The document provides a summary of Joel Asirvatham's experience as a software tester. It details over 9 years of experience in testing roles across various domains including banking, insurance, and financial services. It lists testing methodologies, tools, and technologies used including Agile, automation testing, and defect tracking tools. Recent projects included testing mobile apps for Whole Foods Market and Common Ground Mobility.

1. Joel Asirvatham
#152, 2nd Cross, Christ School Road
Bharathi Layout,S.G.Palya, DRC Post,
Bangalore – 29
Ph #: +919487442647, +918904924787
jaj812005@gmail.com
Experience Summary
 Around9 years of IT experienceSoftwareTesting as Tester, QA Lead/Test Lead ina wide variety of
project environments.
 4 years of work experience working as a direct employee in the United States
 Expertise in Functional Testing, Automation Testing and Regression Testing,
 Agile Testing, GUI testing, Sanity Testing, Back end database testing andInterface Testing Code
Development of Software Products.
 Device testing on Iphone, Android, Blackberry, windows 7 and IPAD
 Security Testing for authentication and timed security tokens
 Accessibility Test to ensure added components to existing application is supportable to the accepted
styles for visual and hearing impairments.
 Experience on both Waterfall and Agile methodologies of SDLC
 Designing and executing Test Scenarios, Test Scripts ,Test cases and Analyzing Test results
 Defect posting, Defect discussion and Defect Closure. Transitioning unaccomplished low defects to the
maintenance team
 Test Lead Managing a team with quality time-lined deliverable
 Handling changes across multiple projects, platforms concurrently.
 Banking (USAA,CitiBank), Financial (USAA,StandardChartered) and Insurance(AIG,USAA) Domain
knowledge.
 Project Efforts on Life annuity, Value Personal Property, Renters, Auto and industrial& commercial
handled on Insurance.
 Insurance experience includes policy stages and quote life cycle of bind, book, endorsement,cancel,
renewal, rewriting and issuing of policy
 Credit cards, Electronic fund transfers,Bill pays,Checking and Savings deposits were handled on
Banking.
 Brokerage and Mutualfund accounts were handled on Securities.
 Expertise in using testing tools QTP, Quality Center
 Experienced in resource planning, resource acquisition, and task allocation and management
 Coordinating Offshore from the onsite base accomplishing work faster
 Familiar with Backlog, work items, acceptance criteria and assignments on Agile Testing and part of
daily scrums.
 Usage of Version 1, Rally and Rational Team Concert tools for Agile Tests
 Exposure to Structured Query Language(SQL), UNIX, Oracle 9i & JAVA
 Knowledge on Software Testing and Development Life Cycle inclusive of all QA processes
 Experienced in resource planning, resource acquisition, and task allocation and management
 Usage of Eclipse tool for Java test code development in JAVA API
 Testing ofiOScode programmedwith C# inXamarin IDE
 Trained on and knowledge on performance test tool Load runner, automation tool silk test
 Possess good interpersonal skills, committed, result oriented, hard working with a zeal to learn new
technologies and undertake challenging tasks
Educational Qualification
Master of Computer Application, 2002-2005 (Madras Christian College, Chennai, INDIA)
Bachelors in Computer Science, 1999-2002 (St. Xavier’s College, Tirunelvelli, INDIA)
Certifications
International Software Testing Qualifications (ISTQB)
INS-21 (Insurance Domain Certification)
HP Quick Test Professional (QTP)

2. Employer Employee relationship History
Ready Test Go (a CSS group corporation) – 2005 -2007
Tata Consultancy Services – 2007 – 2012
Empower Professionals – 2012 – 2013 (Recruited in the United States)
Rsystems – 2013 (Mar) – 2013(Oct) (Recruited in the United States)
Magna InfotechPvt Ltd – 2014(Jun) – 2014(Nov)
Technical Skill Set
Languages : C#(for iOS programming), Java, VB
Databases : SQLite, SQL server, Oracle 9i, PL/SQL
Web Oriented : Java Script, VB Script, HTML
QA Tools : QTP, QC, Java Eclipse, Perfecto, Ranorex, Monkey Talk, SeeTest.
