Uday Kulkarni

About Uday Kulkarni

18+ years of Overall Industry experience out of which 14+ extensive experiences in delivery of testing projects. In which 5+ years of rich Test Management experience and One year of Delivery Management Experience.• Worked on various domains like Pricing, Travel, Internet Commerce, Manufacturing and Power Management, working on Navigation Domain• Extensive Test and Project Management of multiple product testing teams, with Delivery management experience • Excellent understanding of the Software Development Life Cycles.• Experience in managing distributed teams and Agile Scrum, • Awarded Certified Scrum Master, Role Model Manager for 3 years, Certified Bullet Proof Manager from Crestcom International• Expertise in Test strategy and design.• Strong People Management, leadership and mentoring skills• Experience in implementing the CMMI process initiatives for Test Projects. Process Tailoring and Adherence. Defining Metrics, developing the metrics to measure internal Productivity and overall quality of deliverables.• Worked on various Operating systems including various UNIX like AIX, HP, Solaris, and Linux in combination with various Application/Web Servers like Web sphere, Web logic, Tomcat, Oracle 10g, JBoss & JRun, and databases like Oracle, SQL Server, My SQL, for testing the Product.• Experience in Internationalization/Globalization Testing. • Setting up and managing the Test LAB environment with multiple OS, App Servers and Database installation and configuration including Virtualization using VMWare.• Extensively worked on Performance Testing using Load runner, Automation using Selenium and internal Automation Framework. Working knowledge on QTP and Silk Automation Tools• Experience in Proposal and Estimation.

Experience

1. Senior Test Manager

   Mindtree

   Apr 2008 — Present

   Delivery Management of multiple medium sized project teams, with focus on Product testing• Responsible for Quality of deliverables & process compliance for all the projects• Test Management, People Management Client-Team co-ordination and Client Interfacing.• Co-ordination with onsite Managers on different team activities• Responsible for Business Growth for the Account• Responsible for People Satisfaction• Responsible for Customer Satisfaction• Manage escalations and issues that arise within the teams and from clients.• Risk management - Identification & Classification of Risks, Mitigation Plan and Tracking for closure.• Overall responsible for quality & timely delivery of products & QA artifacts.• Training, Mentoring and Motivation of next level leaders (QA Managers/Leads) to drive the organization goals and project objectives • Establish process and Tools for In-house training, mentoring and, monitoring team member’s efficiency, productivity and career growth progression.• Performance reviews and Team Appraisals, Performance Feedbacks, Mentoring and Nurturing the Leads and all Junior team members, Rewards and Recognition

Education

• Gulbarga University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

  1989 — 1994