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Unnikrishnan Soolapani Warrier

Brookfield,WI

Summary

A forward-looking Technical Program Manager who leverages a deep QA engineering foundation to deliver complex utility protection and control systems. Expert at mitigating project risks, streamlining workflows, and aligning diverse stakeholders to ensure the highest product quality.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead System QA Automation Engineer

Eaton Corporation
02.2022 - Current
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Led global QA teams and collaborated with cross-functional groups to deliver high-stakes NPD and maintenance projects within the Power System Division's Controls and Relays projects.
  • Strategic Planning: Defined project milestones and tracked execution accuracy through rigorous metric monitoring.
  • Quality Excellence: Guided technical teams through complex requirements to ensure deliverables outperformed quality baselines.
  • Risk Management: Safeguarded deployments by analyzing operational bottlenecks and advising executive stakeholders on risk mitigation.

Project Manager

L&T Technology Services
10.2013 - 02.2022
  • Led team from planning through release.
  • Managed project schedules, tracked risks, and updated leaders.
  • Partnered with product owners and systems to define software requirements.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies and removed daily team roadblocks.
  • Collaborated with customers and internal teams.
  • Drove continuous improvement and promoted code reuse across teams.
  • Directed client-site technical initiatives and aligned operations with parent company goals.

QA Engineer

L&T Technology Services
07.2006 - 10.2013

Training Coordinator and Lab Assistant​

Honeywell, Inc
10.2004 - 07.2006

Internship- Hardware Test Engineer

L&T Medical
08.2003 - 10.2004

Education

Master of Science - Management

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
06.2025

Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Systems

NTTF
Bengaluru
08.2003

Skills

  • Project management
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Risk Management
  • Data Driven Management
  • Developing project strategy
  • Continuous process improvements
  • Program Execution Methodology : Agile (Scrum), Waterfall,Hybrid

    Execution Tools: Jira, Confluence, GitHub

Certification

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) by Project Management Institute (expired in 2016)
  • Certified Tester by ISTQB
  • Certified Test Manager by ISTQB
  • Six Sigma Green Belt by Honeywell Technology Solutions

Timeline

Lead System QA Automation Engineer

Eaton Corporation
02.2022 - Current

Project Manager

L&T Technology Services
10.2013 - 02.2022

QA Engineer

L&T Technology Services
07.2006 - 10.2013

Training Coordinator and Lab Assistant​

Honeywell, Inc
10.2004 - 07.2006

Internship- Hardware Test Engineer

L&T Medical
08.2003 - 10.2004

Master of Science - Management

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Systems

NTTF