Ravi Kumar Varanasi

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About Ravi Kumar Varanasi

Career Objective: Build and lead techno functional organizational teams in the IT, ITeS and engineering enabled services industries, to achieve success and sustainable growth and move them up in the value proposition/ chain. Professional Experience: A software professional with 20 years overall experience with a flair for and active involvement in steering new business initiatives and grooming the teams and moving them up in value chain. An experienced resource with 15 plus years of experience in IT/ITes/Software industry spanning all aspects of SDLC in reputed product development companies; been at the core of Software development and maintenance, software customisation, software testing (manual and automated) activities, SQA initiatives, recruitment, grooming and performance management of team. Played a crucial role in CMM Level 5 certification at Intergraph Consulting/ Intergraph India. A team player with proven track record and successful completion of crucial assignments- both onsite and offsite, for reputed organisations. Strong background in product development and product customisation services. Responsible for end to end testing of product suites. Instrumental in steering the software test automation efforts using HP's QTP as well as open source libraries (White automation libraries) built around Microsoft's automation framework for Intergraph and iMotions. Good techno-functional project management skills; successfully managed teams of resources on multiple projects- both offshore as well as onshore, in tandem and ensured timely deliveries. Associated with software quality initiatives; Part of Core team for achieving SEI CMM level 3 and level 5 assessments & Agile-Srum process adaptation Corporate champion for Project staffing, Performance Appraisal & Compensation Management Experience in Analysis, Design, consultancy and R&D related to industrial, Microwave & electrical Transmission line structures Specialties: Software Product Development, Maintenance, Customisation and Testing, SQA initiatives. Engineering Analysis, Design and Consultancy related to RCC structures, steel industrial buildings, Microwave and Transmission line Towers.