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kiran ch

@kiranch

Certified Product Owner, 10+ yr of experience spanning Product Management, QA and Data Engineering. Translating business needs into scalable solutions

India

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a challenging QA role that fosters growth and innovation.

Product Owner with 10+ years of experience across Product Management, Quality Assurance, and Data Engineering. Skilled in Product roadmap planning, Backlog management, stakeholder engagement, Agile delivery, and data-driven decision-making. Proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable products that drive customer value and business outcomes.

My expertise encompasses a wide range of testing methodologies, including functional, regression, integration, and performance testing. I have successfully led teams in Agile-Scrum environments, ensuring high-quality deliverables through meticulous test planning and execution.

Throughout my career, I have worked across various domains such as healthcare, e-commerce, and telecommunications, honing my skills in API testing with tools like SOAPUI and Postman, as well as performance testing using JMeter.

Experienced in delivering data and analytics solutions by partnering with business and technical teams to support data-driven decision-making. I managed AWS cloud-based initiatives focused on improving application performance, reliability, and cost efficiency through effective stakeholder alignments. I enabled secure, scalable, and efficient product delivery by driving automation, governance, and cross-functional alignment across development and operations teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Technical Lead

Tech Mahindra Ltd

Aug 2022 - Nov 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Served as the single point of accountability for product delivery health, and user experience. Handled Product backlog of 100+ user stories and feature prioritization for multiple releases improving sprint predictability. Collaborated with clients and development teams to define the requirements and product backlog enhancement. Showcasing the release burndown metrics to stakeholders.

Data Quality Client Management Agile Scrum Jira Product Strategy Product Management Product Roadmap Backlog Management Agile Delivery Agile Framework Product Discovery

QA Analyst

ValueLabs Solutions

Oct 2015 - Aug 2022 (6 years 10 months)

Owned product dashboard, facilitated Agile ceremonies, product demos and rollout activities. Engaged directly with enterprise customers, to understand their operational pain points, validate product roadmap, and gather feedback. Importing metadata (MDI) and metadata enrichment (MDE) jobs to be performed on top of Verizon Data Catalog in ICP4D. Coding the Web pages publishing them live using CMS D2

Agile Scrum TestRail Sprint Reviews Jira Functional Testing Regression Testing API Testing Product Strategy Product Roadmap Product Owner

Senior Software Engineer

Vertex Offshore Services

Dec 2014 - Aug 2015 (8 months)

— Drove System, Regression, E2E, UI/UX testing and Defect triage meetings
— Prepared the MSR, WSR and DSR reports and publish them to the respective stake-holders.
— Created the SIT plan and URS document for the mobile application in Confluence

Agile Scrum Test Execution Reporting URS Document Mobile Testing (IOS)Defect Triage

QA Engineer

Honeywell Technologies

Sep 2011 - Mar 2013 (1 year 6 months)

— Preparing high-level scenarios and execution based on product FSD, BRD and DO-178B, DO-254 specs as standard.
— Performed Integration and Regression, System testing on FMS applications.
— Coordinating in defect triage call with Product Owners & Developers.

Agile Scrum Integration Testing Regression Testing Black Box Testing Defect Triage Test Estimation Test Activity Scheduling

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University – Hyderabad

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

2005 - 2009

Majored in Information Technology, gaining foundational knowledge in various aspects of the field. Completed a comprehensive curriculum that prepared for a career in technology.

Board of Intermediate – Vijayawada

Intermediate, MPC

2003 - 2005

Completed intermediate education with a focus on MPC (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry). This provided a strong scientific and mathematical foundation.