Arif Abbas

About Arif Abbas

Accomplished quality professional with experience in supporting QA processes with a focus on compliance, value and return on investment. Extensive experience in development, testing and maintenance of Enterprise computer system, retail software solutions and Heath IT systems. Highlights include:*Manage onshore and offshore resources. Leading QA efforts for enterprise computer systems, healthcare facilities, Lab systems, and drug manufacturing.*Testing of data management, CRM, Lab information management, ETL tools, EMR, data warehouse and learning management systems.Specialties- QA methodologies, procedures, documentation, and SDLC (Agile and Waterfall)- IT Governance and Best practice guidelines (GAMP, ISO, IEC 62304)- Create, maintain and improve QA processes- FDA, SOX, HIPAA regulations- Unit, integration, functional, System, End-to-end, performance, Black/White Box and beta testing- Relational databases, SQL Queries, C#.NET, VB, Java, VMware, Web services, Citrix, Middleware, client server, stand alone systems, Sharepoint, Exchange, Lotus Notes and Quality Center

Experience

1. Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer Supervisor

   Boston Scientific

   Dec 2017 — Present

   Lead a team of engineers in conducting independent review of equipment software qualification documentation for medical device manufacturing systems, Labs, facilities and local IT system.•Partner with Validation, software Engineering and labs to drive efficient and effective equipment software qualification solutions.•Manage resources and lead, direct, organize and control department AOP.Mentor, coach and develop staff to increase their effectiveness as well as employee engagement by creating a collaborative, learning environment.

Education

• University of Oklahoma

  BS, Chemical Engineering

  2007

Skills

• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Validation
• Gamp
• Virtual Server
• Use Case Analysis
• Agile Methodologies
• Audit Support
• Lims
• Sap
• Test Planning
• Change Management
• Managerial Experience
• Vmware Infrastructure
• Agile Testing
• Software Quality Assurance
• Change Control
• Test Cases
• Sdlc
• Sql
• Quality Center
• Ich-Gcp
• V&V
• Integration
• Document Management
• 21 Cfr Part 11
• Sox
• Electronic Discovery
• Quality Assurance
• Risk Assessment
• Computer System Validation
• Quality Control
• Gmp
• Test Strategy
• Hipaa
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Iso Standards
• Sharepoint
• Testing