Suresh Pothuru

• Seasoned Practice Head/Delivery Head-Testing with over 22 years of experience.
• Strategic leadership and oversight of testing delivery across Business Unit; recognized for improving testing efficiency and developing strong stakeholder relationships.

• Seasoned Practice Head/Delivery Head-Testing with over 22 years of experience.
• Strategic leadership and oversight of testing delivery across Business Unit; recognized for improving testing efficiency and developing strong stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated strong leadership by swiftly instituting a digital testing practice (TCoE) and assembling a 65-member team within 8 months.
• Implemented test strategies aligning with organizational goals and industry standards, engaging clients, and senior management effectively.
• Supervised teams, driving USD $5 million in revenue, and managing a USD $2.2 million R&D budget for product enhancements.
• Proficient in nurturing collaborative team environments, emphasizing mentorship and professional development.
• Skilled in pre-sales activities and adept at managing vendor relationships to facilitate business expansion.
• Showcased entrepreneurial acumen in P&L management, ensuring project profitability.
• Led projects utilizing Agile Development Life Cycle, Waterfall Model, and Testing Methodology.
• Implemented effective project management techniques to ensure timely and budget-conscious delivery.
• Competent in fostering cross-functional collaborative team environments and prioritizing mentorship for professional growth.
• Designed career paths and led teams to success, fostering collaboration.
• Counseled team members on agile practices and provided coaching for distributed scrum teams, ensuring project success.
• Actively contributed to the POSH panel, collaborating closely with the ethics office on investigations.
• Expertise in guiding end-to-end delivery of test automation, performance testing, and security testing using tools such as Selenium, Rational Performance Tester, and HCL AppScan.
• Specialized in designing and maintaining standard automation frameworks, supporting CI/CD for continuous automation and deployment processes.
• Achieved excellence at the technical, process, and functional levels by establishing and enforcing standard test processes and deliverables, including defect management and quality metric reporting.
• Experienced in delivering software products/applications across diverse domains such as Airline Cargo, Child Welfare, Public and Health Services, Logistics, ITSM, Capital Markets, Financial Markets & Trading, Real Estate Networking, Energy & Utilities, Oil & Gas Trading, Industrial Automation, and Rail Asset management, Fleet Management.

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering with 66%