Process Oriented Tools : Jira,Rally, Bugzilla, Star Team, QC, Excel, Excel Pivot Charts
Personal Information
Date of Birth : 22-Jun-1981
Passport Number : G1177329
Assignments
The details of the various assignments that I have handled are listed here,in chronological order.
Project WHOLE FOODS MARKET MOBILE (Jun’14 - Nov’14)
Customer SAPIENT, Bangalore, India
Description
Devices
Mobile platforms
Role
Responsibilities
This project is there-engineering (development and testing )process of
the existing ‘Recipes’ App into ‘Whole foods market’ mobile App to give
the customers an instoremode feel. Customers will have the ability to
locate and set a home store, view items on sale and add store events to
their personal calendar. A search engine is also available to search for
any desired recipe or ingredients which inturn could be added tothe
favorites or shopping list.
iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S,iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, Samsung Galaxy Tab
10 and Nexus 5
iOS 7, iOS 8, Android 4.3, Android 4.4 and research on Android 4.5
Senior Test Lead
Requirement Analysis and involvement in Sprint Planning.
Discussions in daily scrums to track the progress of tasks as a part of
AGILE methodology
Test Plan with test approach,entry criteria, environment details, exit
criteria
Understanding the technology involved in development and identifying
ways/strategies to test
Analyzing risks involved in project and mitigation steps
Working on Test Estimates and metrics
Device SQLite Data validations
API content validations
Loading the developed build on devices from Jenkins
Providing Crash logs for App crash analysis with reproducing steps
Following all general/required Test Life cycle documentation and
execution procedures like Test scenarios and test cases
Defect Logging, discussion and closure(JIRA tool)
Test closure and deliveries with Jira extracts and pivot chart reports
Layout of requirements necessary for mobile automation tool evaluations
Project COMMON GROUND MOBILITY (May’13 - Oct’13)
Customer HALLIBURTON, Houston, TX
Description
Devices
This project deals with the sourcing of common cross platform tools and
components that should be accepted and adopted throughout the
organization
iPhone 4S, iPhone 5S, iPod(iphone 5 screens), iPad mini, iPad, Android
devices and windows

3. Mobile platforms
Responsibilities
iOS 6, iOS 7, Android 4.2, Windows
Requirement Analysis and test backlog insertions with business/team as
a part of Iterations in Sprint planning meetings
Discussions in daily scrums to track the progress of tasks as a part of
AGILE methodology
Test Plan with test approach,entry criteria, environment details, exit
criteria
Understanding the technology involved in development and identifying
ways/strategies to test
Analyzing risks involved in project and mitigation steps
Working on Test Estimates and metrics
Making sure apt Server Data and Sqlite data for AUT related databases
are available for testing
Analysing C# code in Xamarin IDE to make sure all components are
flexible to work cross platform
Loading the developed build on devices from Xamarin and Jenkins
Providing Crash logs for App crash analysis with reproducing steps
Following all generalTest Life cycle documentation and execution
procedures like Test scenarios and test cases
Defect Logging, discussion and closure(RALLY tool)
Test closure, Sign offs and deliveries
Layout of requirements necessary for mobile automation tool evaluations
Research and evaluation on various automation tools for mobility to be
adopted in the organizations (Ranorex, Perfecto, Calabash,TA,
Experitest)
Project NIKE PLUS RUNNING (Apr’12 - Apr’13)
Customer Nike Inc – Beaverton, OR
Description
Devices
