guiding team members to adopt agile mindset which includes shift left and shift right testing, optimizing path to production, enforce the quality at each stage of agile ceremony
- Attending Scrum of Scrum meetings to discuss dependencies among scrum teams and report project status to the management team
- Managed product backlog and sprint backlogs in sprint based on capacity
- Guiding team members in Agile principles and practices, helping them adopt and improve Agile methodologies
- Tracking project metrics and performance, using tools like burndown charts to assess team velocity and project health
- Weekly, Monthly, half yearly projects deck preparation and presentation to stakeholders like VP, assistant VP, Managers to maintain transparency
- Promoting a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging feedback and implementing changes based on team retrospectives
Test Lead | Test Automation Engineer
Atos Syntel Pvt Ltd
11.2015 - 10.2020
- Client: FEDEX Services
Associate Consultant | QA Automation Engineer
Moody's Investor Services
04.2011 - 11.2015
Associate Test Engineer
Indus-R System Int. Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 05.2010
- Client: INB Vysya Bank, Stock Funding, Housing Authority FIJI, BARCLAYS
Assistant Test Engineer
Wisdom Technologies
11.2005 - 01.2007
- Client: Automotive Industries
Education
MCM – Master of Computer Science -
Savitribai Phule University (Former Pune University)
BCS – Bachelor of Computer Science - undefined
Savitribai Phule University (Former Pune University)
Skills
- Agile Expertise: Sprint Planning, Leading Scrum Meetings, PI Plannings, Retrospectives, Root Cause analysis, Project Management, User story creation, Retrospective Analysis, Scrum processes
- Test Automation: Selenium web driver, Selenium Grid, Playwright using JAVA, Cucumber BDD
- Test Management/Defect Tracking Tools: Bugzilla, GIT, SVN, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, JIRA, HP ALM Quality Centre, GIT HUB
- Languages: Core Java, JavaScript, HTML
- Operating Systems: MS Windows XP, Windows7, Main Frames, macOS
- Data Base: Oracle, MySQL
Certification
- ISTQB – Foundation Level - ISTQB [2007]
- Scrum Master Accredited Certification - International Scrum Institute [2013]
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) - Scrum Alliance [2024 - Pursuing]
Achievements & Awards
Syntel SPOT Award
Individual Value Award - “Global”
Team Value Award - “Global”
Lean Awards
Quality Award - Bronze
Timeline
Scrum Master
Peramal Services LLC
08.2024 - Current
Scrum Master | Agile Project Manager
Peramal Services LLC
08.2023 - 07.2024
Project Manager Scrum Master
Atos Syntel Pvt Ltd
11.2020 - 07.2023
Test Lead | Test Automation Engineer
Atos Syntel Pvt Ltd
11.2015 - 10.2020
Associate Consultant | QA Automation Engineer
Moody's Investor Services
04.2011 - 11.2015
Associate Test Engineer
Indus-R System Int. Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 05.2010
Assistant Test Engineer
Wisdom Technologies
11.2005 - 01.2007
BCS – Bachelor of Computer Science - undefined
Savitribai Phule University (Former Pune University)
MCM – Master of Computer Science -
Savitribai Phule University (Former Pune University)
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