Karthik Venkat Mobile : +65 97516324

Email :Karthik.p.venkat@gmail.com

Summary

8 years of experience as a Software Test Engineer, Software Programme manager-Testing, Business Analyst.

A rare combination of pure software and Automotive (Embedded) testing experience on Mobile, Cloud and Automotive (Infotainment and Instrument cluster).

Domain experience of Enterprise mobile application solutions, Analytics services and connected services for cars.

ISTQB and OCPJP certified. Patent Filed-“PERSONALIZED HEADPHONES” with USPTO (United states patent office)

Competency

1) FUNCTIONAL TESTING (MANUAL AND AUTOMATION): MANUAL:

End to End functional testing of Mobile applications, ETL Analytics and Embedded testing. Testing enterprise mobile applications-Android, IOS, BB API testing with REST web services Analytics Data pipeline (ETL pipeline) testing. Experience of testing Analytics reports on Tableau. Experience of API testing with REST Web services. Experience of troubleshooting on Linux servers. Good SQL knowledge, worked on oracle, Postgres and SQLite. Worked in AWS (cloud) environment.

AUTOMATION: Implemented Hybrid Automation framework. Automated web application of a hybrid Mobile application using webdriver (Java) Automated a migration task of tickets(Bugs) from an in house tool to Jira using selenium Experience with Junit and TestNG frameworks. Currently working on an in house keyword driven automation framework.

2) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - TESTING: Proficiency in Test Planning, Test Scenario preparation, Test Case design, Test execution &

Status reporting. Proficient in Test metrics-defect density, S curve. Experience of using confluence, wiki and sharepoint.

Responsible for leading Story Grooming activities with Product Managers, SW Architects, Developers and Testing Lead

Facilitate sprint (AGILE)planning with development leads Responsible for interfacing with the customer for clarification and approval of all assigned

features Develop and manage program timing (incl. key milestones, external and internal

dependencies, development tasks – Epic planning, verification and validation tasks, Partner releases, App store and Google Play releases etc.)

Rich experience of using different tools-JIRA, Bugzilla, MKS, IBM DOORS Experience in Agile(scrum) and Kanban processes.

3) BUSINESS ANALYST: Proficient in requirements gathering, freezing and traceability. Environment and data setup for facilitating UAT. Track risks and issues, monitor task completion and provide support and coordination to the

Analytical team. Proven experience of client interaction and product demos to client. Worked with internal development teams and external partners in providing content

management solutions.

4) AUTOMOTIVE (EMBEDDED): Experience with Application testing on Infotainment Experience of working in Connected services. Currently working with Instrument cluster Knowledge of CAN. Experience of using CANOE Know-how in CAPL scripting for automotive ECU message simulations.

Academic Qualifications

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication 2003 - 2007

Professional Experience

Continental Automotive Private Limited (October,2015 to till date)Harman International India Private Limited (October,2011-October,2015) Strumsoft India Private Limited (June,2009 -September 2011) Ness Technologies (September,2007 March,2009)

Projects

Verification and Validation Engineer

Continental Automotive Private limited | Singapore (Oct,2015-Present)

Project : Instrument Cluster .

Description:Instrument cluster offers ability to driver to know the current status of the vehicle.it offers different facilities in terms of speedometer, tachometer, fuel level and Navigation.

Program ManagerHarman International India Private Limited | Bangalore, India (Mar, 2015-Oct,2015)

Project : Customer Program management .Description: FCA (Fiat and Chrysler Automotive) is one of the leading programmes of Harman.Testing unit of FCA programme was outsourced to a vendor. I was responsible for the vendor management and directly responsible for the deliverables.

Responsible for direct communication of technical status and program progress with customer, the internal team through regular meetings, and internal management

Program Manager & QA Engineer-SE (Senior Engineer II)Harman International India Pvt Ltd | Bangalore, India (Oct, 2011-Feb, 2015)

Project : Aha Analytics (Analytics Service for Car Infotainment) .Description:Aha Head Unit Analytics is a new service that will enable automotive OEMs to gain valuable insight into their vehicles, how they are driven, and the drivers of these vehicles.OEMs will be able to understand how drivers use their car stereo / navigation head units as well as gain insights into native vehicle usage / state of health.

Project : Aha (Multimedia Application for Car Headunit) .

Description:Harman International designs, manufactures and delivers a wide range of premium audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, professional and consumer lifestyle markets..Aha was one of the infotainment applications from Harman. The Aha experience starts on phone with the app. easily access and organize favourite content from the web into personalized, live, on-demand stations. Once you get the app and organize your stations, Aha syncs the experience to your car. The in-dash, easy-to use interface makes finding everything you love as safe and easy as the turn of a radio dial.

Project : EVAP (Evaluation Accessory protocol) for Interaction of Aha Application with Car Headunit .

Description:Aha was one of the infotainment applications from Harman. The Aha experience starts on phone with the app. easily access and organize favourite content from the web into personalized, live, on-demand stations. Aha application interacts with car head unit based on set of BINARY COMMANDS which work on BINARY PROTOCOL.

QA Engineer-SSE (Senior Software Engineer)Strumsoft India Private Limited | Bangalore,India (June,2009-Sept,2011)

Project : Network Address Book .

Description:Synchronoss deals with mobile content portability among different Devices such as Desktop applications and social Networking sites and Leading E-mail providers. NAB or Backup Assistant was one such application developed by Synchronoss for Verizon wireless, which basically sits on mobiles and helps in syncing the mobile content across different devices of the user. Different devices (Endpoints) include Internet connector endpoints like GMAIL, FACE BOOK, YAHOO, AOL, MSN, Desktop connector clients for Outlook, Outlook Express and ThunderBird.

Project : WSG (Web services gateway) for NAB .

Description:Synchronoss deals with mobile content portability among different Devices such as Desktop applications and social Networking sites and Leading E-mail providers..NAB or Backup Assistant was one such application developed by Synchronoss for Verizon wireless, which basically sits on mobiles and helps in syncing the mobile content across different devices of the user.Along with above mentioned devices in NAB, Synchronoss also developed web service gateway for web users.

Project : Handset Transfer solution.(for Android, RIM and Brew Handsets)

Description:Synchronoss products and solutions are made available to mobile subscribers via partnerships with operators, mobile phone manufacturers, and select retailers.HTS application helps in porting the mobile data from one phone to other.This is targeted at Customers buying a new phone, where they wish to port all contents viz..Contacts, Photos and Videos to New phone from old phone.

QA Engineer (Associate)Ness Technologies Inc., India | Hyderabad, India (Sept,2007- April 2009)

Project : Voice Server Application on PBX (Private Branch Exchange)

Description:

Vertical communications is a leading provider of IP-PBX with applications. Voice Server is a software add-on to PBXsystem that allows deploying Voice-based Interactive Voice Response (IVR) applications on the PBX platform. Voice server supported two types of calls, inbound and outbound. The inbound calls used to provide IVR to the caller guiding him to the required operation as we see in customer cares. Outbound calls were made out from the PBX to the desired customers playing the required IVR as we see in promotional calls from network providers of mobile phone.