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Raji Pradeep

Campbell

Summary

Resourceful and forward-thinking professional offering more than 8 years of quality assurance experience, over 5 years of experience in product management and 10 years of experience in Manual, Automation, Database, Web services testing of enterprise and web applications across industries. Strong technical background dealing with development tools and the software development life cycle while delivering products through all the stages of development across matrix environments. Experience driving multiple projects across cross functional teams while mentoring and managing a team in an agile and fast paced setting. Leverage excellent communication skills as well as an inherent ability to solve complex testing problems and partner exceptionally with Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Consulting, Development, and Tech support.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. QA Lead (L6)

Amazon.com Inc.
08.2022 - Current
  • Lead QA for next generation in-vehicle amazon driver infotainment for multiple DEMs Testing Strategy, covering real-world vehicle scenarios to ensure connectivity and overall app
  • Work with cross functional engineering team like Core OS,Platform, Scripting, Dev Tool to ensure .
  • Lead end-to-end monthly release cycles, including testplanning, bug triages, feature readiness, different cycles of testing. play with sessions, demos and Go/No-Go assessments.
  • Collaborate and manage QA team both onshore & offshore in India by training the new features, coordinating the test cycles, reviewing the test suites and optimizing the reports.
  • Leading the stability and API automation with effective test strategy

QA Manager, Product Management

Outcome Chains Inc.
02.2015 - 09.2022
  • Ensure that the key features of the product are rock-solid and user focused by driving all aspects of quality and process.
  • Play critical product manager for significant releases including written EPICs, user stories and details design based out the product design meetings.
  • Mentor and manage QA team both on-shore & off-shore in China while ensuring requirements are clearly defined and testable by participating in technical and functional design meetings.
  • Perform Functional, Regression, & Data driven testing while developing Selenium automation framework using Python and automated the sanity test cases for each deployment.
  • Guarantee customer satisfaction by supporting release deployments and production issues.

QA/Product Lead

Sony Corporation of America
11.2013 - 02.2015
  • Worked as a Product/QA lead various sub projects under GWT like “Awards & Reviews”, “Gift Guide” etc while performing UAT analysis written in Ruby and Cucumber.
  • Led, developed and mentored QA teams both on-shore and off-shore in India while collaborating with globally distributed teams in Turkey, Japan, India, and San Francisco.
  • Built APIs to support the new product by writing user stories while working with offshore and on-site Backend and Mobile services teams.
  • Defined the process for new user on-boarding and post-live operations support by facilitating and participating in discussions.

QA Lead

Nitya Inc. (REWA HR Solutions)
02.2011 - 11.2013
  • Identified quality problems or areas for improvement and recommend solutions.
  • Communicated on product plan and gathered feedback while working with stakeholders.
  • Performed various automated tests and ensured continuous regression tests on application.
  • Organized and managed all phases of the software testing process, including planning tests, executing tests, logging bugs, and tracking defects.

Senior QA Engineer

First American India Pvt. Ltd
10.2005 - 02.2008
  • Ensured all milestones and deliverables were met by planning the development, testing and implementation phases of special projects.
  • Led product demonstrations with clients and internal cross-functional stakeholders, as well as implementation of product capabilities.

Education

B.Sc - Computer Science

University of Madras

Skills

  • Product Management
  • Quality Assurance Management
  • Team Building & Leadership
  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • Test Management and Reporting
  • Project Management
  • Automated testing/Software Testing
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Cross functional Team Collaboration
  • Written & Verbal Communication
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Risk Management
  • Customer Service Orientation

Timeline

Sr. QA Lead (L6)

Amazon.com Inc.
08.2022 - Current

QA Manager, Product Management

Outcome Chains Inc.
02.2015 - 09.2022

QA/Product Lead

Sony Corporation of America
11.2013 - 02.2015

QA Lead

Nitya Inc. (REWA HR Solutions)
02.2011 - 11.2013

Senior QA Engineer

First American India Pvt. Ltd
10.2005 - 02.2008

B.Sc - Computer Science

University of Madras

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Trusted leader known and respected for leading successful change in project and product management and building credibility with executive teams and staff
  • Expertise in managing and leading high performing teams with demonstrated experience in gathering and transforming product requirements into an actionable product roadmap
  • Experience in all phases of Software Development Life (SDLC) Cycle in Agile Scrum Methodologies/Waterfall including Gathering Requirements, Test Management and Reporting
  • Knowledge and practical experience in Selenium including Regression testing, Risk Based testing, Exploratory/Ad-hoc testing with ability to be flexible and embrace resistance and change