This document contains Deepak Tallur's curriculum vitae. It summarizes his work experience of over 13 years as a Telecom-Test Manager. It lists his current role working for Etisalat in Dubai, UAE, and provides details on 7 past projects he was involved in testing telecom and enterprise applications. Key skills and technologies used include testing tools like HP Quality Centre and Jira, languages like Java, databases like Oracle, and telecom systems from Ericsson and Amdocs.
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Curriculum Vitae
Deepak Tallur
Work Experience : 13.6 Years.
Designation : Telecom-Test Manager.
E-mail : deepsoft05@gmail.com
Contact : +918884927714
CurrentLocation : Bangalore,India
Career Objective:
Applymy Functional andTechnical expertise acquired through my experience for a mutual benefit and
also make a mark of my own in organization, which recognizes the efforts put in and thus grow in
professional way.
Profile:
Currently workingas TestManager for clientEtisalat-UAEatDubai Location since April-2014
More than Five yearof experience asTelecomTestingManagerin Software Endto End Testing.
Experience in implementingTelecomTestingprojectsE2E(SIT,UAT and Go-Live) regressionand
userinterface testing.
Extensive Experience inTelecomBSS/OSSApplicationssuchasSiebel,-CRM,OrderManagement
and Provisioning,Billing,Salesforce Automation.
ExtensivelyWorkedintestingEricssonStack- ( ConceptWave,BSCS) andAmdocsStack ( Clarify
and Enabler).MS-Dynamics
Experience inimplementingBestpractices/ProcessesinTesting.
Experience inPreparing/AuthoringTestStrategy,QualityGatesDocuments,TestPlan,Entry-Exit
CriteriaandDefiningSLA’sforeachPhase of TestingandTestEnvironments.
Experience inDefiningandAdherenceof KPI’sforTestingProjects
Extensive Experience inHPQualityCenterandJira.
Good Experience inV-Model andAgilemethodologies.
Extensive Experience inadheringEntryandExitcriteria’sandQuality gatesforTestingPhases.
Experience in PreparingSOW, EffortEstimationsandBudgeting,Resourceloading,Qualityand
QMS audits and ImplementingTestingprocesses.
Experience in Define endtoendITQuality processesbasedonqualitystandardsinthe industry.
Definingandimplementthe DefectManagementprocesses.
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Ensuringdefectsare resolvedwithinDefectSLA’s
Experience inPreparingROI,ProfitabilityReports,RevenueAccruals…etc
ExperiencinginChairingQualityAuditsandPreparingQualityMetrics plan
Chairing/InvolvedinProjectManagementReviewswithProjectStake Holders.
Experience in Resource planningandresourcesmanagementactivitiesinthe projects
Experience inconductingtestreadinessreview meetings,Kickoff meetings.
Extensive Experience inChange Management
Expertise inSystemtesting,Functional testingRegressiontesting,ORT(Operational Readiness
Testing),E-ETesting,UserAcceptance Testing
Expertise intestingof telecom BSSOSSandenterprise applications.
Excellentknowledge inSoftware implementationlife cycle ( SDLC)
Experience increating automatedtestpackusingQTPand SOAPUI Testing.
Experience inRiskBasedTesting.
Experience inTestingof Client/ServerandWebBasedApplications.
Experience ineffortestimationrequiredfortestingteamincludingtestpreparation,execution
and maintenance effortsfor manual teamof 23 Resources usingDCUTand testpointanalysis.
Experience inpreparingstatusreports.
Providingtimelycommunication to management regarding status of testing and Quality of the
product.
Experience inchairingQualityAuditsandcompliance reviewmeetings.
Experience inmaintainingAccountqualitymatrices,continuousimprovementplans,lesson
learnt…etc.
CoordinatingwithDevelopersandDefect coordinatorsuntil the defectisfixed
Havingexperience inusingtestautomationtool QTPandTrainedinSelenium.
Excellentproblemsolvingskillswithastrongtechnical backgroundandgoodinterpersonalskills.
