Jasbir Hanjra

New Jersey

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About

As a Certified ScrumMaster (Agile Methodology), I am a  strong  advocate  of  compliances,  a  good  trainer,  leader  and  an  accomplished  manager (hands on)  of  technical  resources  with  a  proven  record  in  building  and  motivating  successful  Quality  Assurance  efforts. I have in-depth  knowledge  of  regulatory  requirements  and  their  interpretation  such  as  current  good  development strategies, testing strategies and managing practices,  Stability  Guidelines,  validation, and other  requirements  as  they  relate  to  the  production and support of  Financial Industry.  I have  expert  knowledge  of  development,  production  and  control  systems,  have  training,  education  and  experience  in  Quality  Assurance. I possess  sound  reasoning  ability,  analytical,  and  creative  skills  to  investigate  systems  problems  in  order  to  recommend  and  implement  solutions. I also have  a  strong  technical  knowledge  of systems,  statistics,  auditing  and  quality  improvement  processes. I have good  managerial  skills, specially in areas  such  as  personnel  motivation,  planning,  finance,  goal  setting  and  problem  solving, I am flexible, and  able  to  accommodate  the  rigorous  schedule  needed  for  a  Financial/Insurance organization  that  supports  a  24/7  support  operation from time to time.

Certifications:

  • ASTQB conference 2015 Speaker (http://www.astqb.org/certified-tester-resources/astqb-software-testing-conference/conference-agenda/)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  • Certified Scrum (Agile) Master / Process Trainer (CSM)
  • Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)
  • Certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
  • ITIL (IT infrastructure Library) Certified
  • ASTQB / ISTQB Certified
  • CompTIA A+ Certified
  • Brain Bench certified - Project Management
  • Oracle Certified, Java Associate
  • Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

  • 22 years of solid hands on experience, 3+ years in development and 19+ years in leading multiple QA/BA/Dev teams.22 years of experience with complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), RUP/CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integrated), TDD, BDD and IT SOX Compliance process. Extensive Experience with QA processes, continuous integration (Jenkins) and procedures.

  • 7+ years of experience working as Agile Coach / Scrum master. 19 years of experience with QA Testing, Functional, UAT, 22 years of experience with Requirement Analysis, ROI Analysis, Costing & Budgeting, Project Scheduling.

  • 17 Years of experience with QA Automation tools including Win Runner, UFT(QTP), Quality Center (TD), SILK, Rational Tools. 9+ Years of experience with VBScript. 14 Years of experience of both short and long term technology support directives and deliverables. Interacted with multiple business and technology partners to set priorities and aligned resources. Directly managed a diverse staff of onshore and offshore associates. Communicated to multiple levels of management. Balanced requirements and negotiated deliverables across a wide number of internal business organizations. Offshore vendor selection experience.

  • 6+ Years of experience with Equity trading, Fixed Income, Change Management and Disaster Recovery. 6+ years of experience with Mobile Testing (Manual & Automated), including cloud based devices (Perfecto Mobile & Device Anywhere), real devices and emulators. Started Center Of Excellence for Mobile testing. 3+ years of testing experience with connected devices (iPad, iPhone, Android phone, Android Tablet, Kindle Fire, Xbox 360, Roku, Samsung Smart TV and Apple TV)

  • 5+ Years of experience with options (Long Call, Long Put, Short Call, Short Put), Option Strategies, Model implementations etc. 2+Years of experience with Futures (FCM, SD, MSP). 4+ Years of experience with Futures and forwards. 1+ years of experience with FIX. 7+ Years of data warehousing (ETL) experience. 5+ years of object oriented programming experience (Java, C++, C#), 2+ years of experience with PERL. 6 years experience with source code control tools (CVS).

  • 16 years of experience with automation testing tools such as QTP (UFT), WINRUNNER, TESTDIRECTOR, LOADRUNNER, QUALITY CENTER, CLEARCASE, CLEARQUEST, SILK, FIT, Link Checker tool etc. 4+ years of experience with SOA framework.

As an Agile/Scrum Coach

  • Applied Agile & Lean principles to customize adoption plans that best fitted the needs of clients. Conducted organizational assessments to identify changes required to support successful Enterprise Agile adoption. Worked closely with clients to develop a change management strategy, and guide them through implementation of the plan.

  • Leaded Enterprise Agile boot camps, on-site training, and coaching engagements. Evolved effective and efficient approaches for agile transition by developing coaching & training material, adapting different coaching & training strategies, creating agile playbooks, implemented strategies to build and mentor self-managing teams. Researched and refined agile practices, combining the best of Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean, PMI, etc. to deliver superior customer value.

  • Coached client Product Owners, Product Managers, Program Managers, UX/Design teams, and software development teams on their new roles & responsibilities. Identified and groomed key agile leaders at clients to drive cultural and behavioral changes and develop servant-style leadership.

  • Empowered teams to release high-quality customer-facing software to production regularly, frequently, and rapidly .Interfaced with executive management to provide visibility and insight into agile practices and garner support.

At PMO

  • Managed all aspects of SDLC and Project Delivery Process for projects, adhered to set audit standards. Hands-on management and delivered multiple projects to meet technology and business requirements on time and within budget. Executed project management methodologies and standards including those within the ITS Project Delivery Process and SDLC, PMI PMBOK, and ITS PMO and PMO audit procedures, also ensures they are followed by project team members.

  • Provided and maintained accurate and timely project information in all project plans, communications, status reporting, and SharePoint sites. I was Responsible for effective project kickoff, identification of all project stakeholders, defining and clarifying project roles and responsibilities. Build relationships with stakeholders and project teams to effectively manage and deliver quality products.

  • Worked closely with sponsors, stakeholders, users, technical team leads, technical and non-technical resources, and management to execute core project management functions end to end on strategic projects that range in scope, budget and team size to the level of large, involving moderate to high levels of risk and complexity.

Experience and services

  • Career history

    • 2015-08-24 - present - UBS (Director (AD))
    • 2010-07-01 - 2011-10-31 - Bank Of America (QA Manager /Agile Trainer)
    • 2011-10-03 - 2014-11-11 - NTT Data Inc (APP. SOFTWARE DEV. SR MANAGER )
    • 2014-11-12 - 2015-07-01 - United Health Group (Director IT)