Venkata Gutti

Possesses 19 years of comprehensive experience within the Information Technology sector. Holds over 14 years of dedicated experience in Software Testing, encompassing all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) within both Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Proficient in both Manual and Automated Testing methodologies for Web, Mobile, and API platforms. Skilled in utilizing Playwright and CodeceptJS automation frameworks. Includes 6 years of onshore experience operating as a Senior Test Lead. Comprehensive experience managing the full software project lifecycle, including Requirements Analysis, Planning, Design, Implementation, Configuration Management, Documentation, and Project Closure. Experienced in developing high-quality test artifacts, such as Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Approaches, Test Scripts, and Test Completion Reports. Extensive working knowledge of various testing phases, including System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), Joint System Integration Testing (JSIT), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Leverages over 11 years of hands-on experience with the Charles River Development (CRD) front-office trading platform. Experienced with financial Compliance workflows, including the creation and modification of Compliance Rules within relevant systems. Strong understanding of Franklin Templeton's end-to-end system architecture, including workflows from CRD through OneTIS, SEI, and Wealthx systems.

• Project # 1, Franklin Templeton, TQA, Offshore Test Lead, Asset Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Charles River IMS (CRIMS) serves as the core Front Office platform within the Franklin Templeton ecosystem..., Performed analysis and review of functional and business requirements specifications., Developed Test Coverage Matrices tailored to various financial asset classes., Managed test environment booking and coordination., Authored comprehensive Test Plans and Test Completion Reports., Created test execution Run Books, led and directed testing teams, and reviewed test deliverables for quality assurance., Facilitated daily stand-ups, coordinated defect triage meetings with clients, and communicated status updates, risks, and issues to project stakeholders., Executed trade processing within Charles River IMS across diverse asset types, including Equity, Fixed Income, FX, Repos, and Derivatives, for testing purposes., Managed defect lifecycle, including tracking and reporting, utilizing Jira.
• Project # 2, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Investment Platform, Onsite Test Coordinator, Asset Management, Edinburgh, UK, CRIMS Upgrade: Contributed to multiple upgrades of the Charles River IMS (CRIMS) Order and Execution Management System..., Analyzed business and functional requirements, performing feasibility estimations., Developed comprehensive test strategies, plans, and completion reports., Created project test estimations and contributed to resource planning., Managed test environment allocation and scheduling., Led testing teams, directed daily activities, reviewed deliverables, and managed escalations., Coordinated effectively with business/domain teams and key external stakeholders (e.g., CITI)., Planned and executed diverse testing phases, including System, Integration (SIT/JSIT), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)., Performed hands-on testing, including trade execution, data feed verification, and system reconciliation (MEDM/CRIMS)., Facilitated daily stand-ups, managed the defect lifecycle, and reported on status, risks, and issues., Contributed to test automation efforts using tools like QTP and the Charles River Automation API.
• Project # 3, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Client Platform, Onsite Test Coordinator, Asset Management, Edinburgh, UK, Salesforce.com is the third-party supplier of the Salesforce Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application..., Prepare Test plans and Test cases., Implemented Web Automation framework using Cypress., Developing automation scripts using Cypress., Involved in daily regression suite execution results analysis., Part of the weekly release signoffs., Engaging with Business, Internal and External Stakeholders., Wrote complex SQL queries for Reports validation.
• Project # 4, Pioneer Investments, Pioneer Front Office, Offshore Test Coordinator, Asset Management, Dublin, UK, Pioneer front office uses Capstone suite for Order Management activities..., Analyzing the Functional Requirement Specifications and data mapping documents., Providing an Estimation and update the Test Plan., Preparing the test cases as per data mapping rules and Functional Specifications., Place the trades for each asset type with Fund Manager Credentials in Latent zero Minerva UI and validate the trade details in Latent zero Minerva UI, different databases and xml files., Non-OTC asset types are Fixed Income, Equity, Futures, and Options., OTC asset types are CDS, IRS, and Swaptions., Verify the Pre-Trade and Post trade compliance rules by invoking the Sentinel application while placing and posting the trades in LZ Minerva and Tesseract., Process and post the trades to downstream applications with trader credentials in Latent zero Minerva UI and validate the trade details in Latent zero Minerva UI, different databases and xml files., Providing best practices to the project., Report and track the bugs, conduct Defect Meetings with development teams., Preparing detail test summary report, coordinating with the client., Creating Weekly Status Report, Test Metrics and Review Test Deliverable., Planning and Scheduling test activities and work allocation to the team., API Spreadsheets are used to key Bond and Equity trades., Supported in creating latent zero functional automation regression suite., Conducted cross training sessions across the project., Involved in CAR reports and metrics for external audits.
• Project # 5, Pioneer Investments, PESB - US Integration, Offshore Test Coordinator, Asset Management, Dublin, UK, GISP is the acronym for the Global Investment Systems Program..., Understanding the Data mapping documents., Involved in writing Test Scenarios and Test cases as per the Data mapping documents., Involved in Test case review., Publish the different securities in Golden Source UI application and validate the security details in Golden Source UI., Validate the security details in different databases and xml files., Security types are Bond, Equity, and Options., Defect Tracking and reporting by using Quality Center 9.2., Daily update discussions with onsite lead.