Presently working with Wipro Technologies as a Project Leader.
8 Years of IT experience in Software Testing.
STB & Google TV Skills
Test Planning, Test Estimation, Test Strategy
Task Allocation, Reporting And Test Co-Ordination & Execution
System, Black Box, Regression, Adhoc Testing
Set-Top-Box E2E System Testing added with Usability & User Experience Testing, Mentoring, and Suggesting Ideas & Process Improvement Activities.
EPG, DVR, HDCP, HD Zapper, HD PVR, HD Zapper Over IP Multicast, Hybrid (IP & Sat), HDMI Splitter And Switches
HD-UI Testing, HDMI Interoperability, HD Progressive Downloads On USB Keys
Dolby Digital Audio Over S/PDIF And HDMI Testing,
ATSC, DVB, MPEG Standards
Tools used
CoreFTP, FileZilla (Build Uploading/Downloading From FTP Server),
Sniffers (Wireshark)
Tera Term & MS Hyper Terminal
Putty
TS Reader
DekTec Player (Stream Player)
Stream Analyzer
Bug Tracking tool (Bugzilla-Admin, Jira Defect tracking tool, Redmine, Clear Quest, Trac)
Rational Clear case (SCM), UCM.
Soft Skills
Effective Communication
Technical writing
Technical Presentation
Project Management
Customer Interaction Skills
The Emerging Leader
Effective Customer Communication (Japan)
Test Management & Architect.
Risk Management
Product Proposal Discussion.
Career Summary
Worked with Client Nokia-NSN Tampere, Finland for 3.5 years.
(Offshore 2.5 years, Onsite 1 year)
Worked with Client Motorola, Japan for 3 years.
(Onsite 3 Years with DoCoMo & KDDI)
Worked with VIZIO Google Android 3D TV, 3D Bluray Player, and 3D-DMA for 1.5 years.
(Offshore and Onsite with chip maker Marvell-(US/IND/Shanghai) & Hardware maker Taiwan-Taipei)
Business proposal discussion and Test Estimation for Sony Google Bluray Player with Marvell chip, Samsung Android Tablet with Intel chip.
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Professional Experience
Wipro Technologies, Hyderabad, India
Project Lead
April 2004 - Till Date
Project Details #1
Client Marvell US(Client VIZIO)
Project Google Android 3D HDTV, BluRay Player, Digital Media Adapter
Role Project Lead
Team Size 16
Duration Dec 2010-Jan2012
Skill used Test strategy, Test Case generation, System & Daily Build Sanity Test Execution, Test Management, Bug Reporting, Bug Verification
Project Description Handling team size of 16 for TV, BD and DMA products.
Vizio Google 3D-TV test activity involved, 3D-Bluray and 3D-DMA product are android Honeycomb based product.
Following features support
3D-TV supports ATSC tuner(cable/Antenna), Parental Control, Close Caption, EPG, VOD, Language Support(French, Spanish, English), Android apps, Bluetooth(HID, A2DP), Wired and Wireless internet, Proxy network support, HDMI support, Remote control with Touchpad facility, DLNA, USB Media, CEC
3D-Bluray Player and Digital Media adapters are used by same concept. The extra hardware added was a Blu ray player device, but application, USB media, DLAN, CEC, universal remote features are same in both. Since both are having HDMI-IN and HDMI-OUT port, these devices are also support HDMI pass through.
Contribution Test effort estimation, Test Project Management, Test Architect. Resource management, Test Planning, Test case Development, Fresher training, Bugzilla Admin, SVN server usages.
Project Details #2
Client Motorola Japan(Client KDDI)
Project IP HD Set Top Box- VIP2060 IPTV
Role Test Lead
Team Size 8
Duration June 2009 Nov 2010
Skill used STB Test, Test Automation, Application testing,
Project Description HDBox is a next gen IPSTB which encompasses the following cutting edge technologies/features
IP/RF multi channel broadcasting, PVR, VOD, Jukebox, BML, Opera browser, DLNA, Movie Creator, Analog Input
The scope of work involved Test strategy, Test Case generation, System & Daily Build Sanity Test Execution, Bug Reporting, Bug Verification etc. Types of Testing done involved the following Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Interoperable Testing OA was used to arrive at optimum number of event based interoperable TCs, Performance & Stress Testing A generic framework was evolved to test exploratory test scenarios. Automation was used to ensure test coverage with respect to requirements and in report generation. The project scope was later expanded to include white-box testing which involved back trace analysis of the platform code and use to debugging tools in both development and commercial environment for bug replication and verification.
