Girish Rali Manikya

About Girish Rali Manikya

Dynamically dedicated and strategic leader with over 21 years of multicultural and…

Experience

1. Associate Director

   TestingXperts

   Jan 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Led end-to-end delivery for a dynamic portfolio of QA and software testing programs across domains, ensuring timely releases, adherence to SLAs, and alignment with client expectations through robust planning and execution governance. • Managed a high-performing team by driving capacity planning, mentoring, risk mitigation, and technical oversight across concurrent projects while fostering a performance-driven culture. • Defined and institutionalized scalable QA, automation, and release management frameworks that enhanced collaboration between development and testing functions, accelerating time-to-market and reducing defect leakage. • Oversaw the implementation of enterprise-wide test strategies and defect triage processes, tailored to complex business environments and evolving customer requirements, ensuring consistency and accuracy in validation practices. • Collaborated closely with executive leadership to steer strategic testing initiatives, improve operational transparency, and influence quality outcomes for flagship product releases. • Led continuous improvement initiatives and training programs, drove process innovation, strengthened stakeholder engagement, and ensured compliance with industry standards and organizational KPIs. • Successfully scaled and led delivery operations from a single engagement to five concurrent programs, growing the team from 3 to 45+ professionals while maintaining <3% voluntary attrition, expanding client portfolios, and consistently driving operational excellence. • Mentored mid-level managers, implemented structured Individual Development Plans (IDPs), and institutionalized KPI/KRA-based evaluations— enhancing leadership pipeline, team accountability, and continuous skill upskilling across functions. • Spearheaded automation initiatives, including Salesforce workflow optimization and QA tooling enhancements, reducing testing cycle time and achieving measurable cost efficiencies without requiring incremental budget.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  GMP-IT, Information Technology

  2007 — 2008

• St. Patrick's High School, Secunderabad

  S.S.C

  1994 — 1995

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  BTech, Computers

  1997 — 2001

• Gautami Junior College

  H.S.C, Physics; Chemistry, Maths

  1995 — 1997

• Indian School of Business

  Leadership with AI, Organizational Leadership

Skills

• Software Quality Assurance
• Quality Assurance
• Test Planning
• Sdlc
• System Testing
• Agile Methodologies
• Test Cases
• Unix
• Test Strategy
• Scrum
• Team Leadership
• Linux
• Requirements Analysis
• Regression Testing
• Clearcase
• Software Project Management
• Clearquest
• Selenium
• Test Management
• Manual Testing
• Test Automation
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Testing