Latha Soma, CSM

* 18+ years of solid QA experience in data warehouse testing, Web Application and API testing - Manual and Automation testing. * Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams: business analysts, product managers, release management. Experience in managing and mentoring QA team and working with stakeholders to support the testing on projects in a squeezed timeline. * Leadership experience in staffing, team building, mentoring, training and offshore team management. * Proficient in Business and Product Requirements Analysis, Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Preparation (Manual and Automation), and execution against the plan. * Certified Scrum Master and have 10+ years of experience delivering projects using Scrum. * Experienced in Payments, Fintech and Human Capital/ Workforce management platforms. * Extensive experience in testing Business Intelligence (BI), Data warehouse and ETL products. Expertise in MicroStrategy, COGNOS, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). * 10 years of experience in test automation using Selenium, TestNg and Java * Time management skills utilized to effectively prioritize problem resolution tasks and project tasks. Well versed with Agile/Scrum & Waterfall methods of development processes. * Lead offshore teams for multiple projects delivering successful releases. * Experienced in functional, system, integration, data, regression, and user acceptance testing.