Ashish Panjiyar

• CSM & CSTE certified with over 19 years of experience in Software Testing & out of which 14 years of Onsite experience in Onsite/Offshore Test Management, Estimations & Quality Process in Health Care, Banking & Finance, Insurance, Retail & Communications domains. • Expertise as Program Test Manager working closely with business stakeholders, 3rd party vendors, cross platform teams & developers to strategize the test approach that involves test data preparing, identifying the technical dependencies between end to end integrated applications and defining the test approach for various phases of testing and to improve overall synergy within the program. • Expertise in Integration & End-To-End testing in Health Care domain with focus on Government LOBs (Medicaid & Medicare) for BCBS (Blue Cross Blue Shield) states. • Responsible for providing end to end thought leadership for project delivery, completely own the test management and ensuring adherence to service level objective assigned with the customer is met. • Participate in business intake process & reviews wit project key stakeholders to derive the project estimates and cost. Prepare project test plans and monitoring the project progress as per the forecasting. • Provide leadership through project management, including management duties of reporting metric, which includes deliverables to senior management and serving as an official representative of Cognizant to client. Industries: Healthcare, Banking & Finance, Insurance, Retail & Telecom