Mobile platforms
Responsibilities
Nike plus running is a project that deals with development and testing
of smart phone APPs. This App is used to track, monitor and share work
outs through social medias
Android 2.2, 2.3, 4.0, 4.1 on Samsung Nexus SII, SIII, HTC s, Motorolass
Iphone 3Gs, Iphone 4,Iphone 4S,Iphone 5
IOS 4, IOS 5, Android 2.2(Fryo), 2.3(Gingerbread),
4.0(IcecreamSandwich) and 4.1(Jelly Bean)
Requirement Analysis and test backlog insertions with business/team as
a part of Iterations in Scrum meetings
Test Plan with test approach,entry criteria, environment details, exit
criteria
Analyzing risks involved in project and mitigation steps
Working on Test Estimates and metrics
Data Analysis and data creation/collection
Ensuring Environmentalset for integration test, system test, release test
and production QA validation
Loading latest builds on the App(using iphoneconfig utility and apk
installer) on devices and on simulators
Producing Crash logs for App crashes using Catlog and android sdk
Scenario and test case creation
Analyzing the logs to identify crash cause issues and when occurred
Reviews and walkthrough with business and team reviews
Defect Logging, discussion and closure(JIRA tool)
Circulating daily Test dashboard to the project team
Test closure, Sign offs and deliveries
Project MOBILE REDEMPTION (Oct ‘11 - Mar’12)
Customer United Services Automobile Association – SA, TX

4. Description The existing USAA mobile banking applications lack the facility of
redeeming points.This project deals with replacement of the limitations
of point redemptions. USAA member would be possible
to redeem points into their credit card accounts via mobile channel
Screens involved: Account summary, Account details (includes Point
balance),Point Redemption, Redeem to Card account, Verification,
Confirmation
Role Test Lead (Team size :1 Lead and 4 Team members)
Tools
Devices
Mobile platforms
Quality Center,Star Team (InternalDefect Tool), version 1
Android 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3
Iphone 4, Iphone 5 and Iphone 4S
IOS 4, IOS 5, Android
Responsibilities Requirement Analysis to identify possible scenarios/acceptance criteria
and test backlog insertions with business/team as a part of Iterations in
Scrum meetings
Documenting Test Plan with test approach, entry criteria, environment
details, exit criteria
Analyzing risks involved in project and mitigation steps
Working on Test Estimates and metrics
Briefing requirements/complexities and Diverting tests to performance
test team for affecting modules and highly visited pages
Data Analysis and data creation/collection for the test involved
Ensuring Environmentalset for integration test, system test, release test
and production QA validation
Loading of integration test , system test and production APP builds on the
devices to carry out tests
Scenario and test case creation
Reviews and walkthrough with business and team reviews
Generating Planning Traceability report ensuring requirements map with
scenarios
Import/Export of test in and out of Quality Center
Test Lab execution on Quality Center and status marking in Version 1
Defect Logging, discussion and closure(Star Team tool)
Generating Test execution traceability report
Circulating daily Test dashboard to the project team
Test closure, Sign offs and deliveries
Project INTERNAL ARCHITECHTURE RESTRUCTURE (Mar ‘11 -
Nov’11)
Customer United Services Automobile Association – SA, TX
Description Enterprise Testing (USAA) – Restructuring the existing website to
accommodate dynamical menus and new look and feel. The insertion of
advertising banners to fetch more business is a part of this project.
Restructuring of USAA mobile Apps is a part of this change.