Professional Experience:
Duration Organization Designation
March-2014 to Till Date Maveric Systems Ltd Test Manager
Apr 2010 to March-2014 AmdocsDevelopmentcenterIndia Group Lead
Dec-2006 to Apr 2010 Tech Mahindra Ltd Sr. Technical Associate (TG2)
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June 2005 to Nov-2006 Accenture Services Pvt.Ltd Sr.Test Analyst
Dec-2002 to May-2005 Telecon Valley Solutions Software Engineer.
Educational Qualifications:
Bachelor of Engineering from Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India, 2001.
Additional Qualification:
Completed Software Testing- Manual and Automation training from Infix
Solutions., Bangalore.
Skill Set:
SKILLS TOOLS EXPERIENCE LEVEL
Test team Management NA 3
Testing Tools.
Mercury test director 8.0, HP quality
centre 9.0, QTP, JIRA, SOAP UI
4, 4, 2,4
Operating Systems
Windows 2000 server, XP, Vista UNIX,
Windows 8
4, 4, 4, 3
Languages C, C++, VB 2
Database(s) SQL+, Oracle. 3,2
Version Control VSS 3
Protocols LDAP, HTTP, FTP, SFTP 3
Database Tools Putty, Toad, Database visualizer 3,4,4
Project plan tools Microsoft Project plan, Microsoft Visio 3,4
Web Languages HTML, dHTML, XML 3,3,4
1 connotes experience ranging between one month to three months
2 connotes experience ranging between three to six months
3 connotes experience ranging to six months to two years
4 connotes experience ranging to two years and higher
Project # 1: Etisalat-Falcon-Transformation
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From : March 2014 – Till Date
Client : Etisalat, Dubai (UAE) Telecom
Etisalat-Falcon is a Transformation project where Consumer and Enterprise related BSS systems are
transformed into new systems such as NTS-Wincash (Cash and Inventory Mgmt), Sales Force
Automation CRM-MSDynamics (For Pre sale), ConceptWave (Order Provisioning and Fulfillment) and
BSCS for Billing.
Project : Etisalat-Falcon
ReleasesManaged: SFA,CRM-MSDynamics,BSCS-Billing,NTS-Wincash,InventoryMgmtandCash
Mgmt, ConceptWave -4.1, EricssonOrder care,OrderManager and Provisioning/Fulfillment
Client : Etisalat-Dubai
Projectlocation : Dubai (UAE)
ToolsUsed : JIRA,HP-ALM.
Team Size : 21
Duration : March-2014 to Till Date
Technology : J2EE, Oracle,MS-Dynamics,Java,
Environment : windowsXP,Windows-7,Windows-8
Applications : TIBCO, Concept Wave, MS-Dynamics, Ericsson- BSCS, (Network Activation tool),
SOAP/HTTP, JIRA for Defect tracking
Description : Falcon is a Transformation project. Etisalat is one of the fastest growing telecom
companies in UAE and is undertaking transformation through Ericsson. The Falcon project stack,
proposed by Ericsson as the transformation partner of Etisalat encompasses CBCM CRM, BSCS, NTS
WinCash, Stream serve, ODS(Oracle Data Source), Concept Wave and TIBCO as the integration layer.
Falconwouldcoverboththe wireless and non-wireless business for the client - Etisalat. This project is
being rolled out of Dubai, UAE.
Responsibilities
Workingas Testmanager of SIT testingteamhaving 9 ResourcesinDubai are 15 inIndia
Managing entire SIT life cycle of releases
ParticipatedinVersionEndscore cardof SIT Testing QualityandComplianceauditing.
Managing /Chairing- Defectmgmt.meetings.
Managing/Chairing- SystemtestReadinessReview meetingsandLessonlearntmeetingswithin
Account.
EffortEstimationonthe SubsequentCR’s(Change Requests) &itsImpactanalysis.Reviewof
Testcases designedforCRM, conceptWave Ordermanagement,TelecomBilling.
PreparingEffortEstimationsandresource loadingforSITreleases.
Reviewingthe requirementsanddesignfromthe testingperspective
Managing Scoping,Budgetingandschedulingof SystemtestandUAT.
Managing entire CR(Change Request)lifecycle of testingwhichincludes,Estimation,Approval,
budgeting,Resource loading,Deliveryof CRand closure.
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Managing RisksanditsMitigationsduringthe projectlife cycle.
PreparingandPublishingTestplanforthe SIT phase.
