Venkata Manohar Nemani
Prosper,TX
Summary
Results-driven Quality Analyst & Project Management Professional with a Master’s in Project Management, dedicated to delivering high-quality solutions and driving operational excellence. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams, managing complex projects, and implementing process improvements to optimize efficiency and reduce risk. Skilled in release management, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring seamless production deployments while maintaining quality standards.
Core Expertise:
• Quality management and assurance
• Project management (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
• Process improvement and workflow optimization
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle)
• Release management and production readiness
• Team leadership, mentoring, and collaboration
• Stakeholder communication and engagement
Passionate about leveraging strategic planning, operational expertise, and leadership skills to deliver projects and products that exceed expectations. Adept at driving results in fast-paced, high-volume environments while fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Analyst - Health Care Compliance and Syste
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
Irving, TX
08.2024 - Current
- Analyzed complex clinical, regulatory, and client requirements and translated them into structured validation and test scenarios to ensure accurate healthcare benefit configurations and claims processing in compliance with CMS and state-mandated programs.
- Served as a cross-functional liaison between clients, coding teams, quality analysis, and operations, ensuring consistent interpretation and implementation of regulatory and clinical requirements across enterprise healthcare systems.
- Supported the implementation and validation of federally regulated clinical programs, reducing compliance risk, operational disruptions, and potential impacts to patient access and benefit accuracy.
- Utilized enterprise systems and analytics tools, including EZTEST (claims processing), EZQUERY, Salesforce, formulary management systems, Benefit Builder/Benefit Serve, and Excel macros to support large-scale testing, validation, and production readiness.
- Participated in release management activities, including pre-release validation, cross-functional coordination, and post-deployment issue resolution to ensure stable, compliant, and timely system rollouts.
- Managed high-volume, time-sensitive regulatory workloads during peak operational periods, resolving 2,000+ client cases during the 2025 Thanksgiving holiday weekend while maintaining accuracy, compliance, and service-level standards.
- Facilitated internal and external stakeholder meetings and presentations to communicate progress, clarify regulatory interpretations, and support alignment between technical implementation and client clinical requirements.
- Contributed to process improvement initiatives by identifying efficiency gaps, documentation weaknesses, and training needs, supporting long-term system stability and workforce effectiveness.
- Supported projects through all phases of delivery, including validation, remediation, cleanup, and closure of reportable compliance items to stakeholder satisfaction.
Test Analyst
AB Tech Solutions
Prosper, TX
04.2022 - 05.2024
- Achieved comprehensive test coverage by reviewing requirements and creating detailed test plans.
- Delivered accurate testing estimates and input that streamlined test execution and automation efforts.
- Conducted comprehensive functional and regression testing for software applications.
- Contributed to effective team collaboration by attending grooming planning and daily stand-up meetings.
- Developed detailed test cases and scripts to ensure thorough coverage of requirements.
- Developed robust automation test strategies, plans, and test cases that enhanced testing processes.
- Analyzed user stories to inform test design and execution, ensuring alignment with project goals. Facilitated test data setup and execution while effectively reporting defects to the defect coordinator.
- Enhanced project outcomes through diligent requirement traceability and defect tracking, ensuring smooth test execution.
- Executed automation scripts with Selenium, improving testing efficiency and accuracy.
- Generated thorough test results documentation, linking it to test cases in QTest for easy reference. Contributed to project success by attending sign-off meetings and providing performance test sign-offs.
- Updated test status in JIRA to maintain clear communication of project progress.
Test Analyst
AB Tech Solutions
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
06.2020 - 04.2022
- Achieved enhanced testing efficiency through the development of strategic test plans and comprehensive reviews of test requirements.
- Delivered critical testing estimates and valuable input for both test execution and automation processes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve software defects.
- Fostered team alignment by leading grooming sessions and daily stand-up meetings.
- Improved testing processes by overseeing the preparation of automation test strategies and test cases.
- Enhanced test design and execution by analyzing user stories for comprehensive coverage.
- Streamlined operations by managing test data setup, execution, and defect reporting to the defect coordinator.
- Promoted collaboration within the team by coordinating requirement traceability and defect tracking for seamless test execution.
- Executed automation scripts with Selenium, ensuring alignment with test cases. Documented and compiled test results, integrating them into QTest for future reference
- . Contributed to project sign-off meetings by providing insights for performance test approvals. Reflected project progress through accurate test status updates in JIRA.
- Participated in agile ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning and retrospectives.
Education
Master of Science - Project Management
University of Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY08-2023
Skills
- Audit processes
- Quality improvement
- Quality processes
- Data analysis
- Risk assessment
- Project management
- Test case development
- Requirements analysis
- Performance assessment
- Project management expertise
- Software testing
- Root-cause analysis
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Results and Deadline-driven
- Agile best practices
- Time management
- Verbal and written communication
- Detail-oriented
- Team coordination
- Conflict resolution
- Quality assurance
- Stakeholder relationship management
- Project coordination
- Project lifecycle
Accomplishments
Managed high-volume, time-sensitive regulatory workloads during peak operational periods, resolving 2,000+ client cases during the 2025 Thanksgiving holiday weekend while maintaining 100% accuracy, compliance, and service-level standards.
Timeline
Quality Analyst - Health Care Compliance and Syste
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
08.2024 - Current
Test Analyst
AB Tech Solutions
04.2022 - 05.2024
Test Analyst
AB Tech Solutions
06.2020 - 04.2022
Master of Science - Project Management
University of Cumberlands