Role Test Lead
Tools Quality Center,QTP, Star Team (InternalDefect Tool), version 1
Devices – Iphone,Android, Blackberry, Windows 7
Responsibilities Requirement Analysis to identify possible scenarios/acceptance criteria
and test backlog insertions with business/team as a part of Iterationsin
Scrum meetings
Documenting Test Plan with test approach, entry criteria, environment
details, exit criteria
Analyzing risks involved in project and mitigation steps
Working on Test Estimates and metrics
Identifying automation test scripts affected due torestructure
Identifying list of pages affecting existing regression scripts
Identifying newobjects to be learnt and objects to be eliminated
Briefing requirements/complexities and Diverting tests to performance
test team for affecting modules and highly visited pages

5. Analyzing areas of authentication pages that includes level 1(ID and
Password) and level2(PIN) for security testing
Delivering list of pages that have changed component/text for
accessibility testing
Data Analysis and data creation/collection for the test involved
Ensuring Environmental set for integration test, system test, release test
and production QA validation
Scenario and test case creation
Reviews and walkthrough with business and team reviews
Generating Planning Traceability report ensuring requirements map with
scenarios
Import/Export of test in and out of Quality Center
Test Lab execution on Quality Center
Test script execution (QTP) and Test result logs
Defect Logging, discussion and closure(Star Team tool)
Generating Test execution traceability report
Circulating daily Test dashboard to the project team
Test closure, Sign offs and deliveries
Project ENTERPRISE SMALL MODIFICATIONS &
ENHANCEMENTS (May 2010 - Mar’11)
Customer United Services Automobile Association – SA, TX
Description Enterprise Testing (USAA) – Handling maintenance, enhancements,
small modifications and changes across multiple projects. Efforts on Life
annuity, Value Personal Property, Renters and Auto Insurance were
handled on Insurance. Credit cards, Electronic fund transfers, Bill pays,
Checking and Savings deposits were handled on Banking. Brokerage and
Mutual fund accounts were handled on Securities.
Role Test Lead
Tools QC , QTP, Star Team(Defect tracking tool)
Responsibilities Project kick offs and requirement analysis
Publishing of Test lead soft commit, hard commit, release and prod QA
dates to the team
Analyzing project requirements and notifying other projects to identify
affecting areas and scope of testing.
Providing test estimates on the test completion hours
Identifying regression scripts affected due tothe change
Documenting new objects and objects for elimination on the change
Updating Test Plan to include the entry criteria, exit criteria, estimated
hours, environment, risks and path to the test cases
Managing and instructing offshore on Test Case creation
Reviews and walkthroughs with test manager,tech lead and business
Analysis and knowledge transfer to data team for Test Data set up
Test Execution and tracking (Quality Center)
Test Script Execution and Test results(QTP)
Defect Logging, discussion and closure(Star Team tool)
Documenting unresolved business low priority defects for future CRs
Sign offs and deliveries
Project INVESTORS VIEW DASHBOARD (Aug 2009 - April 2010)
Customer USAA
Description Enterprise Testing (USAA) – Investors View Dashboard is an enterprise
related testing done on the existing USAA website. The project deals
with the customization of accounts and investment related
functionalities into individual widgets for easy access on a single
page(Investment dashboard) to make a one stop shop. The dashboard
will consist of account summary, trading and investment widgets. The
user (member) will be allowed to opt-in or opt-out of the customized
view whenever needed.
Role Test Analyst

6. Tools QC , QTP
Responsibilities Team Lead managing offshore team
Analyzing test scenarios and clarifying scenarios with test lead
Analyzing requirements and clarifying with business
Making sure UI matching with all requirements mentioned in the
RSM(Requirement Specification Matrix)
Handling team meeting within the team and resolving issues/concerns
raised.
Grouping test cases created to match scenarios
Hybrid(Modular &Data Driven)frameworkbased Test script
creation(QTP)
Reviewing test cases and test scripts
Identification of reusable component test scripts
Ensuring Data is in place for all scenarios
Test Execution(Quality Center & QTP)
Hoisting Defect meeting for Logging, discussion and closure(Star Team
tool) of defects along with the development team
Generating Traceability Matrix to ensure all requirement are tested
Project PA-WEB FORMS (Dec2007- July 2009)
Customer American InternationalGroup(AIG)
Description PA Web Testing (AIG) - PA Web is an application that supports AIG’s
international Accident & Health (“A&H”) business and will be
customized to include the functionality required to utilize PA Web in the
US and Canada for the Customer’s A&H line of business. The system
performs bind, book, endorsement, cancel, renewal, rewriting and
issue of policyfor industrial and commercial insurance. All the
activities pertaining to the life cycle of a policy for A&H business are
included in the system. Front-end and Form level testing was done to
check the different plans, benefits and exclusions available under
various policy series and products covered across states/province.
