Mazhar Abbas

About Mazhar Abbas

Managing large volume projects• Client communication and interfacing• People management, client relationship management• Payments, Financial Services, Retail, Health Care and IT Life Cycle Management verticals expertize• CRM implementation in Pharmaceuticals and Retail domain projects• Expertize in E-commerce horizontal• QA estimations• Project planning• Test strategy building and Functional, Usability, Installation, Regression, Security, Integration and System Testing• Establishing QA procedures, preparing Test Plans, identifying Test Scenarios and Test Cases designing• Test metrics creation and implementation• Automation scripts review - Using Ruby scripting in Watir automation tool• Risk Management, Monitoring and Mitigation• Setting up QA processes based on CMMI framework• QA trainer• Business domain trainer for CRM• QA interviewer• Metrics & Measurement Committee memberSpecialties: • Specialized in Retail vertical• Software Quality Assurance• Test design, test execution and test reporting• Project planning• Team management, monitoring and control• Client communication

Experience

1. Principal Software Engineering Manager

   Microsoft

   Aug 2023 — Present · Pune, IN

   Principal Software Engineering Manager, Product Owner, Pune Site Leader in Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt. Ltd, Pune

Education

• Dr Zakir Hussain Institute

  BCA, Computer Science

  1999 — 2002

• SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

  MBA(IT), Software Process/Project Management, IT, Marketing, Accounts, Finance, Economics

  2002 — 2004

• RPS Residential Public School

  10th, All subjects

  1993 — 1996

• Ram Mohan Roy Seminary

  10+2, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Team Management
• Crystal Reports
• Test Design
• Test Execution
• Software Quality Assurance
• Test Automation
• Quality Center
• Regression Testing
• Quality Assurance
• Ms Project
• System Testing
• Jmeter
• Testing