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Asad F. Swati
11215 Baltimore Street NE Unit # B, Blaine MN 55449
612-237-8603 E-mail: asadswati@hotmail.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Technology sophisticated and business-savvy information systems professional with Eleven years of
Information Technology experience and Eight years of solid Software Testing experience. Well
versed with, Black Box Testing, White Box Testing, Unit Testing System Testing, Integration
Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing and Performance/Load Testing.
 Outstanding Analytical, decision-making, problem solving and management skills with the
ability to organize activities in fast speedy team environment.
 Capability to apply wide technical and practical skills to manage and execute White-box and
Black-box tests and to evaluate needs for software designing, development, and validations.
 Created Testing Strategy which included Project Scope, Testing Objective, Test
Procedures and Methods of testing new functions, total time estimation and resources
required for the project, and the testing environment.
 Involved in writing high-level Master Test plans, Test cases and Use cases. Experience in
creating and maintaining Traceability Matrix, defining test cases, developing and maintaining
Test scripts, analyzing Bugs, interaction with development team members in fixing the errors.
 Experience with Web-based and client/server applications. Expertise in both manual and
automated testing.
 Managed onshore and offshore QA teams for testing different applications in multiple
platforms.
 Excellent Analytical, Business, Problem solving and Communication skills, with ability to
interact with individuals at all level.
 Developed and tracked projects, enhancements and fixes to business applications as well as
documented any support and technical issues with applications and helped to resolve.
 Strong experience with Project Life Cycle and Methodology
 Team player, result oriented, fast learner. Ability to work independently and with a team to
accomplish department goals and management objectives.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
1. Operating Systems - MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows 95/98/ 2000/ME, Windows NT 4.0 XP/Vista/7/8.
2. Microsoft Office Tools - MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
3. Web Browsers Test Environment – Netscape Navigator v4.0, Opera v12, FireFox v4-9, Safari v5-6,
Google Chrome v9- 23, Microsoft Internet Explorer IE v5-10
4. Test Environment and Platform Application Software - PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, Java, ASP.NET,
MS Access,MS Office 2000, Minitab, Photo Shop 5.0, Flash
5. Test Status Reporting Tools – Wiki Pages, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet,HP QC report, E-mail Report.
6. Testing Tools - HP Application Life Cycle QC v11 (Quality Center).
7. Automation Testing Tools –
 Selenium IDE Plugin, GUI Functional Testing Suite.
 Mercury (HP) Quick Test Pro – UI Based Regression Testing Suite.
8. Defect Tracking Tools - HP QC, ClearQuest, Lotus Notes, Bugzilla, Buggit,SharePoint,
9. Test Database Environment - Sybase, Oracle, Microsoft SQL 2000, IBM DB2
10. Database Connectivity Tool - Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft Access ODBC
11. Project Management Tools / Methodology - Microsoft Project 2003, Visio, SDLC, V- Model, Water
Fall, Scrum Agile, Unified Modeling Language (UML), Rational Unified Process (RUP)
12. Secure Quality and Audit Standards – SQA, FDA, CMMI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Well Fargo Home Mortgage, Minneapolis, MN
Business Systems / Project Test Lead – (April 2013 – Dec 2014 )
CCC QA Imaging Services
ICMP Application (Imaging & Content Management Platform)
I held a lead-level position to support ongoing testing initiatives for the Imaging Services CCC-QA
group in WFHM. As QA Lead,I acted as the technical lead providing or consulting on the overall test
strategy for each major engagement. I determined the complexity for each test area within a test plan
and set time-based expectations for test case execution. I enforced consistency, comprehensive
coverage,and efficiency across all assignments. I became a subject matter expert in the testing needs
for applications assigned and partnered with the development team and key business stakeholders to
understand the business needs, technical design, and current or targeted systems architecture. I was
familiar with all testing aspects of the assigned projects and readily articulated the QA status to my
superiors and partners at any time during the project lifecycle. I also provided input to the sizing and
estimation process for future development and production support efforts.
 Lead a team of 4 QA testers on site (In US) and 10 QA testers Off shore (India)
 Ensuring test scripts maintain traceability to requirements
 Represent testing team and participates in reviews of use cases and other requirement
documentation to obtain an understanding of systems changes in preparation for test case
development
 Provide input on estimation of time allocation for projects
 Track all results, problems and defects throughout the testing cycle and report status
updates for the team
 prioritizing workloads and providing input on performance and quality
 Create,prepare and conduct quality assurance review and develop and execute test plans.
