Prashanth Rai

Background

About Prashanth Rai

QA Automation Leader and Manager with 10+ years technical experience in QA Automation, Test Management, and Quality Governance. Proven expertise in building enterprise-scale automation frameworks, leading global QA teams, and driving CI/CD-enabled quality engineering. Strong track record of achieving 95%+ automation coverage, reducing release cycles by 60%, improving quality metrics, and optimizing ROI. Technically Skilled in QA Strategy, Test Automation Tools, SDET, Test Governance, People Leadership, and Agile/DevOps transformation across industries. Core Competencies QA Leadership: Test Strategy, QA Governance, Project & Program Management, Stakeholder Engagement Automation Frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Rest Assured, TOSCA, UFT Mobile & API Automation: Appium, Seetest, Postman, SoapUI, Karate Labs Test Management Tools: Jira, ALM, TestRail, Rally, Xray CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, BrowserStack, Sauce Labs SDET Quality Engineering: BDD (Cucumber, Gherkin), TestNG, JUnit, Maven, Continuous Testing Performance Testing: JMeter, LoadRunner People & Vendor Management: Resource Allocation, Budget Ownership, Productivity Improvement, Offshore/Onsite Team Leadership Agile & Leadership: Agile/Scrum Leadership, Cross-functional Collaboration, Change Management, Continuous Improvement Domain Expertise: Airlines, Retail, Banking, Manufacturing, Media Emerging Tech in QA: AI-driven QA Automation, GenAI-powered Test Accelerators Key Achievements Achieved 95%+ automation coverage across multiple enterprise programs, reducing release cycle time by 60%. Led QA Strategy & Governance for clients including American Airlines, Kraft Foods, Disney, Lego, SanDisk, Mondelez, THQ. Implemented CI/CD pipelines integrating automated regression suites with DevOps toolchains, enabling continuous testing. Conducted PoCs on AI-driven testing and GenAI-powered automation accelerators. Received DXC Champ Award, HP E-Award, HPE Best Project Award, and multiple client recognitions. Managed onsite-offshore teams of 15+ QA engineers, improving delivery efficiency and reducing defect leakage by 40%.