Mary_Deepthy

K S Mary Deepthy
Mobile: Primary – 09740060263
Email: marydeepthy@gmail.com Alternate Contact – 09980741602
Professional Synopsis
 A technology driven professional with 10 years of experience in Testing, Test planning &
designing test strategies which will output high quality releases with zero field issues
 Currently working as Senior Technical Lead in UST Global.
 Experience in Leading ,Mentoring and Managing a big team(One of the two leads for a team of
36 people)
 Experience in setting up the Test procedures including the Test Plan & Test Design for customer
acceptance and product launch
 Worked with cross location and cross functional teams including developers and testers and
created test assets that helps in delivering the product with high test quality
 Proven expertise in communicating efficiently within the team and leading them to achieve
project milestones
 Experience in planning, scheduling, managing and assigning the testing activities for the
engineers on a day to day basis
 Experience in analyzing the logs for the defects and identifying the root cause, and giving the
first level analysis
 Familiar with Agile methodologies(Scrum)
 Expertise in Project planning & estimation
 Protocol test experience for Bluetooth and WiFi.
 Exposure to QA testing methodologies viz functional, regression and smoke testing
 Expertise in Black box test techniques & methodologies
 Expertise in C programming
 Handled Interoperability Testing for various Bluetooth devices and platforms
 Hands on experience with Android, iPhone, Windows and Symbian handsets.
 Familiar with configuring Wireless access points
 Expertise in White Box Testing which include code analysis and API testing
 Experience in testing inside RF lab under tight security conditions
 Onsite experience with Texas Instruments, Israel and Samsung Electronics, South Korea
Experience
1) UST Global Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore
Designation : Senior Test Analyst
Duration : 2011 July - Till present
Emp Code : U27902
2) Nokia India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore
Designation : Test Engineer
Duration : 2008 February- Till 2011 July
Emp Code : 10283498
3)Samsung India Software Operations, Bangalore
Designation : Senior Software Engineer
Duration : 2007 January- 2008 February

Emp Code : 1566
4) Sasken Communications, Bangalore
(Consultant atTexas Instruments Israel Ltd. )
Designation : Software Engineer
Duration : 2006 May -2007 January
Emp Code : 60240
5) Avenir Computer Services, Cochin
Designation : Member Technical Staff
Duration : 2004 September- 2006 May
Education
 MCA from MACFAST, Tiruvalla, M. G University in 2004. (Secured 86%)
 BSc (Physics) from St. Joseph’s College, Alappuzha, Kerala University in 2000. (Secured 94%)
 Pre-Degree from St. Joseph’s College, Alappuzha, KeralaUniversity in 1997. (Secured 69%)
 SSLC from Mary Immaculate HS, Alappuzha, KeralaState Board in 1995. (Secured 84%)
Core Competencies
Operating System : Windows 98, 2000, Android, Chrome
Languages and Libraries : C
Packages & Tools : Clear Case, Trace 32,
FTS4BT Air Sniffer, Quality Center (HP QC), Rational Change,
Clear Quest, Rational Team Concert (RTC), JIRA, JAMA
(Contour)
Organizational Experience
Key Projects Handled
1) Team Lead- Chrome Auto Test Automation (Ongoing)
Role: Team Lead
Team Size : 8
Scope: Test content automation for Intel next generation platforms (designed for Google
Chromebook) on Chrome Operating System
My Achievements in this project:
1. Not a planned project- I have taken up the initiative to automate the test cases
2. Actively involved in the discussion with client and succeeded in getting the project
for UST Global
3. Identified people from the manual testing team and got them trained for python
automation
4. Recruited people experienced in python who can also train other members

