Sumeet S Kulkarni

sumeet_sk@vsnl.net
sumeetkulkarni@hotmail.com

Objective

A challenging career in Software Testing and Quality Assurance Engineering.

Highlights

• Certified Software Quality Engineer.

• Experience of twenty three months in field of Software Quality Assurance, manual and
automated Testing.
• Knowledge of automated test tools – Win Runner, Rational Robot ,RSW and Test Director.
• Knowledge of ISO and CMM process implementation.

Test automation

• Evaluated and recommended test automation tools and determined suitability with various
development tools.
• Developed and Implemented Test suites, which include features like Data Driven, Database
Checks, Batch, and Functions.

Software Testing
• Created test plans, decided testing strategies.
• Written test cases for - unit level, functional and integration testing.
• Effective defect tracking and reporting to improve communications and reduce delay.

Education

B.E Electrical ( Pune University, India).

Diploma in Advanced Computing from Center for Development of Advanced Computing,

Dept of Electronics, Govt of India, Pune.

Technical Skills

• Hardware : IBM PC Compatibles.

• Operating Systems : Windows 9x/2000/NT,MS-DOS.
• Languages : SQL, C, C++, JAVA, and TSL.
• GUI : VB.
• Databases : Oracle 8.i, MS-Access 7.0.
• Software Q/A : Standards & Procedures Development, SDLC Testing, test
plan
Design & Development, planning Automated Testing Strategy.
• Testing Tools : Win Runner, Test Director, Rational Team Test, E-Load and
E-Tester
From Empirix. (formerly RSW)
Professional experience

 Quexst Associates Software Test Engineer Jan 2001 – Till date.

Working as Test Engineer with Quexst Associates, Pune since Jan 2001. Through Quexst Associates
worked at Siemens Information Systems Ltd. at Gurgaon, for five months for a project from Defense.

Project details -

Title : Automation of regression testing for cash management product.

Description :"Cash In" is a cash management product developed for banks which takes care of all the
processes and Workflows like disbursement and collection.
The scope of project is complete automation of regression testing at unit and integration level
using Win Runner.
Responsibilities: Presently handling the project in capacity as QA Leader.
• Developing test plan and test strategy.
• Review of the test cases written for unit and integration level.
• Scripting through TSL for the cases written, review the scripts written by team
members, create compiled modules and functions in WinRunner.
• Integrating the test scripts written for individual units.
• Analyze and write detailed specifications and Test Requirements using Test
Director.
• Writing Test scripts and functions wherever necessary for various units of the
business modules.
• Effective coordination between development team and testing team.
Environment: Windows NT, Power Builder, and Oracle 8 i.
Team Size :4
Role : QA Leader
Testing Tool : Win Runner, Test Director.
Duration : 5 months.
Client : Cash Tech Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

Title : Pilot round for Automation of regression testing for cash management product.
Description :The scope of project in pilot round was to automate regression testing for a single module.
Cash In is a cash management product developed for banks which takes care of all the
processes and Workflows like disbursement and collection.
Responsibilities: Executing the project in capacity as a QA tester
• Involved in developing test plan.
• Writing test cases for unit and integration level for a single module.
• Developed and executed the Test Procedures and Test Cases using the
WinRunner 6.0.
• Writing Test scripts and functions wherever necessary for various units of the
business modules.
Environment : Windows NT, Power Builder, and Oracle 8 i.
Team Size :4
Testing Tool : Win Runner, Test Director.
Duration : 1 month.
Client : Cash Tech Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

Title : Automated testing of an Analysis Tool

Description: Vitalstatistix is a tool for generating questionnaires, collecting feed back and analyzing the
feedback.
Responsibilities: Presently handling the project in capacity as a team leader for automated testing
team. The scope of the project is to design the strategy, testing methodology and decide
the scope of automated testing
• Leading two teams for automated testing and manual testing.
• Deciding the strategy and methodology for automated testing.
• Identify various scenarios for functional and integration testing
• Review the test cases written for integration and functional testing as per the scenarios
created.
• Recording the scripts as per the test cases written.
• Creating the data pool in Win Runner for testing.
• Effort analysis for automated testing and manual testing.
Team size : 5
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, MS Access.
Test Tool: Win Runner 7.0
Duration: One month.

Title : ARPAN (Army Record Office Automation Phase V).

