KVKiran Venkataramu
@kiranvenkataramu
Senior Test Lead with 20+ years driving quality assurance, test strategy, and cross-team delivery.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Test Lead with over two decades of experience in software quality assurance and application testing, delivering testing leadership across telecom, healthcare, and pharmaceutical domains.
I have owned end-to-end testing for critical designs and multiple releases, defined test templates and processes, and led teams through system, integration, UAT and regression testing while ensuring alignment with international standards.
I am proficient with tools and technologies such as HP Quality Center, Jira, Bugzilla, RTC/Synergy, IBM Rational ClearQuest, DB2, WebSphere and SQL, and I regularly provided mentoring and hand-holding to automation teams to bridge gaps between manual and automated testing.
I excel at cross-functional communication between onsite, offshore and development teams, driving defect tracking, metrics analysis, change control, and timely resolution to improve release quality and project outcomes.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Test Lead
Aris Global Software Pvt. Ltd
Mar 2017 - Nov 2025 (8 years 8 months)
Led test planning, change control and delivery for ARISg across multiple releases, improving defect tracking and cross-team communication while mentoring automation team members.
ILOwned end-to-end testing, defined test templates and drove string/system testing across multiple releases for Sterling/Enterprise testing engagements, enhancing defect resolution and reporting.
ILManaged scope, planning and change control for enterprise testing releases, coordinated client communications and delivered daily/weekly status and walkthroughs for multiple GBL releases.
ILLed a 12-member team through multi-phase system testing and pre-UAT activities for Excellus portal migration and GEM3 enhancements, coordinating offshore UAT and client issue resolution.
Test Engineer
Caritor India Pvt. Ltd
Dec 2004 - Feb 2007 (2 years 2 months)
Executed pre-UAT and UAT scripts, converted and executed test scripts for Unisys Financial Service System and TAP3 projects, and managed defect reporting and test execution.
Test Engineer
Infopro Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Oct 2003 - Nov 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Prepared test plans and functional test suites for Clinicopia, executed FTS and UAT, performed regression testing and produced test summary reports to improve clinical supply chain software quality.
Test Engineer
Numark Software Pvt. Ltd
Sep 2000 - Sep 2003 (3 years)
Created and executed test cases and managed defect reporting for HIPAA and Medicomp releases, contributing to compliance-focused testing and release quality.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
STSir M. Vishveshwaraiah Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Engineering
Completed a B.E. degree at Sir M. Vishveshwaraiah Institute of Technology focusing on engineering fundamentals.
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