Role Test Engineer
Solution Environment Windows XP
Tools HP Quality Center 9.2
Responsibilities Creating test cases from use case input documents
Created test scripts that were used as reusable components
Mapped the test scripts according to High Level scenarios defined by the
business to identify leaks on scope of testing
Managed a team to coordinate onsite offshore project progress and
accomplishments
Analysis of transaction flows in the life cycle of a policy providing
documents appreciated by business which helped to improve quality and
coverage of the software in real time business
Executing Test cases and Test scripts
Identifying defects and logging them with evidence snap shots
Consolidating teams test development and test execution metrics to
provide daily status of test progress
Project ASSET CONTROL (May 2007- Oct 2007)
Customer Standard Chattered,Reuters and Bloomberg
Description AC Contour - This is a Standard Chartered Bankproduct that provides
high performance management of time-series price data for market snap
shots, data profiling, end of day prices, market conformity checking,
market risk management,risk factors and curve generations. Grid data
validations, tolerance limits, day to day strike ranges and strike intervals
were the centralfocus of testing.
Java API - This deals with the development of Java test code developing
procedures/methods to verify the number of actual parameters passed
and the outputs of the methods from the database on passing valid and
invalid parameters.The inputs and outputs are verified through XML
format files.

7. Role Test Engineer
Solution Environment Windows XP
Oracle 9i, Java 1.5.0_06
Tools Bugzilla, Eclipse, QTP
Responsibilities Understanding requirements and identifying related scenarios
Magnifying the test scenarios to test cases
Developing Java Test code for interface testing(Eclipse Tool)
Submitting consolidated developed test cases for review
Incorporating Review comments
Integrating Jar files and data base inputs to provide xml result for
analyzing the retrievalof values
Executing test code
Posted Bugs for retrieval of invalid outputs in XML(Bugzilla)
Project CITI- Branch 99(Jan 2007- Apr 2007),CITI- Banking (Apr 2006- Dec
2006) , CITI- Web RQ(Dec 05- Mar 2006),CITI- eOasis(Sep 05- Nov
05)
Customer Citibank N.A , Chennai
Description Citi Branch-99 is a re-engineering of the existing Citi bankeOasis
application to change the 2 digit branch code identification reference into
6 digits and all the affecting modules due to the change.The modification
of branch code will affect the account number,CIF number and card
number logic and the related programs like account opening, closure,
maintenance,re-opening, SI request, money transfer and clearing
Citi Banking is a project in which the existing eOasis application is re-
engineered with changes that satisfies user’s needs,provides a better
customer support and tunes the queries for better performance of
execution.
The modules dealt are
GRB – Global Relationship Banking(Cif No, GCIN No, Address and
personaldetails, Relationship queries), TIDE – Timely Deposit, AAFA –
Advance Against Financial Assets, DMF - Domestic MutualFund,OSRO –
Account opening and Account Closures, EOD/EOM – End Of Day/Month
Programs, BOD/BOM – Beginning of Day/Month Programs, RC – Ready
Credit, FTS – Funds Transfer System
Web RQ consists of all kinds of customer relationship queries on Account
financials, performances, rewards and demographicprofiles for booking
transactions
CITI-eOasis is a consolidation of the existing multiple branch banking
databases into a single database through a branch banking wrapper
screen. 7 different databases for each main city were configured under
their name (oasis.mad, oasis.bom and so on). This has been consolidated
into a single database (oasis.ind) which contains a wrapper leading to the
different city databases
Role Test Engineer
Solution Environment Unix,
Pro *C, Web logic, XML and HTML
Oracle 9i
Tools N/A, Used MS Excel Spreadsheet
Responsibilities Study on Business Requirement Document(BRD)
Analysis of thelist of re-engineered pages
Analysis of affecting modules due to the branch code changes
regression test on the combination of 7 database into1
Preparation of Test Scenarios and Test cases
Attending Knowledge transfer sessions with developers and business to
understand the complexity of the change and affected areas
Test Execution and Defect life cycle completion
Updating status on daily test dash boards
Date : 28-Mar-15 Joel Asirvatham J
Place : Bangalore Signature