Shekhar Parekh

Senior Consultant Automation Architect @Narwal

Houston, TX, US

Oversee the implementation of Tricentis Tosca Test Suite for Web, HTML, Database, API, & .NET technology • Defined test automation strategy and candidate projects for Client’s applications • Automated QA Testing across multiple COTS and bespoke applications • Facilitated review of applications for automation needs and requirements/design quality using Risk Based testing methodology • Evaluate test cases, test plans, and test processes for completeness, effectiveness and efficiency • Demo the completed projects, signoff and support Release Automation • Provided Tosca coaching and support to application team • Provided technical consultation to projects & application teams regarding automation design, development and execution • Understand organizational impacts and trade-offs of automation processes • Coordinated with product owners, business/system analysts, developers, and testers and end to end accountability for planning, execution and delivery • Experienced in planning work tasks in an Agile-Scrum development platform & capturing Metrics data • Enabled Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) by overseeing the integration of Tosca test automation tool with Rally and ALM for end to end traceability • Prepare Case Studies/Lesson learnt from retrospective meetings for process improvements • Act as a change agent and proponent for QA Automation, created Enterprise rollout road maps, presented in roadshow across all enterprise • Work with the QA Manager to define process and strategy associated with automation • Participated in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules and potential problems • Look for ways to improve and promote quality; apply feedback to improve performance; • Meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas;

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics