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QA Automation leader with 12+ years of experience spanning Fintech, CAD/PLM, and enterprise software. Creator of Wheel3 — an open-source Java automation framework. Specialist in Selenium, Playwright & Tosca with a passion for GenAI-driven testing and hyper-automation.

12+ Years Experience

99% Defect-Free Releases

20K+ AI Queries Automated

10+ Team Size Led

Expertise

Core Competencies

🧪 Test Strategy

Agile Testing TDD Risk-Based Testing Waterfall CI/CD Quality Gates

⚙️ Automation & Tools

Selenium Playwright Tosca AS1 CDP Java Python JavaScript

🧠 Emerging Tech

Generative AI Testing LLM Validation Cloud Assurance AWS MCP Servers

👥 Leadership

Team Building (10+) Vendor Management Budget Administration Cross-Team Coordination

Career

Professional Journey

Nov 2025 — Present

Assistant Vice President

Citi India · Pune

Leading Automation QA team implementing rigorous quality gates for commodity trading systems
Steering migration to a Hyper-Automated CI/CD ecosystem with Playwright
Spearheading GenAI pilots for synthetic test data generation and automated root-cause analysis
Partnering with Global Engineering Leads to define quality metrics for rapid deployment cycles

Jan 2023 — Oct 2025 · 2 yr 10 mo

Senior QA Manager

Axis Bank · Maharashtra

Led team of 10+ members, delivering Axis Marketplace & NG Loan Origination with 99% defect-free releases
Achieved 90% test automation with 1,000+ automated scripts
Automated 20,000+ queries in under one week for a GenAI chatbot
Implemented CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment time by 40%
Administered resource budget exceeding ₹30M

Aug 2016 — Jan 2023 · 6 yr 6 mo

R&D Manager

Dassault Systèmes · Pune

Built in-house automation frameworks for SolidWorks X-Portfolio Apps using 10+ open-source tools
Led 2 QA engineers to create 200+ end-to-end test scripts
Enhanced test development speed by 40% through innovative in-house tools
Improved testing efficiency by 25% via cross-team coordination

Jun 2015 — Jun 2016 · 1 yr

Design Engineer (GET)

Eimco Elecon India · Anand

Created 2D/3D models using Creo 3.0 with GD&T application
Implemented 15+ Engineering Change Notices improving project efficiency

Mar 2013 — Aug 2014 · 1 yr 6 mo

Associate Software Engineer

Accenture · Pune

Executed manual-agile testing for web and Mainframe applications
Utilized TDD to prevent design flaws and enhance reliability
Developed automation scripts using HP QTP for regression testing

Driving 99% Defect-Free
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Core Competencies

🧪 Test Strategy

⚙️ Automation & Tools

🧠 Emerging Tech

👥 Leadership

Professional Journey

Certifications

Academic Background

Driving 99% Defect-Free Releases in Fintech

Core Competencies

🧪 Test Strategy

⚙️ Automation & Tools

🧠 Emerging Tech

👥 Leadership

Professional Journey

Certifications

Academic Background

Driving 99% Defect-Free
Releases in Fintech