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SATHEESHKUMAR THIRUMANI

Arlington Heights,IL

Summary

Experienced Manager with 15+ years of proven expertise in successfully overseeing and orchestrating large- scale projects within the realms of Digital tools and technologies across Retail & Health sectors. Results-oriented Data Governance professional with a proven track record of developing and implementing comprehensive data.Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and document data governance requirements, resulting in increased compliance and improved data quality.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager - Data Governance

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Sally Beauty Holdings Inc
, USA
01.2021 - Current
  • Developed and implemented a comprehensive data governance framework, including data classification, ownership, and resulting improvement in data quality and security
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define and document data governance requirements and objectives, leading to increase in data governance compliance across the organization.
  • MDM COE lead for end-to-end Data analysis & Incident handling team
  • Resolved over 4000+ incidents since 2021
  • Lead end to end team on item setup in Stibo / SAP MDG / S4 / Talend & Legacy (AS 400)
  • Lead Data Cleansing team and designed multiple processes around GTIN/Case GTIN updates
  • Prepare functional design of the solutions to adhere to the architecture and data standards.
  • Assist in planning, configuration and implementation tasks as required
  • Model functional solutions architecture, working closely with the technical architecture team in delivering an overall solution architecture
  • Created and processed numerous masking rules to protect sensitive PHI,PII data
  • Migrated data from production systems to create Gold copies and provisioned to the lower environment
  • Worked on different masking types like Substitution, key, random, ssn,credit card, etc
  • Created entities and plans to generate complex mappings using Informatica TDM
  • Generated test data using reference lookup strategy and entity strategy in various database
  • Involved in test data preparation as per test data strategy and standards
  • Functionality, Back-end and Regression testing during the various phases of the application and Data Integrity/Back end testing by executing SQL Queries.
  • Deliver end to end Data Archive and Data Subset solutions using TDM.
  • Scheduled meetings with stakeholders and analyses the data
  • Interacted with the end users along with the Project Manager and Business Analysts, getting their feedback on the production performance
  • Cognizant Work Order management for Retail projects valued ~ $1M

Test Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions
, USA
01.2015 - 01.2020
  • Walgreens Co
  • Key Achievements and Responsibilities:
  • Led the testing of the Walgreens Digital Enhanced project and supporting the end-to-end validation across OMNI systems
  • Co-ordinate with the client users and offshore team to perform Testing and Computer Systems Validation for (primarily, but not limited to) Azure MS application utilizing JIRA, and Mobile Application
  • Responsible for project Intake, epic creation, requirement procurement and analysis, product and stakeholder discussions, story creation using Azure Dev Ops (ADO) and JIRA
  • Played a key role in the preparation of the test strategy/ plan, as well as resources planning and the review of the test design
  • Successfully managed defects in the defect tracking tool (QC 11.0) whilst coordinating with the Clients, Development Team, BA’s the Offshore Claim Test Team and the Downstream Testers
  • Delivered a status report on test execution and defect reports in the agreed format and content to the project team whilst updating the testing status in board meetings

Test Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Sears Holdings Corporation
, USA, INDIA
01.2010 - 01.2015
  • Key Achievements and Responsibilities:
  • Successfully managed defects in the defect tracking tool (Rally) and led coordination with the client and the Offshore Test Team
  • Championed the testing of the Digital Sears application to integrate with downstream systems
  • Design, development, executing end to end testing of Sears Online & Mobile App
  • Led a QA team for both Sears & Kmart iPhone & Android teams
  • SOA Testing
  • Resolved project issues, assigned Risk Owners and acted as the single point of contact for system testing, testing related issues and risks
  • Involved in test estimation and proposal preparation for Guidewire testing and acted as the Torus Project Lead, forming the test team offshore for testing Guidewire

Test Lead

Infosys Ltd, The Home Depot WMS
Manhattan, INDIA
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Key Achievements and Responsibilities:
  • Led the test team and responsible for preparing of test strategies & plans documents.
  • Developed and executed User Acceptance Protocol Test Plan, test strategy, detailed test Subjects to describe the specific objectives, procedures, data sets, test scenarios, expected results, and acceptance criteria for the UAT process
  • API Testing
  • Responsible for defect tracking using HP ALM, Triaging with respective teams and defect closure
  • Actively participate in business and functional requirement meetings, which involves devising, strategizing, and explaining technical specifications and the way to achieve customized software solutions.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Bharathidasan University
Tamil Nadu, India

Diploma - Computer Technology

SPT
Tamil Nadu, India

Skills

  • Data Quality Management
  • SQL
  • Extensive Test Management Experience
  • SAP S/4 HANA
  • Back Office
  • Stibo MDM
  • Talend
  • Extract Transform Load (ETL)
  • Master Data Management (MDM)
  • Data Audit
  • Data Issue Resolution
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data lifecycle Management (DLM)
  • Quality Assurance
  • Project Management
  • Team Guidance & Mentorship
  • Defect Management
  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • Internal Auditing (Testing)
  • Strong IT and Technical skills
  • UAT / Integration/ System (Testing)
  • Manhattan – Sterling Management Tool
  • Team Leadership
  • Microservice / Sales Force / CRM / Azure Dev Ops
  • Risk Management and Mitigation
  • Scrum / Jira/ Confluence / Epsilon / Loyalty / PMM

Additional Information

  • Permanent Resident: No Sponsorship required

Timeline

Manager - Data Governance

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Sally Beauty Holdings Inc
01.2021 - Current

Test Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2015 - 01.2020

Test Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Sears Holdings Corporation
01.2010 - 01.2015

Test Lead

Infosys Ltd, The Home Depot WMS
01.2008 - 01.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Bharathidasan University

Diploma - Computer Technology

SPT
SATHEESHKUMAR THIRUMANI