1. PRITAM PUSHPAKUMAR
Email: prithamraju@gmail.com | Phone: +91 9500029730
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cognizant Technology Solutions Jul ‘10 – Present
Consistently rated as a top performer; staffed on flagship projects; promoted as an Associate in 2013
Quality Assurance Lead (Lloyds Banking Group), Chennai, India Oct ‘14 – Present
Key QA member of a £50m/INR 5000m flagship project spread over 2 phases to introduce a new general insurance
product with estimated benefits of over £93m/INR 9300m for the client
Key
Responsibilities
 Led a team of 40 and responsible for end to end offshore IT testing operations
 Produced Estimate worth £3m; following hybrid Agile and Waterfall model
 Coordinated 7 QA and 10 ADM platforms (project has over 30 impacted applications in total)
Achievements  Rated as a top performer for role performed on the project
 Drove 40% savings (£1.2m) on the QA estimates through automation and harmonization
Initiatives  Shaped product development through weekly discussions with business analysts
o Provided key inputs to help finalize the product structure
 Had monthly one-on-one sessions with team to help them understand their respective roles
 Optimized Test Design using Risk Based Testing Technique called as Boston Matrix to meet the
tight timelines
Senior Test Lead (Lloyds Banking Group), Cardiff, United Kingdom Oct ‘13 – Sep ‘14
Led an offshore team of 15 in the £10m/INR 1000m Snowdon Program to decommission the sales of 3rd part products
from Lloyds channel and strengthen the Business of Lloyds own product
Key
Responsibilities
 Served a dual role Over arching Test Manager and Test Lead across multiple vendors
 Coordinated parallel SAT and BAT test phases where over 8000 scripts were executed
 Managed Defect Management activities across the entire testing phase including warranty
Achievements  Ensured no BAT and Live defect leakages across the programme
 Specially recognized for delivery excellence and for being extremely dedicated and working
considerable extra hours to help the programme succeed
Initiatives  Introduced Pricing and Compatibility test for the very first time in Insurance.
 Provided valuable inputs to the Business by finding out 40 static defects (largest within
Insurance) during requirement and early design phases
 Commended by the business analyst team for initiatives taken and relationship built
Test Lead (Lloyds Banking Group), Chennai, India Mar ‘12 – Sep‘13
Offshore test lead for the project which dealt with migration of millions of insurance policies from Lloyds to TSB Bank
 Coordinated general insurance test activities with a team of 10 spread across multiple vendors
 Helped shape the TSB brand for general insurance products by providing system level inputs
 Managed a team of 5 providing 24 hour warranty support after the TSB brand was launched

2. Web Tester (Lloyds Banking Group), Chennai, India Dec ‘11 – Feb ‘12
Tester in a project which deals with framework for robust payment card data security process
 Managed the testing activities with a team of 5 with no BAT and live defects
 Trained multiple people on the General Insurance Architecture
Mainframe Tester (Lloyds Banking Group), Chennai, India Jul ‘10 – Nov ‘11
Tester in a project involving the migration of millions of policies and claims in Halifax and BOS to the Lloyd's platform
 Managed the testing activities of the Finance work stream and raised critical defects which saved potential loss to
customer
 Worked in a team of 4, who executed over 500 scripts and identified over 50 defects.
 Automated Finance Reconciliation process which resulted in effort savings during Test Execution.
 Exposed to requirement traceability on the project
SKILLS
Testing Methodologies: Waterfall, iterative and Agile
Testing Techniques: Functional Testing (System and Integration Testing), Business Acceptance Testing, End to End
Testing, Positive Vs Negative Testing, Static Testing, Exploratory Testing, Compatibility Testing, GUI Testing, API Testing
or SOA Testing, Web Application Testing, Data warehouse and Database Testing.
Application & System Tested: HUON (CICS, ISPF & TSO) and AS400 Mainframes, SAP (CRM, CM, CD, BW modules), Web
application (.NET & Java), SSP, Middleware (Data Power, Message Broker), Pricing Engines.
Automation tools: QTP, Selenium Web driver Framework, Selenium RC, Grid, AutoIT, TestNG, SOAP UI, Cucumber,
Visual Basic Macro
Platforms: Windows 8/XP/2000/NT/98/95, Linux
Programming Languages known: C, C++, Java, VBA scripting
Database system: MS Access, My SQL, Oracle (querying using sql)
Management tools: HP ALM, HP QC, IBM Rationale Clear Quest, Microsoft Project Plan
ADD-ON PROFICIENCY
 Served as internal Quality Reviewer and faced several Software Quality Audits.
 Involved in Process improvement, implemented Best practises across projects and conducted Defect
Retrospection activities
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
2007
2010
Bachelor of Computer Applications
Master of Computer Applications
St. Thomas College of Arts & Science, Chennai, India
St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai, India
CERTIFICATIONS
 ISTQB accredited.
 Awarded Star of the Quarter twice.
 Awarded Innovation & Process Champion