Publishing teststrategyandriskassessmentsbefore commencingtestingactivities
Assuringthatthe Test coverage ismetaccordingto the qualitystandards
Involvedinbuildingrequiredinterfaces forthe testingenvironment
Managing and Monitoringentire testenvironment(BuildandRefresh, Deployand restartof SIT
and UAT environments)
Identifyingthe necessary testdataandinteractingwiththe componentteamsandgettingthe
testdata loadedonall the requiredcomponentsforvarioustestconditions.
Involvedin MonthlyStatusReview meetingswithstake holders.
Identifyingandprioritizingthe orderinwhich the testcasesneedtobe automatedbasedon
clientrequirement.
Allocatingworktothe offshore teamandmonitoringthe deliverablesandensuringthatthe
deliverableswere asperthe standards.
Identifyingthe risksandissuesandthenescalatingittothe test manger.
Ensuringthat the testcaseswere executedandthe defectswere reportedwithproperbusiness
priorityandensuringthe fix deliveredbythe developmentteamworks.
Reviewingthe requirementsanddesignfromthe testingperspective
Ensuringthat fromtestingpointof view the entryandexitcriteriaforthe qualitygatesare met
Verifyingthatthe testenvironmenthasbeensetupcorrectly
Coordinatingwiththe componentteamstohave the rightversionof the componentsinthe test
environment
Project # 2: ATT-Titan/Converged E2E testing
ATT Titan isa convergentplatformwhere residential customercanopt for Wireless and Uverse services
in promotional bundles. Titan will enable customer to go for single bill and offers wide range of
promotional bundles. Currently ATT has 2 billing systems, M-Telegence for Wireless and Enabler for
Uverse products. Titanwill clubthe gap betweenthe billingsystemwithanew billing system T-Enabler,
which will sync Wireless and Uverse customer into Titan Platform.
Responsibilities
Workedas Testmanager of E2E testingteamhaving 21 in Pune
Managing entire E2E life cycle of releases
ParticipatedinVersionEndscore cardof E2E TestingandprovidingrequireddatatoQuality
improvementprogramme withinAccount
Managing /Chairing- Defectmgmtmeetings
Managing/Chairing- SystemtestReadinessReview meetingsandLessonlearntmeetingswithin
Account
Reviewingthe requirementsanddesignfromthe testingperspective
Managing Scoping,Budgetingand schedulingof SystemtestandUAT
Publishing teststrategyandriskassessmentsbefore commencingtestingactivities
Assuringthatthe Test coverage ismetaccordingto the qualitystandards
Preparingtractabilitymatrix report
Involvedinbuildingrequiredinterfacesrequiredforthe testingenvironment
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Coordinatingwiththe componentteamstohave the rightversionof the componentsinthe test
environment
Project # 3: Sensis I Gen (A &M)
Project : I-Gen
Releases Handled: P7.0,P7.1, P8.0, P8.1, P9.0, P9.1
Client : Sensis,Australia
Projectlocation : Pune (India)
ToolsUsed : Mercury QualityCentre,ATS,Rainbow.
Team Size : 26
Duration : Apr-2010 to March-2011
Technology : J2EE, Oracle
Environment : windowsXP
Responsibilities
Workedas ActingTestmanager of functional testingteamhaving 23resources locatedin
differentregion(Pune+Gudgaon+Melbourne)
Managing entire STand UAT life cycle of releases
ParticipatedinVersionEndscore cardof ST and UAT and providingrequireddatatoQuality
improvementprogramme withinAccount
Managing /Chairing- Defectmgmtmeetings
Managing/Chairing- SystemtestReadinessReview meetingsandLessonlearntmeetingswithin
Account
Reviewingthe requirementsanddesignfromthe testingperspective
Managing Scoping,Budgetingandschedulingof SystemtestandUAT
Publishing teststrategyandriskassessmentsbefore commencingtestingactivities
Assuringthatthe Test coverage ismetaccordingto the qualitystandards
Preparingtractabilitymatrix report
Involvedinbuildingrequiredinterfacesrequiredforthe testingenvironment
Managing and Monitoringentire testenvironment(BuildandRefresh,restartof STand UAT
environments)
Identifyingthe necessarytestdataandinteractingwiththe componentteamsandgettingthe
testdata loadedonall the requiredcomponentsforvarioustestconditions.
