Arun Vinayan

arunvinayank@gmail.com
Arun Vinayan
QA Director / Delivery Manager
• Project/Program/Delivery Director/Manager and QA Architect with more than Thirteen(13) years of IT industry experience which includes Software Development, Software Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Test Automation, Test Processes, Setting up Testing Center of Excellence, Project / Program Management with Onsite – Offshore Delivery Integration, Delivery Management, Service Revenue Management, Gross Margin profitability, Service Delivery, Strategy Planning, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Consulting, Account Management, Resource Management, Financial Management, and Vendor Management.
• 7+ Years of Project Management/Release Management/Environment Management experience in managing all phases of diverse technology projects.
• 7+ Years of Experience in Agile- Scrum, Waterfall and Iterative Project Management Methodologies.
• Defining and managing project scope, schedule, risk , budget and Managing project teams in the development of business cases, requirements gathering, business and technical documentation, testing and deployment planning, risk mitigation strategies and project status reporting.
• Demonstrated success in setting up Test organizations which includes assessments, providing future state recommendations, defining processes, templates, guidelines, standards and checklists
• Proficient in Project planning, Estimation, Schedule definition and Tracking, Metrics gathering, Reporting and Managing and Leading the testing Team. Well versed in handling Client interactions
• Developing Proof of Concepts, proposals and Statement of Work
• Successfully managed a 6.5M$ portfolio with development, maintenance, Quality Assurance & Testing with 95+ team members for a major financial services client

612-644-6255
Saint Cloud, MN

Associate Director, Quality Assurance and Testing NTT DATA, Inc
February 2005 to Present
• Software Development, Software Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Test Automation, Test Processes, Setting up Testing Center of Excellence, Project / Program Management with Onsite – Offshore Delivery Integration, Delivery Management, Service Revenue Management, Gross Margin profitability, Service Delivery, Strategy Planning, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Consulting, Business Analysis, Account Management, Resource Management, Financial Management,, Vendor Management and Coaching/Mentoring
• Defining and managing project scope, schedule, risk , budget and Managing project teams in the development of business cases, requirements gathering, business and technical documentation, testing and deployment planning, risk mitigation strategies and project status reporting.
• Participate in the creation/review of Proof of Concepts, proposals and Statement of Work

Bachelor of Technology Computer Science & Engineering School Of Engineering, Cochin University of Science And Technology
Kochi, Kerala

CSM
February 2016 to Present