Kolakalapudi

Test Program Manager

Role
Program Test Manager at IBM
Location
Atlanta, GA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Kolakalapudi

An accomplished QA professional with 20+ years of progressive experience and proven record of significant, successful contribution in Quality Management, Quality Program Delivery, Implementation road map creation, project management, process improvement, business analysis/evaluation, Implement QA Best Practices throughout system development life cycle, methodology implementation, Change and Release management, and quality improvement systems and processes standardization in a wide range of organizations with diversified programs and processes. Specialties: PMP Certified, SAP BW Certified. ASQ Sr. Member. Program/Project Management, Process Development and Control, IV & V Process Audit, QA Audit, Software Quality Assurance, ERP/SAP/Oracle EBS/SaaS, Workday HCM, Test Management, Building and Managing Test Center of Excellence (TCoE). Building and Managing Quality Management Office (QMO), Technology Development, Change Management, Program and Portfolio Management, Staff Development, Enterprise Test Strategy, E2E Integration Test Strategy, QA Road Map creation for new product development and implementation, Off-Shore Development and Off-Shore Team Management.

Experience

  1. Program Test Manager

    IBM

    Sep 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

    Test Project Manager for Elevance Health Raven Provider, Pricing and PCP PIC tracks. Test Strategy, Test Plans and Status reporting daily and weekly. Providing onshore support to Raven Provider, Pricing and PCP PIC teams. Helping teams in creating TESD documentation and presenting test results to stake holder. Providing support in defect management and reporting. Supporting Elevance Health in Quality Engineering and Testing activities for PCM, SPS R6 and GBD Projects. Provide Test Strategy, Planning and Test Execution, Defect Management and Reporting. Manage and support QA teams offshore and provide onshore support. Exploring IBM GenAI based Quality Engineering concepts and methodologies.

Education

  • Sidda Ganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka

    BS, Mechanical Engineering

  • Eastern Michigan University

    MS, Industrial Technology

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