 Work with clients to establish and maintain a consistent test methodology and to resolve
questions during the testing process.
 Analyze tests and certify application-specific software and perform ambiguity reviews of
business requirements and functional specification documents.
 Use functional knowledge of applications to provide technical assistance in identifying,
evaluating, and resolving moderately complex test problems. Logs, tracks, and verifies
resolution of software and specification defects.
 Document all phases of QA process. Interface with project team members to ensure that all
testing plans, scripts and results are in appropriate project documentation.
 Participates in planning and directing quality assurance schedules and assignments.
 Establish testing metrics to track and measure application software quality.
 Prepare and submit testing trends encountered during integration testing to the project
team.
 Interface with other groups involved in a project. Plan, coordinate and oversees User
Acceptance Testing (UAT).
 Contribute as a highly motivated individual that works efficiently with the development
team and with the business.
 Support a delivery structure that operates within corporate guidelines for technology,
security, and change management.
Well Fargo Home Mortgage, Minneapolis, MN
UAT Test Coordinator Lead – (Sept 2011 – Mar 2013 )

As a Test Coordinator at the Wells Fargo Home Preservations and Collections on the Home
Preservation Application (HPA) Project,managed business stakeholder and user expectations by
providing project deliverables. Ensured good practices in standard methodologies and processes were
used to deliver an integrated solution. Major emphasis was focused on coordination of QA and UAT
tasks, including serving as the point of contact to facilitate issues resolution.
 Scheduled and coordinated test planning activities across various releases
 Met production release implementation dates through the successfulmanagement of testing
timelines; ensured testers adhered to schedules and completed testing activities on time and within
specified release windows
 Designed and implemented quality test strategy,test plans, testing scenarios and scripts for HPA
applications / LM_Workout tool using business requirement documents, industry accepted testing
methodologies and procedures
 Maintained UAT process/program status, dashboard reporting and testing statistics; including the
UAT checklist used to successfully move newly packaged application/releases through the UAT
process
 Estimated the Project Scope for each quarterly release. Effectively coordinated, administered and
documented sign-off on testing completion
 Defined and documents test requirements on assigned projects. Active and participant in all project
meetings and reviews. .
 Solved unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business.
 Influenced senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches that improves product
delivery time frames quality and required effort.
 Translated highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences
 Maintained an expert understanding of QA testing methodologies processes and associated
automated testing tools and applies that knowledge to achieve organizational success.
 Worked with project and resource managers to assign resource, set dates and set expectations for
projects.
QA Lead
J. Walter Thompson (JWT), Minneapolis, MN
Mar 2011 – Sept 2011
Responsible for providing and promoting Quality Standards, Methods and Practices; this included
Quality Planning, Test management, and complete evaluations of Scalable Quality processes and
procedures relating to the development of web-based e-business solution. Assisted main
Client(UnitedHealth Group) with User Interface at the screen level, Test process and Procedures.
Ensure that the business rules for the application path are according to specification (utilizing the 'All
Question' spreadsheet). Make sure the printable PDF of the OLE (Online Enrollment for AARP)
application is displayed correctly. The PDF will be submitted to the state. The wizard needs to look like
the PDF component application. Work as part of the development team to release products that have
been quality approved, are usable, and meet or exceed customer expectations.
Project:-
 Conducted daily Stand Up meeting and coordinated testing activities across projects
 Provided guidance and direction for the testing approach/plan for each project effort
 Mentors and manages Quality `Assurance Analysts and Testers, Educated organization about
QA standards, best practices and emerging trends and provided consultation to less seasoned
testing staff, monitoring work efforts for potential issues.
 Works closely with other account leads to develop strategy, approach, and planning of account
projects

 Worked with the Project Lead Developer to guide proper timing/resource allocations of each
testing piece within a project to leverage available resources and provide a streamlined,
cohesive effort. Determines dependencies within or outside of the project and understands the
level of expertise of each tester assigned.
 Developed and implemented efficient and effective test plans for new systems problems and/or
enhancements.