Description: The project is for Defense and deals with Record Office automation. Application is a client
server model. The scope of the project was – writing business threads, writing test cases for
functional testing, creating test data, GUI testing using Winrunner, for sixteen record offices of
the defense.
Responsibilities: Completed the project in capacity as a test engineer.
The project was executed in two rounds.
Round 1
• Execution of the test cases using sample test data.
Round 2
• Identification of business threads.
• Writing test cases for functional testing.
• Creating test data based on the test cases and executing the test cases.
• Using SQL for checking the output of various reports.
• GUI testing using WinRunner.
Testing Tool: Win Runner 6.0
Environment: Windows NT, MS SQL server 7, Visual Basic 6.0
Team Size :2
Duration :5 Months
Client: Siemens Information System Ltd.

Title: - Testing of a complex design tool.

Description: The design tool is used for creating designs of hydraulic valves used in manufacturing
industries. The tool comprised of several complex modules for design of valves. The user can
enter the inlet and outlet dimensions of valve and the tool gives the user ready made design.
Responsibilities: Executed the project in capacity as a Test engineer.
The aim was to build the testing strategy and methodology for Testing. This includes defining the
scope of the testing, identifying the objectives and steps, creation of execution plan, identifying
the deliverables.
• Defining the Testing Strategy
• Creation of Standard Guidelines for User Interface Testing
• Creation of Test case writing Formats for GUI, Unit Testing, Functionality Testing,
Integration Testing and Compatibility Testing.
• Creation of checklist for Load Testing
• Creation of Test Data sheet Format
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0,MS Access , Windows9x,and NT.

Title :Testing of real time web based system.

Description: E-Vevat is a real time web based system, which takes care of key process like software
quality assurance, reviews and defect tracking. The testing was devoted towards checking
the functionality and the user interface of the application
Responsibilities: Executed the project in capacity of test engineer
Work involved-
• Writing business threads.
• Writing test cases for unit level testing and functional testing based on the threads.
• Execution of the test cases.
• GUI testing.
Team Size : 2
Environment: Windows NT, MS SQL server 7, JSP
Duration : 1 month

 Zenith InfoTech Ltd. System Executive March 2000 – Jan 2001

Worked as Systems Executive and was responsible for testing and implementation. The projects undertaken
were as below.

Title : SuperBanker.
Description: It is software designed for total automation of the bank. Was responsible for exhaustive
functional and GUI testing of the product. Was also responsible for implementation.
Successfully tested and implemented the software in thirteen branches of “Central Bank of
India” at Pune.
Responsibility: Was involved in the project in capacity as a Systems Executive.
Work involved –
• Writing test cases for unit level testing, integration testing.
• Exhaustive unit level, integration and regression testing for all the modules of the
application.
• Testing of the reports.
• Implementation of the application across thirteen branches of Central Bank of India, at
Pune.
Team size : 3
Environment: Novell NetWare, Cobol, and Btrieve.
Duration : 8 Months

Title : Internet Banker

Description :It is a Internet banking software. Was responsible for functional and GUI testing. Was also
responsible for implementation. Successfully tested and implemented the software in “The
Saraswat Bank” at Pune.
Responsibilities: Was involved in the project in capacity as a Systems Executive.
Work involved –
• Writing test cases for unit and functional testing
• Integration and regression testing of the application.
• Implementation of the application at The Saraswat Bank, Pune.
Team size :1
Environment : Windows NT, Visual Basic 6, MS SQL server 7 , ASP.
Duration : 3 Months.

 The Indian Electric Company Marketing Executive Feb1998 - Jan 1999

Worked as Marketing executive at Pune and was responsible for marketing of electric motors of various
types. Helped the company in increasing the sales of the company.

Project done as partial fulfillment of Diploma at C-DAC (Center for development of Advanced Computing).
Title : Cyber Manager.
Description :This live project was done for a cyber café. It involved the complete automation
of the cyber café. It involved the automation of billing process and user access levels.
Environment: Windows NT, Visual Basic 6 , and MS Access .
Team size :2

Project done as partial fulfillment of Engineering Degree.

Tile :Switchgears for D.G set
Description : Selected Switchgears and designed change over scheme for Larsen and Tubro
at their Switchgears training center located in Bhosari Pune, for their 625 KVA
D.G set. This project was done as partial fulfillment of Degree Course in Electrical Engineering.