Santosh D.

## BIO SANTOSH J DHAMDHERE Aiming for deserving positions in Software Testing (PLM Software) / PLM Consulting with a reputed organisation. EXECUTIVE DIGEST ? An astute professional with nearly 6 years’ experience in Project Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Software Quality Assurance and Testing with prestigious IT organisations. ? Rich experience in project management, entailing planning, scheduling, negotiations with the client for SLAs, business partner engagement, project progress monitoring and delivery as per defined norms. ? Resourceful in creation and execution of test cases, test scenarios, bug documentation / tracking; creation of project documents like test plans, schedules, release notes & defect tracking reports for PLM software’s (Windchill and Agile). ? Adroit in creating test strategies and plans, matrices and reports, as part of Product Life Cycle Management. ? Highly skilled in Functionality Testing, Integration Testing, System testing, User Interface Testing, Regression Testing as well as defect and test environment management, planning walkthroughs and reviews. ? Deft in handling / testing various modules of Windchill, viz. Change Management, Configuration Management, Part & Document Management, Administration, Workflows, Visualization & MCAD integration with Pro/E Wildfire 2.0. ? Proficient in Agile PC, PQM, PCM and PPM module. ? Possess sound knowledge of PLM, CAD, Agile / Scrum Methodology. ? A competent leader strong communication, leadership, relationship management, coordination, analytical and problem-solving skills. CERTIFICATIONS ? ISTQB Foundation (CFTL) Level Certification in Dec’09. ? HP Certified Quality Centre Professional. ? Diploma in Software Testing (DST) from ATS InfoTech Pvt. Ltd., Pune in 2005. ? Diploma in CAD using Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 from MKCL, Pune (Joint venture of PTC & Dimension Engg.) in 2006. ? Oracle 9i/10g (SQL) Certification from SEED InfoTech with A+ Grade, Pune in 2008. PROFICIENCY FORTE Product Development ? Interfacing with clients for business gathering, conducting system analysis and finalising technical / functional specifications and high level design documents for the product. ? Contributing to the design, development, testing, troubleshooting and debugging of the product. ? Ensuring smooth implementation and testing at client location. ? Providing post-implementation, application maintenance and enhancement support to the client with regard to the product. ? Designing Workflows, ACLs, Routing levels of business objects for PDM/PLM packages used across organizations as per manufacturing standards. Software Quality Assurance ? Providing scope, resource and time estimates for projects presented to QA for testing and analysis. ? Designing and coordinating the implementation and availability of the QA test environments, and ensure compatibility of testing. ? Providing QA test status and progress reports as appropriate to top management. ? Working with business analysis function to ensure QA testing requirements are appropriately identified and included in the requirements. ? Creating quality assurance documents like Traceability matrix, Defect trend charts and metric reports. ? Maintaining compliance with client specifications as well as internal quality standards. ? Managing and allocating work, time and resources; adhering to QA Processes. ? Ensuring that the product deliverables are met as per the SDLC of the project. Software Testing ? Configuring and manually testing software applications and developing test plans and test cases. Was also responsible for preparing test strategy, and use cases. ? Analysing complex problem and identify potential solutions by exploring and analysing diverse alternatives, including, where applicable, risks and potential business impact. ? Conducting Functional / Integration / System / Regression testing for the software product under varying conditions and analyzing the behaviour of the system. ? Performing Defect Analysis to ascertain any non-compliance with the set procedures / guidelines. ? Coordinating Acceptance testing for released projects, allocating resources and plan Book of work for the resources on weekly basis. ? Testing software programs to compare to specifications and documentation. TEHNCIAL SKILL SET PLM Software : Windchill PDMLink / ProjectLink, Windchill Aerospace-Defence Module, Agile 9.2 CAD Software : AutoCAD 2004, Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 Testing Tools : QTP 9.5, Quality Centre 9.2, Test Partner 5.4, Seibel 7.0 Software Products : SQL, Oracle 9i, VB Scripting Operating Systems : Windows XP / 7 / NT ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE Jul’08 – till date Senior Software Test Engineer (Windchill / Agile PLM Solutions) Dell Perot Systems (Erstwhile known as Dell International Services (I) Pvt. Ltd.), Bangalore Key Deliverables: ? Steering deployment testing phases of the product development life cycle and participating in the preparation of the test plan. ? Writing test cases for functionality, integration, system and regression testing. ? Analyzing functional and technical design documents of PLM solutions such as Windchill & Agile. ? Preparing HLTS (High Level Test Scenarios) and DTS (Details Test Scripts). ? Creating test case for new functionality based on requirements documentation for Windchill/Agile. ? Reporting the defects and assigning the priority levels depending on the severity of the issue. ? Tracking the bugs using Quality Center 9.2 and retesting the defects whenever they are in Test Queue and closing the defects if they are fixed. ? Liaising with development team to maintain mutual understanding of basic functionality of the system. ? Identifying the critical scenarios for automation and generating test scripts using QTP 9.5 ? Evaluating Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Technical Design Specifications (TDS). ? Attending Project Status meetings (CFT) on weekly basis with onsite and offshore project team members. Major Attainments: ? Merit of having initiated Test Metrics tracking for each of the successful project to increase QA efficiency. ? Accredited with Dell Business Impact Award. Major Projects Executed: Title : Windchill PLM/ CAPPS 2.0 Release Client : Dell International Services (I) Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Role : Team Leader Tools : QTP 9.2, Manual Testing, Quality Centre 9.2 Scope : ? CAPPS 2.0 release was intended to replace existing software like Docume ## Area of Expertise Software Testing, QA, 6 years of Experience