Ananth Shankaraiah

Background

About Ananth Shankaraiah

Technocrat with overall 16Yrs of Experience in delivering consistent value to business through Innovation, process improvements and value addition. 13Yrs of Software Testing and 3Yrs as Quality Control Engineering in Aerospace domain.Heading quality engineering delivery excellence team (Functional / Automated / Performance testing in Insurance domain with specialization in Data Analytics / DW & BI/ Big Data / Continuous Integration & alignment with DevOps). Extensive experience in managing complex programs and leading teams –internal /outsourced vendors – in global environment.Experience in the following areas• Test Automation • Test Center of Excellence • Business Development• Test Innovation • Efficiency Improvement • Team Management• Project Management • Planning and Management • BudgetingSignificant Accomplishments: Setup / managed and ramped up cross functional teams up to 100+ to retain company Intellectual Property, built Center of Excellence and metrics driven culture across board.Generate productivity metrics to leadership team for necessary improvement plans.Reduced cost spent thru operational excellence initiatives and non linear practices, enabling large savings to internal and external stake holders. Volunteered towards attaining CMMIL3 certification for IMS Health Technology Center in 2015 and CenturyLink Technologies in 2010.Collaborated with Business Technology Partner to get new business and service offering.