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Certified Scrum Master from ScrumAlliance Rajashekar. C Phone: 98 44 44 46 62

e-mail: rajashekarc21@gmail.com

Career Objective

CSM certified seasoned test delivery leader looking towards utilizing 12 plus years of my IT experience in multi faceted role of testing, service delivery, client coordinating and to add value to Quality.

Summary

14.9 years of total work experience 12.9 years of extensive experience in Software Testing. 2 years of teaching experience (Nov 2001 – Dec 2003).

Working Experience

Currently working at Target India, Bangalore as a Test Manager/Lead Engineer since Sep 2015 Worked at Target India, Bangalore as a Project Lead/Test Manager during Nov 2012 to Aug 2015 Worked at Target Corporation, Minneapolis, USA as a Program Test Lead during Oct 2011 to Oct 2012 Worked at Target India, Bangalore as a Test Lead during July 2008 to July 2011 Worked at MindTree Limited, Bangalore as a Testing Specialist during Oct 2007 to July 2008 Worked at Software Paradigms (I) Pvt. Ltd, Mysore as a Project Leader during Mar 2006 to Sep 2007 Worked at Software Paradigms (I) Pvt. Ltd, Mysore as a Software Engineer during Jan 2004 to March 2006 Worked as a Lecturer for AMC group of educational institutes during Nov 2001 to Dec 2003 Worked for National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore as a Graduate Trainee during Nov 2000 to Oct 2001.

Professional Competency

Experienced in Project Management, Team Management, Coordinating with multiple teams o Complete ownership of testing projects with teams spanned across multiple locations (onshore/offshore).o Contributed with Test planning, strategy, reporting, and improving the overall quality efficiency o Managed project activities in Agile-sprint, Waterfall, and Iterative model of development environmento Extensively contributed on team mentoring, performance appraisals, resolving ambiguities.o Scheduling daily stand-up to monitor testing status and providing guidance and coaching the team.o Contributed extensively in Automation, Functional, SIT, E2E, Database, UAT and Webservice testingo Maximizing team utilization through proper work allocation, providing training and development

Defined and implemented Testing Strategy for all the testing activitieso Drove testing strategy, effort estimation, planning of resource and test execution of end-to-end

eCommerce [Sterling OMS], Supply Chain, Transp & Dist, PeopleSoft HCM 9.1.o Handled testing of applications built on C, C++, JAVA, Groovy,.NET, Mainframe, Peoplesoft.o Significant cost savings by migrating to open source tools like SOAP UI, JMeter, Selenium.o Hands on experience with database testing using SQL, Oracle, DB2, Cassandra & PostgreSQL database.

Automation experience with Groovy on Spoc framework + Selenium on TestNG framework Good team handling capabilities, handled multiple projects at a time with large number of team members at cross

locations (Target Bangalore, Chennai, Minneapolis) of team size of 18+. Contributed extensively in team ramp-up, mentoring & training team in terms of building talented teams. A technical panelist for recruitment under testing competency.

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Professional Qualifications

Master of Computer Applications ( MCA ) with first class from Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere in 2000-2001.

Overall Achievements

Promoted as a Project Lead (Aug, 2011) and travelled to Minneapolis, USA on L1 visa to handle FlexPLM program Received Quarterly Award (June, 2010) for the excellent performance in eMerit project at Target India Received many appreciations and GTCs (Great Team Card) for the excellent work at target and also received a GTC

from the vice president Worked as a member for Software Quality Analyst (SQA) group at Software Paradigms, Mysore Worked as a member for Defect Prevention Plan (DPP) Group at Software Paradigms, Mysore Awarded as a ‘Best Performer’ in the Linux scripting training organized by Software Paradigms, Mysore

Projects Undertaken :

Target Corpration: Jul 2008 – Till Date

Roles & Responsibilities :

1. Complete ownership of execution of testing life cycle across multiple projects and releases2. Handled team size varying from 5 to 18 and also contributed individually during execution3. Planning of testing activities for the stories/requirements planned for the sprint/release4. Project management, resource management, end to end test management5. Defining/Preparing program test strategy, master test plan, testing budget and effort estimation6. Coordinating with technical, business and clients to get/provide testing solutions 7. Ensuring with the environment readiness, test data needs, and any other configuration setup 8. Complete ownership of the defect management, follow up with risks, issues and change requests identified9. Identifying the automation and performance testing needs and getting it done10. Facilitating and attending the daily meetings with the teams at cross 11. Prepare status report and collect Metric details at the project/program level and keep the stakeholders updated

with testing status12. Mentoring the team and providing reviews on team’s overall performance.13. Contnuously working towards identifying cost effective but quality solutions

Summary of all the projects handled at Target India 100 MonthsProject # Project Name Domain/Technology Client Duration Role/

