Ram Mohan Ilapakurty

Dynamic Leader of Software Development and Quality teams, Critical and complex projects. 16 years of experience in enterprise wide continuous improvement roles, in Project Management, Test and Engineering

Management in a matrix organization. Expertise in Telecom /Mobile

/Financial (B2B & B2C), Product/Platform (PAAS), Automation, Tool

Developments, ML Ops, Test Ops (CI/CD including branching strategy)

Ownership, Collaboration, Mentoring, Driving multiple projects with high quality. Ability to drive high impact, cross-functional programs with senior leaders and overcome cultural challenges for delivery of Products in Global Markets.

Provide Engineering, Though leadership, people management for team members, including hiring, setting and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, and career development; ensures that proper knowledge and career development tools are in place to support ongoing team member development

Manage deliverable, schedules, planning and costs for multiple on-going projects, ensuring that resources are appropriately allocated and that goals, objectives, timelines, and budgets are met in accordance with program and organizational roadmaps.

Skilled in all phases of SDLC and STLC; Participate in design reviews;

Expert in translating Business Requirements in DR’s, TOR’s; System design,

Analysis,

Defect

Tracking,

debugging,

reporting,

and documentation;Work with Product Managers,Architects and stakeholders to ensure QA requirements are met for each service / product.

Oversee the daily activities of the manual testing and automation teams.

Handled Team sizes from 6 to 30 member teams.

Strong problem solving, synthesizing, and analytical skills along with written, oral, communication, networking, and presentation skills

Strong knowledge in Quality Engineering, Provided thought leadership,

lead the team, coach and mentor through evolving priorities, contribute to the development and improvement of QA processes.

Strong knowledge on Agile Technique & Management tools - BDD, TDD,

CI, Jira, Confluence. Test levels & types - white/black box, system,

performance, integration, regression testing

Hands on experience on testing automation frameworks and tools -

Postman, Python, MySQL, Selenium Web Driver, Test NG, REST-Assured,

JMeter, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, Java. Experience in testing front/backend functionality, Microservices, REST APIs

Assists team in delivering an automated CI/CD pipeline for cross functional teams, with Branching strategy, permissions, code regulation through git hub, automated tests, deploys, monitors and alarms

Experience with distributed/multi-locations teams knowledge on product development, application development, Platform

(PAAS), Mobile application, Rule Engine, UI and Underwriting Dashboard

SOW development and project staffing, Proven capabilities in managing stakeholders (IT, Business, Vendors) by informing them on future scenarios, , maintaining key relations with clients by acquiring feedback on issues and taking suitable actions.

Trained in Data Analytics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Artificial

Intelligence with a desire to take on new challenges and enhancing the career through Data Science