Letha Velayudhan
Summary
Overall experience of 19 years in IT industry – 8 years in USA, 4+ years in India and 5+ years in Singapore. 17 years of experience in managing software testing and validation. Technically hands-on in QA, having strong Project Management, People Management and Mentoring skills. Skilled in System Test planning, automation framework design, automated test script development. Experienced in Agile/waterfall methodologies, Risk Based Testing, Security Testing, API Testing, Manual and Automation testing. Worked in Insurance, Retail, Healthcare and Manufacturing domains
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Test Lead
Anchor Global Consulting Pte Ltd
08.2022 - Current
- Built the testing team, including hiring and on-boarding.
- Subject matter expert for the QA tasks (Estimation, Test Design and Execution, Status Reporting).
- Managed end to end testing activities including requirement analysis, test planning and tracking, work allocation, cost and quality tracking, and stake holder management.
- Ensured regression test suite are updated after every release.
- Designed mobile automation testing framework.
- Client: NCS
Test Lead
Godavari Technologies
03.2021 - 07.2022
- Set up the testing team. Managed automation and manual testing team.
- Client: IHIS (Integrated Health Information Systems Pte Ltd)
Test Manager for Point of Sale
UST Global
10.2014 - 05.2015
- Defined strategy and roadmap for the testing services, and target setting for the immediate reports.
- Set up team hierarchy, hiring of team members, performance appraisals of the team.
- Managed Risk, Issues, Changes and Status, reviewed and approved with internal and client stakeholders.
- Implemented metrics collection, best practices and knowledge management.
- Client: Walmart, USA
Lead Consultant (Software Testing)
Crimsonlogic Pte Ltd
06.2013 - 09.2014
- Responsible for estimation of test cases using decision tables and planning test efforts.
- Involved in Security Test Planning, UAT testing support.
- Automated Test cases using QTP/UFT.
QA Manager
Syntel Inc
03.2010 - 04.2013
- Part of TCOE and prepared POCs and involved in Pre-sales activities.
- Set up the testing team, Onsite-Offshore co-ordination, client management.
- Involved in Project Planning, tracking, estimation, risk management, change management, issue management, status reporting and resource management.
- Involved in cross browser testing using Selenium.
QA Lead – Production Support
O C Tanner
10.2006 - 07.2009
- Involved in tools evaluation, procurement and staff training. Used QTP and Certify to prepare automated test cases.
QA Analyst
Reliance Technologies
07.2005 - 10.2006
- Used QTP to create automated test cases, Quality Center for test management, Load Runner for performance Testing and Devtrack for bug tracking and reporting.
- Client: Ingenix (United Health Group)
Team Lead
Wipro Technologies
08.1998 - 07.2004
- Developed SQL Queries and Procedures to perform database testing using SQL Navigator and SQL Plus.
- Client: Weyerhaeuser, USA (Jan 2003 to July 2004)
- Project Location: India
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Farmers Insurance
07.1999 - 01.2003
- Involved testing Siebel, AQS, MQ Series, FileNet Document Management.
- Created Automated Test Scripts using Win runner for end-to-end testing.
- Client: Farmers Insurance
- Project Location: USA
System Analyst
Vansan Infotek
09.1997 - 08.1998
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics Engineering
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kerala, India01.1997
Skills
- Proficient in test automation tools
- Management tool expertise
- Proficient in Java and Python
- Database management: Oracle and SQL Server
- Others: FileNet, CCC Harvest, CVS, Tivoli, Siebel
Certification
- Completed Data Science Boot Camp, JMeter and Katalon training from Udemy in 2021.
- Completed Data Science Basics course and Python Programming from Hackwagon Academy in 2019.
- ISTQB – CTFL, PMP, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
- Received award for the best performing QA manager at Syntel Inc.
- Automated the regression testing of business-critical web applications at United Health Group USA, that reduced regression testing time from ~200 hours to below 7 hours. Highly appreciated by the employer.
- Product Owner for regression testing of 80+ applications in OC Tanner Inc.
Timeline
Test Lead
Anchor Global Consulting Pte Ltd
08.2022 - Current
Test Lead
Godavari Technologies
03.2021 - 07.2022
Test Manager for Point of Sale
UST Global
10.2014 - 05.2015
Lead Consultant (Software Testing)
Crimsonlogic Pte Ltd
06.2013 - 09.2014
QA Manager
Syntel Inc
03.2010 - 04.2013
QA Lead – Production Support
O C Tanner
10.2006 - 07.2009
QA Analyst
Reliance Technologies
07.2005 - 10.2006
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Farmers Insurance
07.1999 - 01.2003
Team Lead
Wipro Technologies
08.1998 - 07.2004
System Analyst
Vansan Infotek
09.1997 - 08.1998
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics Engineering
Cochin University of Science and Technology
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