Experienced Cybersecurity Lecturer and Software Quality Assurance Professional with 14 years of expertise. Seeking to contribute to and advance technology education and research in the United States, with a focus on cybersecurity, information technology, and digital safety.
Enthusiastic, Self-motivated and passionate professional.
Teaching undergraduate students and leading academic initiatives. Seeking to leverage my expertise in cybersecurity education and research
to contribute to the growth of the field. Undergraduate courses on cybersecurity topics such as Cybersecurity, Technology and Society,
Cybersecurity and the Social Sciences, Linux system for cybersecurity.
Proficient in Manual/Black box Testing with very good technical expertise in Regression, GUI, Unit, System, VDI, Bilingual, Accessibility [HoloLens, Windows Phone, Xbox], International Language, Gaming and Adhoc Testing Methodologies.
Acquired Excellence in Design, Development, Execution of test cases and reporting status Metrics
WORK EXPERIENCE
Lecturer – School of Cybersecurity - ODU AUG 2023 - PRESENT
Working as a lecturer in school of Cybersecurity. Teach introductory courses in Cybersecurity, Technology & Society, Cybersecurity and the social sciences, Linux system for the cybersecurity.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - ODU DEC 2022 – AUG 2023
Worked as a research assistant in the Accessible Computing Lab and contributing towards research projects and assisting in various aspects of the lab's work
Assist researchers and senior lab members in conducting research activities, which may include reviews, experimental design, data collection,reports, and analysis.
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT - ODU 2021 - 2022
Worked as a teaching assistant and delivered graded papers and proof-reading for undergraduate student courses in Fall 2021 Semester.
Collaborated with fellow teaching assistants & professors to administer tests & curriculum development.
TEST LEAD-WIPRO LIMITED,INDIA AUG 2010 - JAN 2021
Have 11+ years of experience in Software industry and played roles as a Test Lead, Senior Test Engineer & Test Engineer in Manual Testing.
Have 8 Years of experience on Microsoft Windows Product Testing, Microsoft Windows servicing & Application Compatibility testing on OS’.
Managed a team of 30 members and successfully delivered the projects ahead of timelines.
Worked on existing and upcoming Windows Operating systems and majorly worked on Windows updates like Hotfix, Security Patches, Critical
Updates, Security Updates, Update Rollup, Service Packs and Feature Packs creating a private version of the fix for a customer to ensure that the
fix addresses the reported problem.
Have 1 year of experience on banking domain in State Street Project and worked on virtual desktop infrastructure.
Worked on Windows compatibility of various applications on different operating systems in the Windows environment. Testing included both
product and servicing, where product testing is the testing of application compatibility with the latest operating systems that are being developed
and servicing involves testing the applications with windows updates (which will be released to the public) on the existing operating system every
month in form of packages according to the windows binaries.
Acquired hands-on rich experience of Software Development Life Cycle and Software Testing Life Cycle.
Utilized knowledge on System Testing, Unit Testing, Integration Testing and involved in Functional Testing, GUI Testing, Regression Testing
for testing the Microsoft products. Worked on Accessibility [HoloLens, Xbox, Windows Phone], Gaming, International Language Testing on
Microsoft Windows Operating system.
Acquired skills in Software Configuration management.Arranged Daily and Weekly review meetings with the project managers, team members and client.
Worked on critical & huge scenario projects which have been completed in several phases over a year.
Involved in preparing high level Test plan, Test Guides, Test strategies, Test Estimation, Test Cases Preparation and Execution, Test
Conditions, Test Scripts and daily, weekly reports.
Performed Backend validations for the data that is being populated in Reports using SQL Server.
Maintained Continuous Customer Appreciation for Logging more bugs in Microsoft Windows Product and Servicing Testing.
Handled the Change Requests from the Client within less time without any issues.
SKILLS
Languages : C, C++, Java, PL/SQL, SQL
Databases & Tools : SQL Server 2012/2016, MySQL, SQL Management Studio, Windows Test Technologies, TOAD
Automated Test Tools : Selenium and QTP
Operating Systems : MS-DOS, Windows XP to Windows 11, IOS, Android, Linux, ubuntu
Methodology : Waterfall, Agile [Scrum]
Development Tools : GIT, Eclipse, Google colab, pycharm, Jupyter, Citrix XenDesktop
Domain Knowledge : OS, Windows Product and Servicing, Banking, Energy & Utilities
Testing/Bug Tracking Tools: Microsoft Manual Testing Tool, OSGVSO, TFS, Product Studio, Visual Studio, MTC, JIRA, HP ALM, HP QC.
EDUCATION
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, USA 2021 - 2022
- MASTER’S IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
BIRLA INSTITU'TE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI, INDIA MARCH 2015
- MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY, ANANTAPUR, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA APRIL 2010
- BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
RAGHAVENDRA INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH,INDIA JULY 2006
