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Sudheer Matagodu Ananthaiah

Sudheer Matagodu Ananthaiah

North Brunswick

Summary

Highly organized, versatile and result oriented Test Professional with experience of more than 18 years in software testing of application domains such as Investment Banking, Online Education Systems and Healthcare. Have sound practical experience covering all aspects of the system development and testing life cycle starting from requirement specification through product delivery. Ability to acquire new skills within a short time scales, adapt to rapidly changing work practices and build and maintain excellent work relationships with stakeholders.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead SDET / VP - Quality Assurance

Goldman Sachs
New York
05.2018 - 07.2025
  • Designed and developed behavior driven framework using Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Java.
  • Designed and developed API testing framework using REST Assured.
  • Created reusable methods that increased the velocity of QA team for faster development of automated test scripts.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define and implement QA best practices, ensuring alignment with product requirements and timelines.
  • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines for automated testing using Git, ensuring continuous delivery of high-quality software.
  • Played key role in identifying and mitigating risks related to test coverage by working closely with stakeholders to address gaps early in the development cycle.
  • Conducted performance testing using JMeter for high volume trading systems.
  • Participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
  • Responsible for demo of developed/tested user stories in sprint demo meetings.
  • Created comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test reports to communicate testing progress and results to stakeholders.
  • Streamlined the process of timely releases and delegated the specific aspects of release activities to various team members.
  • Ensure proper communication platforms are defined for quick resolution of issues and reporting to higher management.

Automation Lead Consultant

Apollo Education Group
Seattle & Phoenix
12.2010 - 05.2018
  • Designed QTP - BPT test framework.
  • Conducted performance testing using JMeter, identifying and resolving bottlenecks to ensure optimal application performance.
  • Responsible for ADA compliance checks.
  • Validated application built using CMS system using Adobe AEM and Adobe Test and Target.
  • Responsible for organizing defect triage meetings and prioritized defects.
  • Performed mobile testing using Perfecto.
  • Provided comprehensive test reports to the stakeholders.
  • Responsible for publishing release notes, post migrating code to production environment.
  • Measured various metrics of missing bugs, corner cases, automation coverage and performance metrics.
  • Created comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test reports to communicate testing progress and results to stakeholders.
  • Proactively learn modern technologies, demonstrate thought leadership in any technical area. Help and mentor team members with new skills.

Senior QA Analyst

Starmark Services Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
02.2008 - 12.2010
  • Analyzing business requirements and identifying high level test scenarios.
  • Testing manually and developed automated test scripts for the stories using Selenium RC.
  • Responsible for reviewing automated test scripts designed by team members.
  • Responsible for functional, integration and system testing.
  • Involved in requirement traceability matrix preparation.

Software Engineer

Sovereign Software Solutions
Bangalore
10.2006 - 02.2008
  • Analyzed business requirements, developed test cases based on functional requirements and system specifications.
  • Responsible for functional, integration and system testing.
  • Involved in peer review of test cases.
  • Documented test reports using standard templates.

Education

Master of Technology - Digital Electronics & Communication Systems

Malnad College of Engineering
Karnataka, India
01.2006

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Systems

The National Institute of Engineering
Karnataka, India
01.2000

Skills

  • Selenium WebDriver and TestNG
  • JUnit and Cucumber
  • Behavior-driven development (BDD)
  • Perfecto and QTP/UFT
  • REST Assured and Postman
  • Java and JavaScript
  • VBScript and SOAP UI
  • Jenkins and JMeter
  • MySQL and Oracle
  • Version control with Git and SVN
  • Agile methodologies and Scrum

Accomplishments

  • Lead teams of up to 16+ members, ensuring on time delivery and adherence to quality standards.
  • Build and maintained automation frameworks that reduced manual efforts by 40% and improved testing efficiency.

Projects

Alternative Capital Markets (Goldman Sachs), ACM provides investment opportunities, alternative CIO services, portfolio analysis, and co-investment deal flow sourced from both internal and external strategies. ACM also facilitates discretionary implementation services for alternative portfolio construction and provides access to proprietary, discretionary, and third-party investment strategies. University of Phoenix (Apollo Education Group), University of Phoenix provides access to higher education opportunities that enable students to develop knowledge and skills necessary to achieve their professional goals, improve the performance of their organizations, and provide leadership and service to their communities. Vital Axis (Starmark Services), Vital Axis is a Laboratory Information system, serves as the complete connectivity bridge between pathologists, laboratories and the physicians. Vital Axis acts as an integrated case management system to track cases through its lifecycle from requisition/orders to billing & sign-out. Go Smart Tender (Sovereign Software Solutions), GO Smart Tender is a cashless payment system that can be used in leisure and entertainment industry. GO Smart Tender gateway stores guest and venue information.

Timeline

Lead SDET / VP - Quality Assurance

Goldman Sachs
05.2018 - 07.2025

Automation Lead Consultant

Apollo Education Group
12.2010 - 05.2018

Senior QA Analyst

Starmark Services Pvt Ltd
02.2008 - 12.2010

Software Engineer

Sovereign Software Solutions
10.2006 - 02.2008

Master of Technology - Digital Electronics & Communication Systems

Malnad College of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Systems

The National Institute of Engineering
Sudheer Matagodu Ananthaiah
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