Environment:- Oracle, Java,Bugzilla,Windows 98/2000/XP
Sr. Business Systems Support Analyst
Wells-Fargo, Minneapolis, MN
Feb 2010 – 2011
Perform analysis working with technology, vendors, business, and interface partners to develop
accurate size estimates within agreed timeframes; analyze and develop accurate, detailed business
requirement documents adhering to Wells-Fargo’s standard common artifacts documentation; create
written communication for system issues and implementation upgrades; educate customers on Interest
Reporting processes and provide support to end users for escalated problem issues. Improve overall
productivity and efficiency of end users.
Projects:-
 Compiled business requirements, partnered with developers, created test plans and performed
testing in SIT, UAT, and Production environments resulting in the successful implementation
of enhancements for the Interest Reporting systems IRW and IRYE.
 Created FSD, Test Plans and Test Scripts for Multiple Wachovia projects into migration and
Integration to Wells Fargo Systems.
 Live reviews of Test Plan and Test Scripts with Users and Interface Partners.
 Created Validation Matrix for Test Tax forms and Interest Reporting Statements.
 Created successful implementation plan for Stone River third party vendor releases.
 Managed the implementation of the OLM4 and 1098-1099 Correction and Duplicate Print
projects which helped to consolidate like systems to ensure a successful merger between Wells
Fargo and Wachovia.
 Performed regression testing and documented results in SharePoint reducing the need for peers
to recreate the same issues and streamlining the research requirement for similar issues.
 Conducted complete systems decommissioning surveys, and system functionality assessments
ensuring the success of the Wachovia System Integration to Wells Fargo Projects.
 Communicated details of system release notes to end users adjusting the technical language and
conveying ideas into layman’s terms reducing the number of training calls to the Help Desk.
 Created and implemented multiple MS Live Meeting training classes to prepare end users on
consistent processes resulting in increased efficiency and productivity.
 Interacted with development team during production moves to resolve defects and other
issues.
 Prepared testing process checklists, production move checklists.
 Tailored existing test plan and test case templates, for better coverage.
3M-IT Manufacturing System, St. Paul, MN
Sr. Business/QA Analyst
July 2005 – 2009
PeopleSoft 8.8, EnterpriseOne, E1-JDEm– A manufacturing execution system installed in 3M plants.

Projects:-
 Designed and documented the test plan in Sales order Management, Purchase order,Financials,
Shop Floor Control, Inventory Management, Advanced Warehousing, Planning application
testing and Address Book Integration interfaces testing.
 Assisted and implemented testing process/strategies and worked with Directors, Program
Managers,Technical Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, DBA,end users and other QA
team members in all phases of system life cycle.
 As a Test lead implemented Integration testing with interfaces like E1-m, COMS, Euroms2,
IMPQ,ELC (Enterprise Label Component), PeopleSoft 8.8 interfaces.
 Analyzed business requirements and prepare test plan for (Enterprise Resource Planning) ERP
systems and Web Application.
 Defined and implemented QA test scope for 3M MGO (Manufacturing Global Offering) JDE
Enterprise one ERP (Manufacturing Global Offering) Application 8.1 and PeopleSoft 8.8
applications.
 Involved extensive Integration testing inbound/outbound database interfaces.
 Involved in Integration Interface testing to verify XML parameters and XML parsing in Web
methods 6.5 middle ware using Event configuration tool and monitoring the Web method
adapters.
 Worked as a production support specialist help desk in Staging and Production Environments to
support the trouble tickets for end user clients in USA, UK, France,Poland, Italy, Germany and
Turkey.
 Coordinated and tested the patches and issues in JDEdwards application.
 Performed the test scripts for E1-m application and worked with stress and performance testing.
 Acted as a liaison between onshore and offshore Quality Assurance staff, providing resource
planning assistance and mentoring where needed. Ensured staff understand and deliver to
established standards.
Responsibilities:-
 Reviewed Business and Functional Requirements, Design documents and prepared Test Plans
for all assigned project releases.
 Performed Unit, System and Regression testing.
 Involved in Data Integration and System Integration Testing
 Involved in Backend Database testing. Rational Database experienced with great SQL background.
 Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using Lotus Notes
 Contributed in regular status meetings to state any bugs, problems and risks.
 Verified the Fixed CRs and tracked the same to closure.
 Coordinated with developers to resolve the identified issues.
 Coordinated with client during User Acceptance Testing(UAT)
 Involved in handling various projects, prioritizing, specifying timelines, reporting and
interacting with clients and end users
Environment: Java, Windows XP, XML, Power Builder, Lotus Notes, Clear Quest.
