Nilima Uttarwar

Background

About Nilima Uttarwar

A seasoned hands on software QA leader with over 15+ years in a variety of roles with progressive responsibilities in various aspects of software quality and managing multi-site(domestic and off-shore) QA teams in US, China and India. Outstanding track record of setting up and leading offshore QA teams. Instrumental in setting up automation tools, defining processes/best practices and communication structures to deliver consistent and predictable quality deliverable. Believe in developing talent within QA/Test organizations by providing strong technical leadership, building trust, nurturing talent, innovation and continuous improvement. • Built, trained & mentored onshore (co-located & distributed) & offshore teams. • Drove the vision of the product and aligned QA team goals. • Worked with different stake holders (Product Management, IT, Engineering, Operations). • Coordinated effort with software development and release teams to ensure quality software releases. • Published risk assessment and mitigation strategies to the executive team on product releases. • Managed multiple live products and projects with aggressive time-lines and schedules. • Member of the technical advisory team at StarCite to bring in improvements in the product quality, stability and scalability. Specialties: • Building successful, cost-effective and efficient QA organization. • Develop a team environment where high motivation drives high energy and hard work. • Define techniques/methods to set reliability and quality metrics and appropriate reporting of these metrics. • Assesses technical capability of product, including ease of use, functionality, reliability, and performance. • Setting up automation frameworks, performance test, tools and benchmarks. • Software testing using Agile with scrum.