Involvedingeneratingreportsfortestpreparation,testexecutionand defectprogressona
timelybasistostake holders.
Reviewingthe requirementsanddesignfromthe testingperspective
Ensuringthat fromtestingpointof view the entryandexitcriteriaforthe qualitygatesare met
Verifyingthatthe testenvironment hasbeensetupcorrectly
Coordinatingwiththe componentteamstohave the rightversionof the componentsinthe test
environment
Project # 4: NHS-SPINE (UK)
Project Description
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The Spine isa national central database whichwill revolutionisethe waypatientcare isdelivered by the
NHS. Developed to lie at the very heart of the NHS National Programme for IT, the Spine will store
electronicmedical recordsforEngland’s50millionpluspatients. All patientinformationisheldsecurely
as the Spine controls access to patient information. The Spine is the backbone of all the National
Programme’s applications and is vital to the NHS Connecting for Health and Patient Choice initiatives.
Responsibilities
As a Team Leader anda Teammemberof a testingteam of six resources,wasresponsible forthe
following–
Reviewingthe requirementsanddesignfromthe testingperspective
Workingas Teamleadof functional testingteamhavingsix resources
Workedas SME forAutomationteam
Workedon Preparingtestplan,teststrategyandriskassessmentsbefore commencingtesting
activities
Involvedinbuildingrequiredinterfacesrequiredforthe testingenvironment
Identifyingthe necessarytestdataandinteractingwiththe componentteamsandgettingthe
testdata loadedonall the requiredcomponentsforvarioustestconditions.
Involvedinreviewsof testartefacts
Involvedingeneratingreportsfortestpreparation,testexecutionanddefectprogressona
timelybasistostake holders.
Involvedingettingsign-off fromdifferentproject communitiesfortestartefacts.
Project # 5: Swordfish (British telecom (UK)
Project : Swordfish –(One view-CRM) (CustomerCentricplatform)
ReleasesHandled : Rel-4.0, Rel-4.1,Rel-10.0, Rel-10.1, CCP-11, CCP-12.0
PROJECTDuration : Jan-2007 toApril -2008
Client : BritishTelecom,London,UK.
Projectlocation : London(UK)
ToolsUsed : Mercury QualityCentre-9.0,Toad,DB-Visualizer,Putty
Team Size : 30
Environment : Seibel -7.7,Dot.Net,SQL-Server,windowsXP
Dec 2006 to March 2008 (1Year, 3 months)
Project Description
The newBT Retail CustomerCentricOSSstackisbasedaroundSiebel One View and Geneva. Phase 1 to
3 releases for this OSS stack concentrated on supporting PSTN. Phase 4 focused on Swordfish. The
Projectmainly involved provision of Total Broadband including Broadband Talk (VOIP services) on the
Customer Centric OSS. The scope of this broadly included an e2e services for Consumer Broadband
coveringservice provisioning,re-grades,cease,in-flightamends, cancels, SP to SP migration, combined
order journey for Broadband, Broadband talk, VAS and detailed order management.
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Mappingall the testscenarioswiththe requirementandensuringall the requirementsare
tested.
Project # 6: ADSL CRM (Bellsouth, USA)
Experience withAccenture Services pvt. Ltd.
Project : ADSL CRM
ReleasesHandled: Rel-15.1, 15.2, Rel-16, 16.1, 16.2, 16.2.1
Client : Bellsouth,USA.
Projectlocation : Bangalore (India)
ToolsUsed : Mercury QualityCentre,TestDirector8.0
Team Size : 28
Environment : VB.Net.Oracle Apps,SQLServer,windowsNT,XP
Aug-2005 to Nov-2006
Project # 7: ERSmartchart (VERITAS, USA)
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Personnel Information
Name : Deepak R Tallur
DOB : 23-11-1978
Marital Status : Married
Offshore Location : Bangalore-India
Passport No : G5162212
India Contact No : +918884927714
Mail Id (personnel) :deepsoft05@gmail.com
Declaration
I declare that the information above is true to the best of knowledge and belief.
Place: Bangalore