Available for senior QA leadership roles

Building quality
into every layer
of software.

QA Engineering Manager with 15+ years of experience leading automation initiatives across retail banking and financial services at JPMorgan Chase. I turn quality from a gate into a competitive advantage.

70%
Defect reduction via shift-left
15+
Years in QA engineering
100%
Test coverage achieved
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What I bring

Leadership that moves the needle

From building automation frameworks from scratch to managing cross-timezone teams, here's the impact I've driven.

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Test Automation Framework
Built and led the development of a Selenium/Cucumber + REST Assured automation framework integrated into CI/CD pipelines, dramatically cutting test cycle times.
Significant cycle reduction
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Shift-Left Quality Culture
Championed early defect detection across agile teams, achieving 100% test coverage and a 70%+ reduction in defects reaching production.
70%+ fewer defects
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Enterprise Financial Products
Ensured quality for credit cards, auto loans, commercial lending, ACH payments, and Chase's digital banking dashboards serving millions of customers.
Millions of end users
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Cross-Timezone Team Leadership
Led and mentored QA engineers across geographies, conducting weekly syncs, knowledge transfers, and upskilling teams on automation frameworks and scrum QA practices.
Multi-region teams
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Performance & Observability
Built JMeter/Blazemeter performance test suites and monitored production health using Splunk and Kibana to ensure platform reliability under load.
End-to-end visibility
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Cloud & Modern Architecture
Drove QA strategy across microservices, API Gateways, and cloud platforms (AWS), validating RESTful APIs and maintaining reliable test environments on internal cloud and AWS.
AWS Certified
Career history

Where I've worked

A track record spanning top-tier enterprises across two continents.

JPMorgan Chase Current
VP — QA Engineering Manager / SDET
October 2016 – Present · Plano, TX
  • Lead QA strategy and automation initiatives for credit cards, auto loans, commercial lending, and digital payments platforms
  • Built and scaled test automation frameworks using Selenium/Cucumber and REST Assured integrated into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
  • Reduced defects by 70%+ through shift-left testing practices during the organization's transition to agile and frequent production releases
  • Defined QA metrics, sprint reporting, and risk analysis for multiple concurrent product teams
  • Facilitated end-to-end delivery strategies for Web/Mobile front ends (ReactJS, Node.js) and REST API microservices on AWS
  • Led cross-team QA governance meetings, conducted product demos, and communicated delivery updates to senior stakeholders
  • Mentored engineers globally; established knowledge-transfer programs and scrum QA processes for new team members
Accenture Past
Software Engineer — QA Analyst
May 2010 – October 2016 · Mumbai, India
  • Developed automation scripts in HP QTP and built SAP TAO business components for large-scale regression suites
  • Established the TAO CBASE library to extend SAP TAO capabilities for complex scenarios
  • Automated HP ALM/QC reporting using Excel Macros, accelerating report generation for stakeholders
  • Prepared test plans, scenarios, and BPT scripts for web-based enterprise applications
  • Mentored the QA team on technical issues and documented automation framework knowledge assets
Technical skills

Tools & technologies

A broad toolkit built over 15 years of hands-on QA engineering and team leadership.

Test Automation
Selenium Cucumber REST Assured TestNG JUnit HP QTP
API Testing
Postman REST SOAP Swagger Java Maven
CI/CD & DevOps
Jenkins GitHub Bitbucket AWS Spring Boot
Performance
JMeter BlazeMeter Splunk Kibana
Test Management
JIRA Zephyr Confluence HP ALM Tableau
Languages & Web
Java Python SQL JavaScript HTML/CSS
Methodologies
Agile/Scrum BDD/TDD Shift-Left SDLC/STLC
Mobile & ADA
Mobile Web Native App ADA Compliance Cross-browser
Credentials

Certifications

Formally certified across cloud, product ownership, and test tooling.

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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
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Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
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HP Quick Test Professional
Hewlett-Packard
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HP Application Lifecycle Management
Hewlett-Packard Professional

Let's connect

Open to senior QA leadership, SDET, and engineering manager opportunities.

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