Having worked within the software industry for over 9 years, I have developed a wide range of skills that would meet and exceed the expectations for the role. In my present role as a Principal Quality Engineer for Cvent I have had the opportunity in managing day to day project activities like feature deliveries, risk identification, timely reporting & triaging of issues, responsible for release coordination, in-sprint automation, negligible defect leakage. Supporting team in creation of UAT test cases against business requirements, also test case reviews of UI / API stories. Managed relationships and coordinated work between teams at different locations.

1. RIDHI HANDA
Skype: ridhi.handa | Email: ridhihanda18@gmail.com
More than 8 years of information technology (IT) experience; Key skills include requirement gathering & analysis
designing software QA strategy, test plans, testing lifecycle management, following agile practices in a dynamic
and fast paced environment while working as a Principal Quality Engineer at Cvent
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY/SKILLS
• Leading the QA team for Inquisium (Online Survey Software) product at Cvent
• Guiding the team on the usage of Agile/ Scrum practices
• Defining and standardizing the KRAs & KPIs for different levels in quality engineering team
• Responsible for creating detailed project plans and work breakdown structure to illustrate resource
allocation
• Establishing and evolving formal QA processes, ensuring that the team is using industry-accepted best
practices
• Participate in regular meetings with stakeholders to communicate accomplishments, plans and issues as
well as any risks to the project’s progress
• Proficient in people management, performance evaluation, appraisals, talent hiring, resource management
and building retention strategy
• Overseeing all aspects of quality assurance including requirement analysis, test plan creation, test case
reviews, test execution to ensure quality goals are met in a timely manner (manual and automated (UI &
API))
• Acting as a key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating with
QA resources at a global level
• Lead and mentor QA team members through timely support in day-to-day activities
WORK HISTORY
• Principal Quality Engineer [Jul 2018-Till Date]
• Lead Quality Analyst [Jul 2015-Jul 2018]
• Senior Quality Engineer [Jul 2013-Jul 2015]
• Quality Engineer [Apr 2011-Jul 2013]
• Quality Engineer Trainee [Oct 2010-Apr 2011]
EDUCATION
(Educational Credential Assessment by World Education Services, Canada. ECA# 3627642IMM, 03 July 2018)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Executive) from Institute of Management Technology (IMT),
Ghaziabad (2016-17)
• Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM),
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (2007-10)
• B.Sc(Hons.) Computer Science from Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, Delhi University
(2004-07)
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
• IBM Certified Database Associate - DB2 9 Fundamentals
• IBM Certified Associate Developer-- Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6.0
• Training in Oracle 9i from Centre for Information Technology
• Certificate course in OOPS and C++ from ECIT with A+ grade

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AWARDS/ ACCOLADES
At Cvent
• Consistently a top-performer amongst peers
• Received multiple “Pat on the Back” awards
• Organised and participated in various events including our annual Hackathons in 2017 & 2018, quizzes etc.
• Led training process for QE Department
• Awarded as Ms. Cvent 2012
At LBSIM
• Held VP & JS positions in IT-Grid (Session 09-10 & 08-09)
• Core-organizing committee member for IT Summit and annual cultural fest for 08-09
• Won various prizes at inter & intra college events
At BCAS
• Won 3rd prize in ‘Solo Dance’ competition held at annual cultural fest Srijan-07
• Won 2nd prize in ‘Best out of Waste’ event held at annual cultural fest Srijan-06
TOOLS
Automation Tools Test Management Tools Technology Stack
• BDD
• Soap UI
• Selenium
• TFS
• JIRA
• X-Ray
• Zephyr
• MVC
• React
• JAVA
• APIs
• POSTGRES
• Couchbase
• SQL
• Elasticsearch
• Tableau
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Principal Quality Engineer [Jul 2018-Till Date]
Projects Undertaken: Inquisium Redesign, Portals & Dashboard, Legacy Survey New Reports
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Responsible for end to end test management; creation of test plan, test estimation, test data & ensure
availability of test resources
• Managing day to day project activities ensuring deliverables are met, risks are identified and assessed, and
issues are managed and resolved. Also responsible for release coordination, in-sprint automation,
negligible defect leakage and automation maintenance backlog
• Worked on requirement gathering, brainstorming (functional & non-functional requirements), actively
participated in impact analysis
• Supported QA team in creation of UAT test cases against business requirements, also test case reviews of
UI / API stories
• Managed relationships and coordinated work between teams at different locations
• Foster culture of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
• Preparation of automation scripts using Blucumber (Cvent’s version of Cucumber)
• Driving the daily defect triage & closely monitoring the progress, reporting defects, tracking and reviewing
with development team to resolve technical issues
• Acted as a business subject matter expert, supported in quality delivery of application roadmap and
effectively communicate and build rapport with business sponsors and stakeholders
• Maintain and monitor production system alerts setup on Splunk / Datadog
• Actively participated during Sprint Review/Demo meeting to demonstrate the functionality that was built
during the sprint
• Followed the Agile Methodology for all projects and actively coordinated scrums