Features available
Quad tuner to watch and record via IPTV, cable, terrestrial broadcast, and satellite services
Support for 1 Gbps broadband connections for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) applications
Advanced media capabilities, including simultaneous recording, time-shifted viewing, delayed playback, and trick play DVR capabilities
Contribution Test strategy, Test Case generation, System & Daily Build Sanity Test Execution, Automation, Bug Reporting, Bug Verification
Project Details #3
Client Motorola Japan(Client NTT DoCoMo)
Project SUPL(Secure user Plane Location)
Role Test Lead
Team Size 3
Duration Sept 2008 May 2009
Skill used Test strategy, Test Case generation, System & Daily Build Sanity Test Execution, MHT, Bug Reporting, Bug Verification
Project Description DoCoMo SUPL (Secure User Plane Location) system intends to support OMA SUPL functions for NTT DoCoMo. DoCoMo currently provides LBS to their domestic users, while SUPL will be used to provide LBS (Location based Service) to users roaming out of Japan. This system will be based on the SUPL functions currently supported by MALS.
Contribution Documentation Activities Analyzed the complete SUPL requirements and prepared the test cases separately for Interface, Functions, Position calculation, Alarms, Performance,
O & M and WEB-GUI test items. After approval of test list from Motorola Test Managements, prepared the detailed test procedures for all the test items. Prepared the detailed individual bug reports during test runs, knowledge sharing document, Trouble shooting documents.
Testing Activities Basic and complete functional testing for 3 test cycles i.e. IOT, Alpha, Beta & Commercial test phases. Installation of SET Simulators and prepare test beds.
Bug verification. Analysis Activities Complete log and database analysis with final software package and compare the results with normal and load conditions. Analyze the system log results with different log levels and compared the results in each test release.
Project Tracking Activities Interaction with Customer on daily basis, discussion & reply queries and test solutions. Collect deliverables from team members, verify the results and update to Customer through Daily status report. Tracking of Test cases on daily basis and review the Test list time to time and ensures that execution progress is within the assigned time frame. Collect & Analyze Test data & spent efforts from individual team member and prepare a consolidated report and send to Customer & Wipro offshore managers.
Development Activity Develop the GUI of SUPL in java script.
Project Details #4
Client Motorola Japan(Client KDDI)
Project IP Set Top Box (VIP1830)
Role Test Lead
Team Size 5
Duration April 2008 Aug 2008
Skill used Test strategy, Test Case generation, System & Daily Build Sanity Test Execution, Automation, Bug Reporting, Bug Verification
Project Description An IP set-top box is a dedicated computing device that serves as an interface between a television set and a broadband network. In addition to decoding and rendering broadcast TV signals, an IP set-top box can provide functionality that includes video-on-demand (VOD), Electronic Program Guide (EPG), digital rights management (DRM), and a variety of interactive and multimedia services. IP set-top boxes can support in-demand features
such as Web browsing, e-mail, advanced multimedia codec, home networking, personal computer connectivity, gateway functionality. These types of advanced functionality are in demand by end-users and enable incremental network operator service opportunities.
The set-top platform is based on Motorolas KreaTV open software platform, and is compatible with a wide range of OS middleware and Digital Rights Management technologies
Contribution Documentation Activities Analyzed the complete requirements and prepared/modified test cases for integrated modules. Prepared the detailed individual bug reports during test runs.
Testing Activities Continuous testing for integrated modules Analysis/Product
Performance improvement Activities Contributed to load/stress/performance testing with every software built to ensure the products stability.
Proposed new feature implementations to client to win HDSTB.
Project Details #5
Client Motorola Japan(Client NTT DoCoMo)
Project Mobile Advanced Location Services(MALS)
Role Test Analyst
Team Size 2
Duration Oct 2007 March 2008
Skill used Mobile handset and Application test. Test Plan, Test Strategy,
Project Description MALS (Motorola Advanced Location Service) is a system which enables the mobile telecommunication operators to provide location services to customers. MALS can provide hybrid positioning method based on both A-GPS and network measurement report (RTT) information.
Contribution Analyzed the complete requirements and prepared the test cases separately for Basic, Position calculation, alarms and WEB-GUI test items.
After approval of test list from Motorola, prepared the detailed test procedures for all the test items.
Prepared the detailed individual bug reports during test runs. Testing Activities Basic and complete functional testing for 3 test cycles i.e. alpha, beta & Commercial.
Analysis Activities
Complete log and database analysis with final software package and compare the results with normal and load conditions.
Analyze the system log results with different log levels and compared the results in each test release.
