Sudesh Chandra\'s resume

1. Sudesh Chandra
65 Rio Robles, S-2414, San Jose CA 95134
Ph: 510-396-0031 schandra888@yahoo.com
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Software : J2EE, J2ME, HTTP, HTML, XML, LDAP & Active Directory, SOA, Apache, IIS, Mac OS X, WSDL SOAP,
Perl, X.400 Email, X.500, SMTP Mail, HP-UX, SUN Solaris, CentOS Linux, SilkTest, JUnit,
IBM AIX, SilkPerformer, X.500 XDS API, Ruby Watir, MAPI, Win XP, Vista, Win7, Win2K, RedHat Linux,
MySQL, Oracle, SQL Net., C , C++, Java, PHP, Ruby
Data Comm.: 802.3, Wi-Fi 802.1X, SQL Net, VOIP, SIP/RTP, H.323, WSDM SOA, Sockets, MOBITEX SMS, WiMAX, 3G,
X.25, MAN -IEEE802.6, IBM-PC LAN, AppleNet, Sync-ML, BEA WLS application server
Hardware : PC and LINUX, Apple MAC, SUN SPARC, HP Itanium and PA-Risc, IBM-AIX, IPhone & BlackBerry phones,
Wi-Fi Network, IEEE 802.11bg routers, Adobe Embedded Systems, PDAs
Objective : Manage and Lead Software Quality Assurance
EXPERIENCE
08 Jul-10 May YouSendIt QA Lead – SaaS Corporate Suite applications and Mobile Applications
Developed test plans for Corporate Suite applications for E-Signature, Delayed Billing, RunTheBusiness,
Active Directory, iPhone and BlackBerry Mobile applications software releases. Developed SilkTest and Selenium
automation for YouSendIt Express desktop app. and webapp. Reduced the test cyles time for RunTheBusiness
releases to less than one week using test automation and Agile processes. Cross functional team requirements based QA for
Marketing, Customer Support and HotFix releases. Successfully released 3.X and 4.0 software releases on time and after
more than 400 defects were discovered and fixed for the highest level of software quality improvement.
Developed and executed the test plan for PCI certification of the YouSendIt web application and payment gateway.
07 – 08 Jun Symmetricom Inc. SQA Lead Automation Engineer – IPTV and VOIP Test Automation
Developed the SilkTest automation framework for J2EE client server application. Integrated the tests into SilkCentral
TestManager. Developed test plans for Functional, System and Reliability test plans. Lead a team of 3 to successfully release
V4.0 Q-Advisor software. Reduced test cycle time and improved product quality by discovering many major defects.
07 Jan-April BEA Systems Contract Senior QA Engineer - ALUI HPUX certification
Developed the functional, integration and systems tests for successful release of the ALUI Portal Products on HP-UX OS.
As HPUX certification team lead the System test plan and Reliability test plan were developed to discover functionality,
integration and reliability bugs. Test automation was performed using Selenium.
2006 Cydelity Inc. Senior Software Test Engineer Internet Applications
SilkTest automation for a J2EE SQL postgres DB application on Linux servers for eSentry web client for
online banking software. Developed system test plan, test automation, bug management and release.
2005 ECOResorts.net SQA Manager
Developed the J2ME mobile application for smart cards to be used for points, cash and id management.
Developed SilkTest framework for automated GUI client functionality, white box and system tests.
03 – 04 Senior Software Engineer Contract
America Online Calendar. Developed a PERL software test automation package for SyncML
of PDAs, Calendar & Contacts. Test automation included J2EE server and XML test suite development.

2. 98 - 02 iPlanet SUN-Netscape Senior Software Engineer and QA Lead
QA lead for Java Console, Administration Server 5.0, and User Access Management API. Developed
test plans, automation frameworks, functional tests and performance tests using SilkTest, QAPartner and
Silk Performer tools. Test automation lead for Java server and IE and Netscape browser application.
SilkTest automation framework was successfully developed for Netscape Admin, Directory and Message servers
for cross platform testing on Solaris, Linux, HPUX, AIX and Windows OS automated acceptance and system tests.
94 – 98 ADOBE SYSTEMS Member Technical Staff
Project lead test development for Adobe Information Appliance embedded systems product.
Usability Test and Functional Test plan developed and executed successfully for the first release of the product.
Project lead for the test development and test automation of PostScript fax software using PERL for FAX ITU tests.
93 - 94 ORACLE CORPORATION Member Technical Staff
Developed the regression, integration and systems test architecture for Oracle Office directory services, email
and scheduler software development. Automated the regression tests and managed the four node client tests
on MAC, Windows, SUN and Sequent platforms using Mercury WinRunner test automation software.
Met the objective of reducing software release cycle time by parallel software builds and test automation.
HEWLETT PACKARD Information Networks Division
91 - 93 Senior Software Engineer
Developed the X.500 Directory Services application for the first release of this product on HP-UX.
Developed a client server application program to automate testing of unix mail and X.400 mail for software
reliability testing.
89 - 91 Software Engineer
X.500 Directory Services for the Manufacturing Automation Protocols (MAP) product for HP-UX.
Developed and implemented the reliability and functional tests.
Debugged the code for all errors trapped during the testing phases. Developed SQL based modules
for the Directory Services application for information access from the SQL relational database.
Planned, implemented and managed the product release procedures.
88 - 89 : Software Engineer
Developed the HP X.400 E-Mail products for the first release on HP-UX.
Designed a multinode automated reliability test software package using remote procedure calls.
Managed the 4-cycle reliability testing of the X.400 products for HP MPE-XL and HP-UX operating systems.
Tested for interoperability failures between the User Agents and debugged and fxed the defects.
SUNY STONY BROOK, NY
Network Engineer
86 - 88 Research on the optimal scheduling of WAN, MAN and ATM switches for maximal switch capacity
and throughput. Analyzed four scheduling strategies for the Metro Area Network using graph theory.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPER and PRESENTATION
1988 "Heuristic Scheduling Strategies for Multihop Networks with Regular Structure".
Research on the optimal scheduling of comm. channels between multiple computers in a MESH network
to achieve the maximum network throughput. The schedules were the ring, slot and random schedules.
This paper was presented at the International Conference on Communications, 1988, Philadelphia.
Education
MSEE 1988 Dept of Electrical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York.
BTECH 1985 Dept of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.