QUALITY ENGINEERING • TEST AUTOMATION • AI
19+ years of experience across software application testing, automation engineering and QE leadership, including 10+ years leading QE teams of manual and automation testers — with recent hands-on experience applying AI-augmented QE practices and tools.
ABOUT ME
AI-Native Quality Engineering and Test Automation professional with 19+ years of experience across software application testing, automation engineering and QE leadership. Strong hands-on expertise in C#/.NET, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, API/microservices automation, BDD, CI/CD and automation framework design.
Recent experience includes AI-augmented Quality Engineering using modern AI tools and agentic development/testing tools including Microsoft Copilot Studio, OpenAI, Gemini, Semantic Kernel, MCP, VS Code and Copilot. Experienced in Agile/Scrum/Kanban environments, test strategy, release sign-off, mentoring and collaboration with product and engineering stakeholders.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Developed QE tooling to measure AI-model efficiency, success rates and token/credit consumption for an AI-enabled vendor response workflow processing ~300–350 cases/day with human-in-the-loop review.
Performed test design, manual testing and integration testing for an IIoT application monitoring structural integrity and erosion of industrial assets.
Led QE activities across commercial and professional-services applications — owning test design/review/execution, release sign-off and QE estimation. For RSM DigitalTracker, led QE for a US crypto-taxation application covering role-based access, transaction imports and gain/loss reporting.
Led the QE automation team and supported adoption of shift-left testing practices across APAC projects. Designed Web UI and microservices automation frameworks and supported CI/CD integration with Azure DevOps.
Healthcare and vaccination-program platforms for the UK. Led QE automation and designed web UI and microservices automation frameworks.
Led web and mobile application testing for a cloud-based connected life-safety solution, including API and web UI automation.
Led test automation for a coding and printing platform, including API/REST automation and CI integration with Jenkins.
SELECTED EARLIER EXPERIENCE
Automated web UI testing and created the automation test plan for a healthcare referral portal using BDD. Led automation for a Dell partner-registration/search portal integrated with Salesforce, covering web UI plus SOAP/REST services.
Led automation for an eLearning content-management platform, including REST services, web UI and CI integration with Jenkins and TeamCity.
Automated SOAP web services and WAP browser UI tests for mobile carrier portals.
Automated WCF web-service and web UI tests for a cardiovascular information system integrating with hospital and PACS systems.
Worked across analysis, design, coding and testing for an online business management system covering sales, orders and stock processes.
PROJECT DOMAINS
AI-NATIVE QE
Recent experience includes AI-augmented Quality Engineering using modern AI tools and agentic development/testing tools, with hands-on prompt engineering and AI-assisted testing workflows using VS Code, Copilot, OpenAI, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Healenium, Microsoft Semantic Kernel, NotebookLM and MCP.
TECH STACK
EDUCATION
Electronics and Communication
Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bengaluru
Visvesvaraya Technological University
2002 – 2006
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING
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