MALS software is divided into three major parts.
SMLC server which provides position calculation service and interface to EBSCP.
WARN server which has a WDC process to provide a interface to SAG.
OMC server which provides OMC and log service provides customers web server through which user can use web browser to access the MALS system to config, monitor and operate the MALS system
Project Details #6
Client Nokia Networks, Finland
Project OSS4.2 Radio Access Control (RAC)
Role Test Analyst
Team Size 3
Duration Sept 2006 Sept 2007
Skill used OSS, Unix/Linux Admin, Testing
Project Description Nokia had conducted competency exam on java, testing, NetAct OSS knowledge, Unix and sql commands. HP-UX RAC testing and Administration.
Contribution Got the KT for the system administration and testing the RAC application and apart from that i was involved in the following activities
Installation and Testing of CDs for inc3, inc4, inc5, inc6, Inc7 in installation and SC(System Configuration) labs.
Installation of depots and tars (RPMs) in installation and SCV labs. DNS Configuration in GC-RC (global-regional) servers and in RCs only.
Netact basic training of RAC regarding 3G NEs (AXC and RNC) by Nokia.
DB installation and trouble shooting.
Web sphere basic training and troubleshooting.
UCM overview training.
High Availablity(HA) Testing.
Project Details #7
Client Nokia Networks, Finland
Project NetAct OSS, Remote backup Application for new NE supports.
Role Senior software engineer & acting Quality coordinator for the same milestone
Duration September 2005 Aug 2006
Skill used C++, sqlplus, Perl, Testing
Project Description REMOTEBKP System Component is used for scheduling, taking and restoring backups of both DX200 NEs and the Nokia NetAct system itself. Subsystem RBKP provides tools for Configuring DX200 Remote Backup, executing DX200 Remote Backup tasks manually and Scheduling DX200 Remote Backup tasks
Contribution Porting, Testing Regression and final test cases and support changes for new DX200 NE versions. (BSC, MSC and 2G-SGSN) in OSS4.1 enhancement.
Project Details #8
Client Nokia Networks, Finland
Project NetAct OSS, Toolkit Measurement Administration (TKTMEA)
Role Project Engineer & acting Quality coordinator for the same milestone
Team size 2
Duration February 2005 May 2005,
Language C++, sqlplus
Project Description TKTMEA subsystem is part of the adaptation layer of the new measurement administration architecture. It provides NE3S and NX2S specific measurement management adaptation for Network Elements. This subsystem acts as a mediation layer between General Measurement Administration and Network Elements. It is responsible for starting, stopping or uploading measurement plans on Network Elements and providing the operation progress status to General Measurement Administration.
Contribution Proting and Testing Toolkit Measurement Administration (TKTMEA) using Nokia Framework and guidelines.writing functional, regression test cases and tested the whole functionality.
Project Details #9
Client Nokia Networks, Finland
Project NetAct OSS, Administration of measurements (AOM).
Role Project Engineer
Team Size 3
Duration June 2004 January 2005
Language c++ , java swings, sqlplus
Project Description AOM application(system component-UMAGEN) provides a graphical user interface for general measurement administration(ss-genmui) and process the actions related to measurement administration(SS-genmai) from the General Measurement Administration UI and deliveries these actions to valid network technology specific subsystems/adaptors. AOM is the performance management of 2G NEs like BSC, AXC, RNC, GGSN, SGSN measurements.
Contribution Ported, implemented new features and module tested the above modules in OSS4 release. Provided acceptance testing support to NOKIA and fixed bugs reported by Nokia Testers for OSS4.0 IR1, IR2, IR3 milestones.
Trainings
Attended workshops on Software Configuration Management conducted by Wipro.
Attended a workshop on Software Quality metrics and standards conducted by Wipro.
Test Requirement Analysis and Design Training
Test Management and Architect.
Effective Customer Communication (Japan).
JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test)-trained and passed level 4.
Attended training on core java and java swings conducted by Wipro.
Attended training (KT) regarding Radio Access Network tool given by Nokia at Tampere, Finland.
Personal Details
Passport Number E9252255
Date of Birth 18th Jun, 1981
Marital Status Married
Fathers Name Mr. Ajaya Kumar Padhy
Permanent Address AS ABOVE
Phone number 970-4278-406
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Education Level:
Bachelor's Degree
School Name:
National Institute of Science and technology
Major:
NIST
City:
Berhampur
Country:
India
Graduation Date:
27/08/2003
Description:
Bachelor in Engineering(BE) with Electronics and telecommunication
