Rajashekhar Pesaladinne

About Rajashekhar Pesaladinne

QA Automation Lead | Architect | AI-Driven Testing Strategist With over 19 years of experience in the IT industry, I bring a rare blend of technical mastery, strategic foresight, and hands-on leadership in software testing—spanning manual, automated, and AI-powered approaches. My career has been defined by building robust automation frameworks, mentoring global teams, and driving quality engineering excellence across Agile, product-based, and enterprise environments. Automation Architect & Innovator I’ve led the design and implementation of scalable test automation strategies using Cypress.IO, Selenium, WebDriverIO, UiPath, Robot Framework, and more—delivering measurable impact in speed, coverage, and reliability. My work includes RE Framework development, ALM API integrations, and mobile automation with Appium and Selendroid. Agile QA Leadership Experienced in Agile and Scrum methodologies, I’ve collaborated cross-functionally to align testing with business goals—leveraging tools like Rally, GitHub, GitLab, and JMeter for performance and continuous integration. AI & Intelligent Automation I specialize in integrating AI-driven testing solutions, including GitHub Copilot and prompt engineering, to future-proof QA processes and elevate team productivity. Technical Proficiency Fluent in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Shell scripting, and web technologies like AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3—I bring full-stack awareness to every testing initiative. Mentorship & Collaboration I’ve mentored teams on BDD frameworks (Cucumber, JBehave), SugarCRM automation, and client-facing POCs—bridging the gap between technical execution and stakeholder confidence.

Experience

1. Manager

   Cognizant

   Oct 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Islamiah Institute Of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)

  1994 — 2001

Skills

• Hp Quicktest Professional (Qtp)
• Test Automation
• Testing
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software Quality Assurance
• Sdlc
• Hp Quality Center
• Test Planning
• Defect Tracking
• Tfs
• Quality Center
• Qtp
• Mobile Testing
• Robot Framework
• Load Testing
• Manual Testing
• Hp Qtp
• Software Deployment
• Selenium
• Silktest
• Team Foundation Server (Tfs)
• Robotium
• Quality Assurance
• Jmeter
• Test Cases
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Functional Testing
• Pl/Sql
• Regression Testing
• Java
• Rally
• Android
• Jira
• Webdriver
• Jenkins
• Black Box Testing
• Weblogic