AGS Publishing as Pearson, Circle Pines, MN
January 2005 – June 2005
IT Test Form and Scanning System
BA and QA Assessment Analyst
The overall capacity of the Assist application was to measure the personal and social skills of
individuals from birth to adulthood.
Projects:-
Assist Applications:
Projects: ASSIST Plus

 BASC-2
 KTEA-2
 Vineland
 KABC
Responsibilities:
 Audited Business and Functional requirement documents and recognized test scenarios.
 Preformed instructive and detailed testing to identify logic and functional flaws. All flaws
were debugged.
 Involved in preparation of test cases and test scripts execution using Quality Center.
 Created Traceability Matrix using Excel to keep track of requirements
 Performed Unit, and System testing.
 Analyzed complex SQL queries to confirm accuracy, correct logic, and thorough
understanding of reports created by query.
 Involved in defect tracking and troubleshooting using Mercury Quality Center
 Developed test plans and test cases using Test Case Manager.
 Performed unit, system and regression testing.
 Maintained and tracked defects using Buggit.
 Coordinated with the client during user acceptance testing.
 Prepared bug severity definition document as a guideline for testers for assigning appropriate
severity to bugs. This process helped in reducing conflicts between testers and developers in
this regard.
 Involved in reviewing Business Requirement Document (BRD) and System Requirement
Specifications (SRS) documents.
 Worked with Test Lead to create System Test Plan.
 Created functional, integration, system test cases, Traceability Matrix, various Test Scenarios’
flow charts and defect reports.
 Performed Functional, Integration, System, and Regression testing
 Extensively involved in Back-end database testing (SQL Server2000)
 Handled several projects with the short deadlines
Environment:- Oracle, Stored procedures, MS DOS, Buggit, Windows
98/2000/XP
3M-IT Manufacturing System, St. Paul, MN
March 2002 – January 2005
Quality Assurance Tester and Designer
Integrated Manufacturing Execution System (IMES) Release 5.0 and 6.0 Project.
 Provided testing support for the Integrated Manufacturing Execution System (IMES)
application and its associated components by performing both issue and integration testing
functions.
 Developed IMES test plan documentation by incorporating use case and design considerations.
 Executed those test plans for each major IMES release.
 Worked with IMES development team to trouble-shoot identified defects in the application.
 Led testers to assist lead testers in IMES 5.0 and 6.0 test phases.
 Executed and verified test conditions and scripts. Verifies results meet business needs.
 Worked on testing methodology, quality principles and FDA audit requirements. Proficient in
integration testing and coordinating with supporting systems.
 Managed own workload and provided any business or technical feedback or issues to the Test
Leads.
 Entered defect (issues) information into the defect (issues) tracking database.

 Followed-up with development team when necessary.
 Environment: Windows NT, Unix, Windows XP
Accenture, Minneapolis, MN
March 2001 – February 2002
Development Tester Analyst – Solutions Engineering
 Utilized and adhered to Accenture’s Business Integration Methodologies V-model for testing.
 Reviewed test, validation, and pilot results to ensure that they met entry and exit criteria.
 Based on the application release regression test approach, modified the application regression
test model.
 Measured and monitored the progress of test deliverables to ensure that the application release
was delivered on time and within budget, and that it met or exceeded expectations.
 Reviewed test deliverables to ensure that they adhered to software quality assurance standards.
 Defined team member roles and expectations, and ensured timely feedback.
 Ensured that resources were utilized effectively.
 Identified process improvements.
 Environment: Windows NT and 2000
Projects:-
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AT&T Broadband Regression Tester
 Prepared regression test plans to serve as a guide during the regression test execution.
 Logged System Investigation Requests (SIR) for errors encountered during execution
and followed up on the status of the SIRs with the assigned developers.
 Executed regression tests to ensure all existing functionality worked after changes were
made.
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Ztel Product Tester
 Prepared product test plans, test conditions, test cycles, test data, test scripts to serve as
a guide during product test execution.
 Executed product tests to ensure that the functionality of the deliverables behave
according to the design.
 Debugged any errors encountered during execution.
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Southbell Product Tester
 Prepared and coordinated with the client business contacts the product test EDI files,
ensured that the files were error free and the transactions were completed successfully.
 Responsibilities included testing the conversion of EDI data files to XML data
structures and data validation to ensure correct structure mapping.
Environment: Windows 95/98, MS office.
EDUCATION: BCIS (Business Computer Information System) St. Cloud State University.

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