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Sailaja Kandula User

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QA Manager at Thomson Reuters building AI-powered test coverage, release planning, and sprint analytics tools.

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At Thomson Reuters, I direct QA strategy and delivery governance across teams and product areas. I use GitHub Copilot and AI automation to build semantic test coverage, release planning, and sprint analytics tools.

Previously, at Genpact, I standardized QA practices and implemented Cypress, Playwright, and Karate automation frameworks across seven products. At Carrier - HRDC, I served as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Quality Lead for a web-based application.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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QA Manager

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Thomson Reuters

Aug 2024 - Present (2 years 2 months)

Direct QA strategy, delivery governance, and release sign off across multiple teams and product areas. Deploy GitHub Copilot and AI automation to build semantic test coverage, release planning, and sprint analytics tools.

QA Strategy Delivery Governance Release Management GitHub Co Pilot AI Automation Azure DevOps GitHub ReportPortal Supabase Risk Based Testing Quality Metrics Stakeholder Alignment Mentorship

Senior Principal Consultant

Genpact

Nov 2023 - Aug 2024 (9 months)

Directed QA strategy and delivery governance across seven products to support reliable releases. Standardized enterprise QA practices and implemented automation frameworks using Cypress, Playwright, and Karate.

QA Strategy Delivery Governance Testing Automation Cypress Playwright Karate Enterprise QA Test Framework Adoption Process Improvement Scalability

Senior Lead Engineer

Carrier - HRDC

Mar 2021 - Aug 2023 (2 years 5 months)

Served as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Quality Lead for a web-based application. Unified product strategy, delivery governance, and quality execution across the product lifecycle.

Product Ownership Scrum Master Quality Leadership Product Strategy Delivery Governance Backlog Management Release planning Stakeholder Communication

Senior Quality Engineer

OPTUM

Sep 2013 - Mar 2021 (7 years 6 months)

Executed end to end quality engineering for web applications and web services. Built UI and API automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, Cucumber, and BDD practices.

Selenium Webdriver Java Cucumber BDD API Testing UI Testing Regression Testing Defect Triage Root Cause Analysis Scrum GeoNetwork

Programmer Analyst

CTS

Dec 2010 - Sep 2013 (2 years 9 months)

Delivered quality assurance for a Windows application through structured test planning. Performed functional and regression testing and prepared release exit reporting.

Functional Testing Regression Testing Test Planning HPALM Defect Tracking Release Reporting Test Data Generation User Story Mockups