Summary:

10+ Years of experience in Business Intelligence - Data warehouse/Database QA Testing

Expertise in ETL Testing using Teradata, Netezza, Oracle PL/SQL. Business Reports using
Business Objects
Possessing strong knowledge in Healthcare & Retail domain
( 7+ years in Healthcare domain & 2+ years in Retail)
Currently working as working as Test Manager in UST Global Inc.
PMP certified Test Manager.
Expertise in writing efficient SQL on huge volumes of data.
Experience in Data Analysis, Data Validation, Data Cleansing, Data Verification and identifying
data mismatch.
Strong working knowledge and experience in Functional, Integration and Regression testing in
Data Warehouse.
Good exposure to Test cases preparation and reviews, Test plan preparation, Test data
preparation, Test Summary Preparation, Test Dashboard Preparation, Test Estimations and
Defect management.
Extensive experience in executing Test Strategy, Master test plans and Traceability matrix based
on business requirements.
Excellent interpersonal skills and capable of working as a member of a cohesive team,
complementing the skills and work of team members.
Work closely with Development team and SMEs to understand Business Requirements.
Have also worked on automation for executing regression test cases and testing the reports.
Successfully managed Validation of complex projects with global implementation, and rapidly
evolving requirements.
Effective communication skills and record for coordination between globally located teams.
Good knowledge and experience in Test Management, Team Management and Client
Management area.
Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle
(STLC) and Defect Life Cycle.
In-depth experience in validation test activities like Test estimation, analyzing Requirements Test
planning, Test scenario development, Test design, Test execution, Defect Tracking & Reporting
and Test summary reporting.
Education:
B Tech from Govt. Engineering College, Kerala University
Technical Skills:
Business Intelligence - Data warehouse/Database QA Testing Expertise in ETL Testing using
Teradata, Netezza, and Oracle PL/SQL. Business Report Testing using Business Objects
Databases: Teradata, Netezza & Oracle
BI applications & Reporting Tools: Data stage, Informatica ,SAP Business Objects
Testing Tools and Utilities: ALM Quality Center, Visual Source Safe , TOAD,
Aginity Workbench, Test Director, Clear Quest, Data Junction, Oracle Warehouse Builder,
JIRA, Teradata SQL Assistant.
Professional Experience:
Project: - Data base enhancement projects
Sep 2013 till date
Client: - WellPoint, USA
Domain: HealthCare
Company: UST Global
Project Summary: - Healthcare Analytics team of WellPoint have joined forces with UST Global to
create EDWard (Enterprise Data Warehouse and Research Depot), an industry leading data
warehouse that provides a single source of consolidated information. EDWard will deliver actionable
information through a consistent view of the business and will help WellPoint deliver on its business
strategies across the company. UST Global is strategic partner of WellPoint proving all solutions with
testing services.
Role: Test Manager

Responsibilities:
Managing the Data warehouse testing team comprises of 45+ team members.
Attending the release planning meetings to decide the projects to be part of Monthly, Emergency,
Exceptional and Major Enterprise releases.
Providing the testing estimates and testing schedule and helping in identifying the release that
can be targeted for project go live.
Resource forecasting
Ensuring the complete knowledge transfer from business team to offshore testing team.
Resolving all the issues faced by the testing team w.r.to functional/technical requirements.
Updating and maintaining Daily Execution Reports.
Continuous interaction with Development & Business team.
Project: - Customer Data Mart Build for the Loyalty program
Jan 2013 Sep 2013
Client: - Walgreens, USA
Domain: Retail
Company: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Project Summary: - Healthcare Analytics team of WellPoint have joined forces with UST Global to
create EDWard (Enterprise Data Warehouse and Research Depot), an industry leading data
warehouse that provides a single source of consolidated information. EDWard will deliver actionable
information through a consistent view of the business and will help WellPoint deliver on its business
strategies across the company. UST Global is strategic partner of WellPoint proving all solutions with
testing services.
Role: Onsite Project Lead
Responsibilities:
Understanding Functional specification by walkthrough and meetings.
Involved in preparing Validation Master Plan, Regulatory Risk Assessment, Functional Risk
Assessment, Test Scripts, Traceability Matrix and Summary Report.
Planning Validation activities and ensuring proper execution of the tests.
Reviewing of Test Scripts.
Task allocation to team. Monitoring Project progress.
Defect reporting and defect verification.
Daily interaction with stake holders on status updates and issues.
Monitoring protocol execution and task allocation to offshore.
Writing Design Review, Trace Matrix, Closure Reports, Post-execution review.
Daily/Weekly/Monthly status reporting.
Project: - Non- ICD10 Claims Upgrade release
Mar 2012 - Dec 2012
Client: - WellPoint, USA
Domain: HealthCare
Company: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Project Summary: - Claims RIM fixes and enhancements for Non- ICD10 Claims Upgrade release.
Includes the data to support each of these efforts currently comes from various sources. Information
Management (IM) team have joined forces to create EDWard (Enterprise Data Warehouse and
Research Depot), an industry leading data warehouse that provides a single source of consolidated
information. EDWard will deliver actionable information through a consistent view of the business and
will help WellPoint deliver on its business strategies across the company.
Role: Onsite Project Lead
Responsibilities:
Attending the release planning meetings to decide the projects to be part of Monthly, Emergency,
Exceptional and Major Enterprise releases.

Providing the testing estimates and testing schedule and helping in identifying the release that
can be targeted for project go live.
Business & Technical requirement analysis and transferring the understanding to offshore team.
Ensuring the complete knowledge transfer from business team to offshore testing team.
Test Case & Test Scenario preparation and reviewing the same prepared by the team.
Defect management and monitoring the execution progress.
Attending defect triage calls with Business and Development teams.
Resolving all the issues faced by the testing team w.r.to functional/technical requirements.
Updating and maintaining Daily Execution Reports.
Continuous interaction with Development & Business team.

