Imran Waheed

Background

About Imran Waheed

Quality Assurance Management professional, with over 19 years’ experience in QA, design verification, and system design in the software industry. Hands-on manager, with proven ability to direct and improve quality programs, reduce defects, and improve overall efficiency and productivity. Results-driven, Project Management and Agile expertise, as well as integration and testing of third party software. Builder and enabler of high performance distributed testing and release teams, with emphasis on talent management, relationship building, and continual improvement. Expertise in testing of design tools, with familiarity in multiple programming languages. Able to train, lead and motivate effective cross functional teams. SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS Implemented Quality Assurance processes across multiple Point of Sales and Business Administration systems Improved defect detection rates by 100% by implementing QA best practices, and restructuring detection processes Seamlessly integrated new business on to existing, multi-tiered platform by planning and designing quality test procedures Designed and implemented automation test strategies, scaling up automation coverage for regression to ~80%. Managed and designed automation framework for TAC (Test Automation center), Selenium and QTP, to ensure <5% defect leakage to UAT Contributed to annual savings of $100K via Test Automation initiatives Mentored and coached QA specialists in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, following CMMI and ISO Quality standards Created and implemented effective, results-oriented, Test Planning and Strategies for Manual, Automation & Performance testing.