1. CURRICULUM VITAE
HRIDAY GUPTA
Mobile No.: +91-9922440420
E-Mail Address: hridayg2011@gmail.com
PROFILE SUMMARY – Senior Testing Professional
• A seasoned professional with 12+ yrs of rich experience , working as Test Manager with Quinnox Consultancy
Services Limited, has proven success in -
~ Test Management ~ Program Management ~ Automation/Performance Testing
~ Quality Assurance/Control ~ Risk Management ~ Test Delivery Management
• Progressive experience in IT industry with expertise in various end-to-end testing life cycles models(
‘Scrum’, ‘Agile’, V’ & ‘Waterfall’) with respect to project planning, requirements analysis, sizing, designing and
deploying testing strategies, test data management, build & release management, monitoring and tracking
risks ,consulting and process improvements.
• Hands On Experience on TCoE Implementation , setting up IT Testing Center(ODC), Test Transformation
Programs, Test Assessment (TMMi & CMMi), Cost Optimization using various levers, managing multi-vendor
engagements, LEAN implementation & Shift-left approach.
• Proven capabilities in Test Account Management in terms of Client relationship management, Pre-sales,
coordinating with global teams across geographies, sizing, defining strategies, differentiators, working on FP/RFI’s,
presentations for customer orals, creating case studies as well as flyers for testing practice, Revenue forecasting,
Profitability management, Resource management, SOWs, Invoicing etc.
• Rich experience of Automation, Performance, Mobile, and Cloud testing tools/accelerators with their
framework.
• Expertise & SME of domains - Banking & Financial (Finacle, Credit cards, Payment Processing,
Treasury, Anti- Money Laundering), Insurance (Personal, Commercial, HealthCare etc.), Telecom, and Supply chain
management.
• Performed critical client facing roles of Program Test Manager, Business Acceptance Test Manager, Delivery
Manager and Release/Environment Manager across multiple geographies and diverse cultures – USA, Australia,
Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Mauritius.
• Conducted QA Audits & Established QA process flows in various(Development, Testing, Maintenance, Production
Support, etc) projects as part of Quality Assurance Department at Quinnox.
• Developed best practices, alliances & partnerships and Identification of core competency areas for the Testing
Delivery Practice.
PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE
• Undergone corporate quality drive at Datamatics for Six Sigma (DFSS) training.
• Part of a certified Greenbelt project (Quality drive, Six Sigma recognition of Datamatics).
• USA: Worked as Test Lead for Barclays (ABSA) Africa (Banking & Finance Domain) and was awarded for
‘Outstanding Performance & Recognition’.
• UK : Worked for BUPA Australia clients and got Service Delivery Excellence award
from client.
• Project Management Professional Training and earned PDUs.
KEY COMPETENCIES

2. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Quinnox Consultancy Services Limited, Pune
as Test Manager
Oct’2010 to Till Date
Datamatics Global Services Limited, Mumbai
as Test Lead
Aug’2008 to Jul’2010
Mphasis - An EDS Company, Pune
as Sr. Consultant
Sep’2007 to Jul’2008
Aztecsoft (Mindtree), Bengaluru
as Test Engineer
Sep’2004 to Aug’2007
National Fertilizers Limited, Vijaipur
as Engineer
May’2003 to May’2004
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Experience In Types Of
Testing
Functional, Non-Functional , Automation, Performance , Cloud, Mobile, Security,
Product, Application ,Regression, Stress, Load, Compatibility, Fail over &
Recovery, Backend, Usability, Installation, Real-time System, System Integration
Testing and Debugging.
Testing Tools
Unified Functional Testing(QTP), Selenium, Performance Testing tools,
Loadrunner(7.0) , Winrunner(7.0)
Defect Tracking Tools Application Lifecycle Management(Quality Center) ,Trackweb, Test link, JIRA .
Configuration Management Rational Case, VSS, PVCS
Operating Systems Unix, Dos 6.22, Windows
RDBMS Oracle 8i, SQL.
Others
Shell Scripting, MS Project, Hyperion Essbase
EDUCATION DETAILS
• B.E. (Electronics and Communication) from Barakatullah University. (Bhopal, M.P.)(1999-2002).
• Diploma (Electronics and Communication) from MPBTE (Bhopal, M.P.)(1996-1999)
PERSONAL DETAILS
• Valid Passport : Valid till Nov 2019
• Date Of Birth : 16th
Jan 1980
• Languages Known : English, Hindi, Marathi, and Kannada.
*Please refer Annexure
ANNEXURE
Domains worked upon
o Banking : Client - State Bank of Mauritius and Barclays (UK and African continent)
o Travel : Client - Saudi Airlines, Saudi Arabia
o Health Insurance : Client - Bupa, Australia
o Telecom : Client - Sprint, USA
o Supply chain management : Client - Instill, USA
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
Quinnox Consultancy Services Limited, Pune [Oct 2010 – till date]
Client : State Bank of Mauritius, Port Louis, Mauritius(Flamingo Project)
Role : Test Manager (Client Role)
Responsibilities:

3. • Involved in discussions with the client on estimation of testing effort and resource availability for all the
product testing teams. There are around 7 different products which were tested.
• Developed Test Strategy and Program level Master Test Plan based on the overall program product
testing guidelines.
• Conducted RRA (Requirement Risk Assessment) & Test Plan walkthrough sessions of all the product
teams with Business stakeholders and secured Sign off.
• Test Consulting to assist business in deployment Go-No Go decisions
• Responsible for setting up program wide Quality Control processes and measure impacts.
• Organized Training to all the Product testing teams in testing processes, tools for participation in Testing.
• Involved in setting up & managing Test Environment at program level for all the projects.
• Tracking testing progress on daily target based test execution.
• Anchoring defect triage calls with all the product team leads.
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders like Development teams, Business teams, etc to ensure higher
application availability for testing, quicker defect resolution and availability of adequate test data.
• Prepared executive and detailed status reports, analysis of open defects and communicating business
impacts.
• Represent all Product Test Teams in governance meetings with senior Client IT & Business Program
Director.
• Accountable for backfilling resources onsite and offshore.
Client : Barclays (eStatement- Africa)
Role : Test Lead(Client Role)
Responsibilities:
• Accountable for Transformation Program – from Staff augmentation to Managed services.
• Responsible for Cost Optimization for the account using various levers.
• Account level estimating testing effort, resource availability, forecasting & budgeting.
• Worked on proposals(RFP), SOW Preparation & finalization.
• Test Assessment, Consulting, Metrics analysis & reporting at account level.
• Trained Business team in testing processes, tools for participation in UAT.
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders like Development teams, Business teams etc to ensure higher
application availability for testing, quicker defect resolution and availability of adequate test data.
• Prepared executive and detailed dashboard reports for client reporting.
Client : Barclays (GTPMS- UK)
Role : Test Lead
Responsibilities:
• Account level estimating testing effort, resource availability, forecasting & budgeting.
• Worked on proposals (RFP), SOW Preparation & finalization.
• Test Assessment, Consulting, Metrics analysis & reporting at account level.
• Trained Business team in testing processes, tools for participation in UAT.
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders like Development teams, Business teams etc to ensure higher
application availability for testing, quicker defect resolution and availability of adequate test data.
• Prepared executive and detailed dashboard reports for client reporting.
Datamatics Global Services Limited, Mumbai [Aug 2008 – Jul 2010]
Client : Saudi Airlines, Saudi Arabia (Ticketing)
Role : Test Lead (Client Role)
Responsibilities:
• Designed Test Delivery framework. Involved in discussions with the client on estimation of SIT testing
effort and resource availability for all the backend testing teams.
• Conducted Backend Teams Test plan walkthrough sessions with Business stakeholders and secured Sign
off. Anchored defect triage calls with all the backend team project leads.
• Reporting all Backend Test Teams status, risks & escalations to Business Program Director.
Client : BUPA, Australia (Web services for Health insurance)
Role : Senior Test Engineer
Responsibilities:

4. • Test Service Delivery Management. Managed the project from onsite (U.S.A.) and was involved in taking
the work / projects from client side. Implemented Automation & Test Process framework.
• Involved in discussions with the client on forth coming work, estimation of testing effort and resource
planning, Metrics collection, analysis and status reporting to Management and stake holders.
Mphasis (An HP Company), Pune [Sep 2007 – Jul 2008]
Client : ExcellerateHRO, USA (Pension Plan Management)
Role : Sr. Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for making Software Testing, defect reporting, Test Summary Report, Traceability matrix,
writing Test cases, setting up Test data, making Metrics and correcting Requirements.
Client : Sprint USA (Mobile billing and Data Management)
Role : Sr. Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
• Test Summary report, writing Test Cases, execution and making Traceability matrix for billing plans
related requirements.
• Supported the automation team in prioritising reusable functionalities
• Tested the product (Mobile) with respect to Performance, Load, Stress tests point, which included
Functionality, Regression, performance, Fail over and Recovery, Installation, Usability, Stress, Random
and System Integration Testing.
• Involved in Requirement correction, automation script update and review.
Aztecsoft Private Limited, Bangalore, India [Sep 2004 – Aug 2007]
Client : Instill, USA (Supply chain management)
Role : Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
• Automation of reusable test cases using Open source tools- Badboy and Watir
• Involved in designing of test cases, CR Implementation, analysis and testing. Involved in requirement
correction, code review & reporting bugs using Track web.