Project: - VA HMO to PPO Migration

Sep 2011 Mar2012
Client: - WellPoint, USA
Domain: HealthCare
Company: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Project Summary: - The VA HMO Amisys platform is an old version of a vendor package and for
compliance with the ICD10 federal mandate, the objective of the Anthem Inc. WellPoint (VA HMO to
PPO Migration) project is to develop a detailed approach to move the VA HMO business to the VA
PPO environment and store all the data directly to the EDW base model.
Project: - WellPoint Dental System
May 2011 Sep 2011
Client: - WellPoint, USA
Domain: HealthCare
Company: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Project Summary: - WellPoint plans to decommission its regional data warehouses and replace them
with an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), which will become Well Points single version of the
truth for all users to access. The claim processing system WDS will be one of the data sources to be
sourced to the EDW.
The objective of the Anthem Inc. WellPoint (WDS) project is to develop a detailed approach to
source the specialty claims information from WDS and store all the data directly to the EDW base
model.
Project: - Diamond 950 -Medical
Jan 2011 May 2011
Client: - WellPoint, USA
Domain: HealthCare
Company: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Project Summary: - WellPoint plans to decommission its regional data warehouses and replace them
with an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), which will become Well Points single version of the
truth for all users to access. The claim processing system Diamond 950 - Medical will be one of the
data sources to be sourced to the EDW. The objective of the Anthem Inc. WellPoint (Diamond 950
-Medical) project is to develop a detailed approach to decommission Diamond 950 source and store
all the data directly to the EDW base model.
Project: - Diamond 950 -Rx
April 2010 Jan 2011
Client: - WellPoint, USA
Domain: HealthCare
Company: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Project Summary: - WellPoint plans to decommission its regional data warehouses and replace them
with an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), which will become Well Points single version of the
truth for all users to access. The claim processing system Diamond 950 Rx will be one of the data
sources to be sourced to the EDW. The objective of the Anthem Inc. WellPoint (Diamond 950 -Rx)
project is to develop a detailed approach to decommission Diamond 950 source and store all the data
directly to the EDW base model.
Determined to be registerable in order to achieve compliance according to federal mandates (FDAAA
guidelines)
Role: Offshore Project Lead
Responsibilities:

 Analysis of the Functional Specification documentation walkthrough and meetings.

Involved in preparing Validation Master Plan, Regulatory Risk Assessment, Traceability Matrix and
Validation Summary Report.
Planning Validation activities and ensuring proper execution of the tests.
Delegating the Validation activities to team members and ensuring proper execution of the tests.
Participating in peer review.
Coordinate with onsite coordinator for requirement clarifications, task allocation, environment setup
etc.
Creating Traceability Matrix which maps requirements to OQ scripts.
Coordinating test case execution and daily task allocation to team.
Verifying that the tested application is set up as defined in the Validation and Test Plan and the
defined testing requirements are satisfied.
Verifying that the required testing access is granted, all the documents and code defined in the
startup criteria are ready.
Communicating all discovered issues and ensuring that the test execution can begin.
Daily/Weekly/Monthly status reporting.
Project: - Data warehouse enhancement projects
April 2008 April 2010
Client: - Nordstrom
Domain: Retail
Company: Infosys Technology Solutions
Project Summary: This Objective of the project is to include many enhancements to data
warehouse of Nordstrom, top end fashion Retailer in USA, mainly their customer knowledge
warehouse. Also to bring out many reports for analyzing and studying customer purchase behavior for
the business. Life-cycles.
Role: Offshore Project Lead /Module Lead
Responsibilities:
Analysis of the Functional Specification documentation walkthrough and meetings.
Involved in preparing Validation Master Plan, Regulatory Risk Assessment, Traceability Matrix and
Validation Summary Report.
Planning Validation activities and ensuring proper execution of the tests.
Delegating the Validation activities to team members and ensuring proper execution of the tests.
Participating in peer review.
Coordinate with onsite coordinator for requirement clarifications, task allocation, environment setup
etc.
Creating Traceability Matrix which maps requirements to OQ scripts.
Coordinating test case execution and daily task allocation to team.
Verifying that the tested application is set up as defined in the Validation and Test Plan and the
defined testing requirements are satisfied.
Verifying that the required testing access is granted, all the documents and code defined in the
startup criteria are ready.
Communicating all discovered issues and ensuring that the test execution can begin.
Daily/Weekly/Monthly status reporting.
Project: - Data base enhancement projects
Sep 2005 April 2008
Client: - WellPoint, USA
Domain: HealthCare
Company: UST Global
Project Summary: - This Objective of the project is to include a new states like Kansas, Indiana etc
into the existing system of Diamond 950 where Diamond 950 is a product by Perot Systems Inc.
which is mainly solution for the health insurance and managed care enterprise information system
which is used by WellPoint Inc. for their claim processing system for many states.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) mandated that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services adopt a standard unique health identifier for health care providers. As

a result, all health care providers who are HIPAA-covered entities must obtain a National Provider
Identifier (NPI) to identify themselves in standard electronic transactions by May 23, 2007.
Role: Module Lead/Team Member
Responsibilities:
Analysis of the Functional Specification documentation walkthrough and meetings.
Creating test scenario as per the Functional specification.
Creating the test data as per the test scenario in Application.
Defect reporting and defect verification.
Knowledge transfer to team members.
Capturing objective evidence on OQ Scripts executions.
Writing Validation Summary document, Trace Matrix, Closure Reports.
Upgrading own knowledge by attending the trainings.