Roles and Responsibilities:
 Lead the team in creating the test plan using Software requirement Specification,
review the test cases when created
 Analyzing and identifying automation candidates from the test plan.
 Recruit team members, provide technical assistance when required by arranging
trainings and resources
 Conduct daily scrum and update the automation status on a daily basis to higher-ups.
 Provide a friendly atmosphere to the team by encouraging and motivating them
2) Validation Lead – Google Chromebook
Team Size : 34
Scope : Test Content development and platform validation for Next generation
Intel Platforms (designed for Google Chromebook) on Chrome Operating System.
1. The project was in the initial stage when I joined. I lead the team in creating the
complete test plan from scratch
2. Actively involved in shortlisting and recruiting candidates- this was done in a record
time- all the candidates were on-boarded in less than a month.
3. I have taken initiative in creating a task force to review the test plan, which
consisted of around 10,000 test cases and optimized and reduced the count to 2250.
4. I have created new test cases in each module which will unmask hidden errors. The
test plans have helped in identifying critical bugs well in advance
5. Created Bug Format and trained the team in how to file a bug effectively
6. Trained the team on technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
7. All the testing activities were tracked using excel sheets – I have taken up the
initiative to talk to customer and involve test tools such as Contour and HP QC so
that book keeping and reporting will be error free, organized and easily accessible
8. Formed a taskforce to upload all the requirements to Contour and test cases to QC.
9. Trained all 34 members of the team in Contour and HP QC and completely migrated
the project to QC and contour
10. Rational Team Concert was introduced to the team and I trained the team in how to
use RTC
11. I introduc ed “Daily Individual goals” when the team was struggling to meet deadlines
and this was a success
12. Introduced scrum and daily stand-ups to the team
13. Awarded the “top performer” award c onsidering the above ac tivities
 Create and design test plan from requirement specification
 Create test set ups.
 Lead the team in validation, assign tasks on a daily basis

 Review the bugs before filing
 Guide the team to complete the test cycle for each build and decide the execution
pattern when interim builds are released
 Create execution and bug reports and share them with stake holders on a daily basis
 Attend Global Scrum meetings and get updates on the project and share them with
the team
 Conduct daily scrum and update the status on a daily basis to higher-ups.
 Provide technical assistance to team
3) Validation Lead / Individual contributor - Validation for Tablet Phone
Team Size : 6
Scope: Member of Test validation team for testing Bluetooth, NFC and Wi-Fi modules on
the next generation Intel platforms working on Android Operating System. The tests are
performed on factors such as security vulnerability, range, transfer speed, and reliability of
operation.
1. I was the first member to join this project. It was me who created all the test plans, test set
ups, test procedures, lab set up (including identifying and ordering test support devices )
2. Created the report format for the daily execution.
3. Documented all the test set ups and procedures for future use.
4. Received appreciation from the client many a times for going through the logs and providing
accurate analysis whenever a bug is found.
5. Created the security vulnerability test plan, and used backtrack as the test tool after doing
research.
6. Trained other members of the team in executing day to day tasks.
 Gap analysis on the test coverage of existing test cases
 Creating test plans, test set ups and automating test cases using existing in-house
framework
 Executing the test cases for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and NFC modules
 Testing Interoperability against different platforms.
 Day to day interaction with development team, providing logs for errors found, test
methods to follow and retesting when fix is available.
 Do the first levels debug for the failures and log the facets in the defect tracking tool
2) Individual Contributor - Test Engineering for Nokia Mobiles (Symbian Production Branch)
Team Size : 10
Scope: Member of Test Engineering team for Nokia handsets in the Symbian production
branch. The team was involved in study of new features, testing, bug reporting & tracking and
publishing reports.

