Vidhya Mohan
Boortmeerbeek
Summary
Talented, highly skilled and accomplished Lead Consultant with 19 years of experience ensuring IT roadmap meet Business objective. skilled in stakeholder engagement, QA/QE offerings, TCoE set up for marquee clients and fostering process-driven, agile teams. Well versed in program development and implementation, including Agile software development, best practices for IT service management. Specializes in: Program Management, ITIL Practitioner, People Management, Business Development, Solution Development, Revenue Optimization, Vendor Management and Mining Growth Opportunities. Leading large Quality Engineering transformation programs including test delivery engagements and improving the quality function at enterprise level implementation. Quality Assurance aspects like test strategy, test plan, requirements management, test execution, monitoring, control, implementation Enterprise QA maturity assessments, gap analysis reporting, strategizing improvement areas and defining implementation roadmap for various complex transformation/migration programs Experienced in working in various methodologies like Waterfall, V-Model, Agile in global service delivery model (at onshore as well as offshore locations) Ensure implementation of reuse, tools and various solutions across portfolio and achieve effort savings wherever applicable. Expertise in Jira set up and in Quality Center to Jira migration (tools migration) for test and defect management Manage stakeholders across the levels including CXOs, CIO Staff etc. Apt at executive leadership, negotiating, problem-solving and communication skills Multi-talented Principal Consultant successful at leading teams and devising strategic plans for diverse customer requirements. Proficient in [Area] and highly effective at maintaining tight schedules.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Consultant
Infosys Limited
Brussels
10.2022 - Current
- Built a goal-oriented improvement plan by establishing the KPIs/ KRAs
- Quality guardian for the development partners – KPIs and KRAs (ST Leakage, DIR and Prod Inflow) defined for partners and targets set in joint discussions
- Set the industry standards and best practices on Shift Left and Shift Right, driving and setting quality expectations for various global development partners, ensuring significant TCO reduction through early defect detection and waste prevention
- Track, measure and report against the plan and objective
- Report progress of highlights / lowlights, risks and facilitate any course correction that is required
- Set up robust defect management processes, defined best practices including root cause analysis, measuring production inflow of defects
- Identify the risks and work with the various teams for the corrective actions
- Led the ALM to Jira migration initiative
- Was the driving force in exploring right tool options, performing assessment and PoCs, performing cost-benefit analysis and recommending best fit tool selection (i.e Jira+Xray)
- Resulted in significant cost savings in terms of recurrent maintenance fee as well as overall simplification of tool landscape (350K recurrent YoY saving)
- Defining and streamlining Jira processes and templates for defect and test management
- Coached customers (business and IT teams) in Jira way of working
- Built knowledge documents on Jira
- Instrumental in setting up Test management Office within the QA organization
- Managing a team of 17 Test Managers and led multiple complex transformation programs
- Drive best practice sharing and training/mentoring next line of leads
- Setting up agile deliverable templates and creating personas/role card for the testing roles
- Defining ways of working and processes for cross tribe interaction.
- Developed, managed and delivered a range of consultancy services to clients.
- Conducted research and analysis on complex business problems and prepared reports for stakeholders.
- Provided leadership, guidance and mentorship to junior consultants.
- Prepared accurate and concise reports, conveying progress, issues and solutions.
- Mentored associate consultants to encourage enthusiasm toward tasks and responsibilities.
Project Manager
Infosys Limited
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Active contribution for revenue generation of ~2 MUSD annually
- Leading System Testing Team of 25+ team members from different development locations
- Define and clarify project scope and develop test strategy, plan as well as schedule
- Develop policies and procedures to support the achievement of the project objectives
- Facilitated and participated in planning, design, and estimation
- Provide estimation using for all release/CR implementation
- Oversee the staff project positions, accounting, costing and billing
- Identify and define roles and positions of every team member
- Determine the organizational structure of the project team
- Tracking project progress and report project status
- Prepare monthly project dashboard ensuring coverage of schedule, effort, forecasts and data for various project level metrics to ensure compliance
- Coordinate with internal and customer stakeholders to ensure all project deliverables meet customer expectation
- Ongoing scheduled discussion with customer IT leader to project health for the portfolio
- Enhance various decision points in coordination with stakeholders and ensure compliance to standard processes
- Perform validation process for all mitigation issues and documents all processes to ensure continuity of project deliverables
- Ensure implementation of reuse, tools and various solutions across portfolio and achieve effort savings wherever applicable
- Suggesting industry level best practices to achieve client’s or organization’s interest
- Motivating team members and setting team direction.
Technical Test Lead
Infosys Limited
01.2009 - 01.2013
Programmer Analyst
Infosys Limited
01.2007 - 01.2009
Software Engineer
Infosys Limited
01.2003 - 01.2007
Education
B.E (Hons) Computer Science -
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Skills
- Program/Portfolio Management
- Test Consulting
- TCoE Set up
- OKR Management
- Scrum Framework
- Financial Services
- Insurance
- Telecom
- Project Management
- Project Coordination
- Strategic Planning
- Program Coordination
- Quality Assurance
- Resource Allocation
- Client Requirements Assessment
- Assessments
- Continuous Improvement
- Employee Management
- Best Practices Implementation
- Reporting Capabilities
- Processes and Procedures
- Change Management
- Delivery Assurance
- Client Relationships
- Project Leadership
- Integrity and Honesty
- Cultural Awareness
- Problem-Solving
- Performance Assessments
- Forecasting and Reporting
- Work Planning and Prioritization
Certification
- Certified as SAFe Agilist
- Tricentis Certifications
Framework Methodology
- Agile
- Lean
- Waterfall
Os Dbs
- Windows
- Oracle
- DB2
- PL/SQL
Salient Skills
- Team Building & Leadership
- Motivator
- Quick Learning
- Innovation
- Embrace Change
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Test Consulting
Products
- Version Control System: VSS, ClearCase
- CICD Tools: GitHub, Jenkins
- Automation Tools: Selenium, UFT, TOSCA
Pm Tools
- Project Management Tools: Jira, ALM, Target Process
- Collaboration Tool: Confluence
- Microsoft Project Plan
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT)
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Affiliations
- Walking
- Cycling (short distance)
- Reading (Fictions)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Principal Consultant
Infosys Limited
10.2022 - Current
Project Manager
Infosys Limited
01.2013 - 01.2016
Technical Test Lead
Infosys Limited
01.2009 - 01.2013
Programmer Analyst
Infosys Limited
01.2007 - 01.2009
Software Engineer
Infosys Limited
01.2003 - 01.2007
B.E (Hons) Computer Science -
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
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