Aarti Palnitkar

Background

About Aarti Palnitkar

Around 12 years of rich, global experience with impressive success experience in managing and leading Functional Testing projects across leading organizations such as HCL and Cognizant Technology Solutions India • Possess comprehensive understanding of STLC [Software Testing Life Cycle], Software Quality processes and practices. • Functioned on varied industry domains like Investment Banking, Retail Banking, Mortgage Services, Retail Services, Travel/Hospitality & Service Procurement • Successfully worked onsite at Singapore and functioned directly with clients of China, London, Germany and the USA; experience in leading teams with Onsite-Offshore Model across multiple Geos • Proficiency in Smoke/Sanity testing, Integration/Regression testing, Requirements Analysis, Estimation for release/ agile-sprint, Orchestrating test-strategy/ design/ plan, Quality Analysis, Defect Management and Gap Analysis, • Proficiency in On-Time Delivery, Team Management, Project Knowledge Management, Project Dashboard Management • Led a team and reduced IT effort by 50% through efficiency improvement, optimized service & continuous service improvement • Reduced the cost by 25% via FTE reduction through automation and thus was able to get more business from customer • Possess high level consulting skills, architecting viable solutions and guiding implementation of the same; strong exposure in building & maintaining strong relations with all stakeholders • Proficiency in Resource Mgmt, Stakeholder management, Risk and documentation Mgmt.