1. Taken the responsibility of individual products, followed the errors reported by the mobile
phone users in public forums and have taken them to the proper teams.
2. Critical bugs were found before the release, which could have cost fatal if went to production
unnoticed.
3. Helped in solving some critical internal setup issue (issue was related to Nokia Software
updater) which was causing huge delay in the test efforts. Voluntarily documented the issue
reasons and solutions and shared the same among team which helped many people across the
globe to solve the issue
4. Received appreciation for documenting all the test procedures and sharing it across the team.
I have also received appreciation for taking up testing tasks which require lots of time,
patience and effort.
 Managing subcontractors who does the functional testing, collecting reports from them, do
review and analysis of the results, comparing with previous cycles and then publishing the
report to stake holders
 Attending in Software Content Board (which decides the test focus, NFT & ET areas for
each software release), Content Control Board(which decides the New Requirement areas to
be taken for each release ) and Incident Review Board(which decides on action points for
bugs reported, decides bug priority and status)
 Execution of test sets for weekly releases, reporting bugs with prioritization
arguments, uploading crash files, preparing & publishing test report
 Creating BAT, focus & new requirement test set for weekly release and sharing them
with the subcontractors for execution
 Execution of sales test activities, preparing & publishing sales test report
 Reporting the bugs found in Rational Change and giving prioritization arguments
 Bug status follow up with build & integration teams, providing screenshots and traces
when necessary
 Verification of errors
4) ISA Releasing- Developing Test application For Core Software
Team Size : 4
Role : Team Member / Individual Contributor
Scope: The project deals with developing test applications to test various servers in S40
platforms. Test applications are then delivered to various testing teams.
1. This project was in C# which was a new language for me, but I have managed to finish the
project well within the allotted time slot
2. One of the helper modules which we used had a bug and created lots of crashes when the test
cases were executed. The module was no longer supported by the team who developed that. I
have taken up the task voluntarily, as a challenge, and then re-wrote the complete module.

The new module was then shared globally across teams who were using the older one. This
module was faster and efficient.
3. Voluntarily created a test suite for API testing
1. Actively participating in discussions with customers
2. Design and develop the applications for various teams
3. Implement test suite to test (API testing) the applications developed
4. Carry out the testing and debugging
6) Samsung Handset Testing
Team Size: 3
Role: Team Member
Platform: Samsung Mobile Platform
Scope: Testing Samsung handsets for IRDA, and Bluetooth profiles. Test cases were prepared
based on client requirement and guide lines.
1. Taken trainings in Bluetooth technology for the team in Samsung
2. Prepared a design document for implementing JSR 82
3. Taken trainings for the team on JNI
4. Taken up the initiative to introduce and use Trace 32 to identify the root cause for bugs
1. Creating test plans from the design documents
2. Actively participating in discussions with development team
3. Preparing API test plan and executing the test cases,
4. Collecting logs and crash dumps and helping developer to reproduce and fix the bug.
7) Interoperability Testing
Company: Texas Instruments Israel
Team Size: 2
Role: Team Member
Technologies: Bluetooth
Scope: The project included Creating & Executing test cases for Bluetooth profiles on embedded
platforms. Test cases were created to see that all Bluetooth features available in the device under
test are interoperable with other Bluetooth devices available in market.
1. Involved in studying Bluetooth profile specification
2. creating test requirements and test plans
3. Execution the test cases on various Bluetooth devices and mobile platforms
4. Creating reports using test Director
5. Raising bug report in clear quest and classifying them according to the priority.

1. This was a new project for Sasken from TI and I was part of the team who set up the lab in
the TI ODC in Sasken.
2. Helped in creating the test plans and added the test plans in to Test Director (now Quality
Center).This was a task which required lots of time and effort.
3. Trained the team members in Bluetooth by giving them regular presentations. Documents
were prepared on Bluetooth and the same was circulated in the team.
9) API testing - BIP & OPP
Company: Avenir Computer Services, Cochin
Team Size: 2
Role: Team Member
Technologies: Bluetooth, Windows 2000, C
Scope: The project involved Testing of basic Bluetooth profiles basically like OPP and BIP.
Test Suite was created to test the basic functionalities of the APIs that are exposed.
1. Understanding Bluetooth specification for the corresponding profile
2. Preparing a test plan from the specification
3. Implementing the API test suite
4. Conducting API testing for the profiles
1. This was my first technical assignment after graduation. I have learned the specifications
thoroughly and then prepared the API test plans using the specifications from the Bluetooth
SIG website and also the chm documents of the application.
2. I have created test suites in java and C which is being re-used by the company for testing
other Bluetooth profiles.
3. Voluntarily learned java Native Interface and successfully written a wrapper application to port
the APIs from C interface to Java.
Personal Details
Contact Address : Flat No. 402, Shreevari Mansion,
Kemapanna Main Road,
Vignan Nagar, Bangalore
Date of Birth : 27th Apr’1980
Marital Status : Married

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