Stephan Kombathula

Results-oriented IT professional with over 14 years of experience, including 6+ years as a QA Manager, 4 years as a QA Lead, and 4 years as a Test Analyst. Successfully led teams of 15 QAs on MARS projects, overseeing pre-release, release, and post-release activities for 30+ releases while resolving hundreds of end-user issues. Demonstrated expertise in testing web and client/server applications, with strong skills in cross-browser and device-based testing. Proficient in Black Box, Regression, System, and User Acceptance Testing, as well as automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, and RestAssured using Java and JavaScript. Experienced in REST API testing using core Java and tools like Postman and SOAPUI. Familiar with back-end testing in Oracle and SQL Server, bug tracking in JIRA, and Continuous Integration with Jenkins. Possess a strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and the Bug Life Cycle. A collaborative team player with excellent communication skills, open to innovative tools-based solutions, including recent POCs on Playwright and Cypress. Proven track record of developing automated test sets using Selenium and Python, resulting in a 40% decrease in manual testing time. Identified and reported over 300 software defects through comprehensive testing, enhancing user experience by 25%. Implemented a continuous integration system with Jenkins, reducing deployment time by 50%. Collaborated with development teams to resolve issues, reducing defect resolution time by 20%. Coordinated with cross-functional teams to implement bug fixes, reducing release cycle times by 30%. Managed a team of 8 QA analysts and improved the team's bug detection rate by 30%. Developed a comprehensive QA reporting system increasing defect detection by 35%. Introduced a risk-based test strategy methodology achieving a 20% reduction in UAT efforts. Coordinated with cross-functional teams resulting in a 40% reduction in reported software defects.

• 04/2023, Conducted a POC to migrate from a Java-based automation framework to a JavaScript-based framework, successfully transitioning to WebDriverIO for all automation.
• 02/2019 - 12/2022, Spearheaded the automation of 100+ test cases for MARS- Mobile using Appium.
• 04/2015 - 12/2018, Launched web test automation, automating 200 test cases with Java and WebDriver.
• 01/2010 - 12/2014, Began my career as a Manual QA in a one-person team, receiving extensive training from the project team.
• Implemented QA processes that significantly reduced production issues for each release.
• Achieved 85% test automation coverage, saving an average of two days per regression cycle.
• Trained new joiners and expanded the QA team from 1 to 15 analysts.

• Web Automation-Core Java Stack, Core Java, TestNG/JUnit, Maven/Gradle, Selenium WebDriver, Allure, Allure Listeners
• Web Automation-JavaScript Stack, JavaScript, Mocha/Jasmine, Chai, NodeJS, WebdriverIO, Cypress
• Mobile Automation, Appium, Android Studio, XCode Emulator, Simulator, Devices
• API Testing, POSTMAN Collections, Swagger, REST Assured
• Environment Tools, JIRA, Confluence, Mac, Windows, Linux, TestRail, Gherkin