Designation

Project 12 Shipment Visibility Engine Target .Com - eCommerce

Target, USA Apr 2015 – Till Date Test Mgr/ Lead Engr

Project 11 Sterling OMS (NAE) New Allocation Engine

Target .Com - eCommerce

Target, USA Apr 2015 – Mar 2016 Test Mgr /Proj Lead

Project 10 Sterling OMS ESP Migration - Experian

Target .Com - eCommerce

Target, USA Sep 2014 – Mar 2015 Test Mgr /Proj Lead

Project 9 a. MCIM R3– C.NAb. CNA Stability 2014c. VPF Stability 2014

Supply chain /Merchandising

Target, USA Nov 2013 – Aug 2014Feb 2014 – Aug 2014Feb 2014 – Aug 2013

Test Mgr /Proj Lead

Project 8 a. DTM-Backhaulb. West Jeffersonc. Freight Finance Sys

Transportation & DistributionFinance

Target, USA Feb 2013 – Nov 2013Feb 2013 – Nov 2013Feb 2013 – Nov 2013

Project Lead

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d. HWC :P2 – GMS Vendor System

Merchandizing Nov 2012 – Feb 2013

Program 7 SSA – Social Savings Application

Supply chain /Merchandising

Target, USA July 2012 – Oct 2012 Program Test Lead

Program 6 FlexPLM 9.2 / Cart Wheel Supply chain /Merchandising

Target, USA Jun 2011 – July 2012 Program Test Lead

Project 5 Peoplesoft Upgrade 9.1 Peoplesoft Target, USA Oct 2010 – May 2011 Test Lead

Project 4 Target Sourcing Services (TSS)

Retail/PeopleSoft Target, USA Jun 2010 - Sep 2010 Test Lead

Project 3 Target Travel & Expense System (TTS)

Retail/PeopleSoft Target, USA Mar 2010 - Jun 2010 Test Lead

Project 2 Lambda - Beta Retail/PeopleSoft Target, USA Feb 2009 - Jun 2009 Test Lead

Project 1 eMerit Retail/PeopleSoft Target, USA Sep 2010 - Dec 2010May 2009 - Feb 2010Jul 2008 - Feb 2009

Test Lead

Achievements at Target:

Received Great Team Card (GTC) for most of the projects worked-on, for the on-time completion with quality work.

Promoted as Project Lead and have been given a travel opportunity with L1 Visa to work on FlexPLM project at Minneapolis, US

Received quarterly award for successfully completing the project on time with zero defects. Also received GTC’s for the excellent work handled during the project.

Received a hardcopy of the GTC duly signed by the Vice President for the excellent work and handling multiple projects in parallel.

Received appreciation certificate and a note from vice president for the excellent work taken up individually and completing the job with high quality.

Mind Tree Limited: Oct 2007 – Jul 2008

Roles & Responsibility :

1. Involved in functional study of the existing application.2. Review and Analysis of the requirements.3. Preparing high level test scenario’s and review of the test cases.4. Execution of test cases (Functional, Regression and E2E testing)5. Resource handling, work allocation, preparing status report and metric details

Summary of all the projects handled at MindTree Limited 10 MonthsProject # Project Name Domain/Technology Client Duration Role

Project 1 Global Exposure System Replacement (GES Rep)

ASP.NET (Data warehouse)

CIT, US Oct 2007 – Jul 2008 Test Specialist

Software Paradigms India Pvt Ltd: Jan 2004 – Sep 2007

Roles & Responsibilities :

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1. Preparing resource and effort estimation for the projects assigned2. Involved in functional study of application/requirements/use cases3. Escalating the issues logged by team to Onsite PM and doing a follow up until closure4. Discussing with onsite PM/Client to get the resolution for the issues5. Reviewing the test cases prepared by team6. Preparing test cases through the use cases and test summary report for the daily and weekly updates.

Summary of all the projects handled at Software Paradigms (I) Pvt Ltd 45 MonthsProject # Project Name Domain/Technology Client Duration Role

Project 6 Total Automotive Management System (TAMS)

Java, SQL GPC, USA Jun 2006 – Sep 2007 Project Lead

Project 5 Belk International Backyard System

Java, JSP, JavaScript, COBOL

Belk International Systems. USA

Apr 2006 - Jun 2006 Project Lead

Project 4 Job Resources Allocation Management and Personnel System

JSP, HTML/JavaScript, Java, EJB, Struts, SQL Server 2000

SPI, USA Aug 2005 - Apr 2006 Project Lead

Project 3 Spi Purchase Order Processing System (spiPOPS)

JSP, HTML/JavaScript, Java, EJB, Struts, SQL Server 2000

SPI, USA Jan 2005 - May 2005 Software Engineer

Project 2 Spi Project VB, VBScript, Java Script, Vb.Net, HTML

SPI, USA Sep 2004 - Dec 2005 Software Engineer

Project 1 Conversion Project for an online Learning on Demand Portal

JSP,HTML/JavaScript, Java, EJB, Struts, SQL Server 2000

TEDS, USA Jan 2004 - Aug 2004 Software Engineer

National Aerospace Laboratories: Nov 2000 – Oct 2001

Roles & Responsibility:

1. Developed the application, tested and installed in all the systems of different departments.2. Prepared the Requirement Document and implementation guidelines.

Summary of all the projects handled at National aerospace laboratories 12 MonthsProject # Project Name Domain/Technology Client Duration RoleProject 1 Intranet Messaging Systems

Using Socket ProgrammingCore Java, Swings NAL Nov 2000 – Oct 2001 Graduate

Trainee

Personal Dossier

DOB 21-06-1974Languages Known Kannada, Hindi, English and TamilPassport Details F9309284