Dinesh Annareddy

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ABOUT DINESH ANNAREDDY

A result-driven Software Test professional with strong soft skills and an exemplary career of 14+years’ of testing experience, working through a number of full lifecycle projects, and hands-on experience in a variety of industries, such as Utilities, Federal Government, Transportation, Superannuation, and Education.• 7+ years of experience in Managing and Leading Teams to meet deadlines on time.• Significant experience in reviewing requirements and planning, designing, executing test cases, performing functional testing, system integration testing, regression testing, smoke and co-ordinating User Acceptance testing. • Proficient in developing Test Plans (all phases), Test Strategy, Entry and Exit criteria and Reports (daily Test and Defect status Reports).• Experience in providing professional and concise progress reports (tests and defects) to management on a regular and ad-hoc basis• Extensive experience using test management tools (HP QC v 9, 11 and ALM11.5, ALM 12, ALM17and Defect management tools like JIRA and Confluence etc.) conforming to agreed Software Defect Management lifecycle.• Exprienced HP (MF) ALM Admin. • Good functional experience in Quality Assurance across various modules of SAP ERP, SAP CRM, SAP EAM on S4HANA, including ARIBA, MDG, FI/CO, SuccessFactors, SAP PSCD, and SAP PIPO end to end testing & defect management.• Experience in SAP Data Migration. • Experience in building, training and leading, co-ordinating a team in an Onsite/Offshore model. Co-ordinating and Taring User Acceptance Business testers.• Strong experience and understanding of QA methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle (Agile, V-model, and Waterfall and Rapid) and Defect Management and Reporting.• Selected by GE Transportation Australia to co-lead an overseas assignment in the USA for 9 months which proved my strong organizational skills.• Excellent written and oral communication skills and superior attention to detail. • Strong organizational skills coupled with my ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet conflicting deadlines and excel in a fast-paced environment characterized by changing priorities.• Energetic, hardworking and enjoy the challenge of working to tight timelines, while delivering quality outcomes. • Self-motivated, proactive, enthusiastic, ability to take initiative with minimal direction and work collaboratively and adapt well to new environments.