Seenivasan Somasundaram

Key Tools & Technologies:

• Strategic Planning & Leadership
• Team Management & Development
• Test Process Management
• Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams
• Budget and Cost Management
• Customer Focus
• Test Automation Tools: Selenium, TestComplete, Appium, JUnit, TestNG, etc.
• Continuous Integration-Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab CI, etc.
• Bug Tracking Systems: Jira, Bugzilla, Azure DevOps, etc.
• Performance Testing Tools: LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling.
• Version Control: Git, SVN, etc.

• Lead a global team of 75+ SDET engineers, implementing end-to-end test strategies for cloud-based enterprise applications
• Spearheaded automation initiatives, increasing automated test coverage by 60% and reducing regression testing time by 50%
• Collaborated with product and development teams to drive high-quality releases, achieving a 99% defect-free rate in production.
• Designed and standardized metrics for QA performance and quality tracking, ensuring accountability and continuous improvement across the team.
• Mentored and developed team members, resulting in a 20% promotion rate and improved team retention.

• Oversaw QA operations for multiple product lines, managing a team of 25+ QA professionals across different locations.
• Introduced CI/CD practices, leading to a 40% improvement in deployment frequency and faster feedback loops for developers.
• Conducted risk assessments and implemented process improvements to achieve enhancing compliance and quality standards.
• Drove the adoption of test automation tools, reducing manual testing efforts by 30% and significantly improving testing efficiency.

• Led test planning and execution for high-profile projects, ensuring compliance with business requirements and industry standards.
• Implemented performance testing strategies, which improved application response time by 25% under peak load conditions.
• Collaborated closely with development teams to reduce defect resolution times by 40% through proactive defect tracking and root cause analysis.

• Allocate resources to projects.
• Review weekly Testers' status reports and take necessary actions.
• Escalate Testers' issues to the Sr. Management.
• Estimate for testing projects.