SenthilKumar Lakshmanan
@senthilkumarlakshman
Senior QA lead driving quality improvements, test strategy, and cross-functional delivery for enterprise applications.
What I'm looking for
I am a Senior Test Lead with 14 years of QA leadership experience focused on improving product quality, reducing release defects, and accelerating delivery cycles.
I have led multi-vendor QA teams of up to 25 testers, increased test coverage by 30–50%, and reduced production defects by 20–40% through robust test strategies and process optimization.
My domain experience includes large-scale Salesforce implementations, Insurance (Guidewire), Banking, E-commerce, and Education systems where I drove requirement clarity and ensured collaboration across development, product, and business teams.
I specialize in end-to-end test planning, defect management, risk-based testing, test process optimization, and mentoring teams, and I hold certifications including Certified Scrum Master and API/UI testing training.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
QA Test Lead (Service Cloud)
Open Society Foundations
Nov 2018 - Jan 2024 (5 years 2 months)
Reviewed Service Cloud requirements and led functional, regression, SIT and UAT testing for case management, omni‑channel routing, email‑to‑case and integration touchpoints to ensure service console and SLA workflows functioned correctly.
Senior QA Lead
Changepond Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Apr 2010 - Jan 2024 (13 years 9 months)
Led multi-vendor QA teams of up to 25 testers across Salesforce, banking, insurance, e‑commerce and education domains, increasing test coverage by 30–50% and reducing production defects by 20–40% through test strategy and process optimization.
QA Test Lead (Sales Cloud)
Open Society Foundations
Nov 2015 - Nov 2018 (3 years)
Validated Sales Cloud features including lead-to-opportunity lifecycle, assignment/workflow rules, process builder and sales console, authoring and executing test cases to ensure pipeline and forecasting integrity.
QA Tester - Healthcare Claims
Stream Connect
Aug 2014 - Aug 2018 (4 years)
Analyzed healthcare requirements and designed test cases for claims processing covering functional, integration, regression and UAT to validate clinical and administrative workflows.
QA Engineer - Core Banking
CIMB Group Holdings Berhad
Aug 2015 - Nov 2017 (2 years 3 months)
Executed functional and integration testing for Finacle core banking modules (CASA, Loans, Payments), validated DB tables via SQL and coordinated defect lifecycle to ensure accurate transaction posting and uploads.
QA Tester - E‑commerce
Stream Connect
Dec 2013 - Aug 2014 (8 months)
Performed manual testing of web and mobile retail platform features including product catalog, order placement and payments, and conducted cross‑browser and cross‑device validation.
QA Tester - Education
Stream Connect
Aug 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year)
Reviewed functional and non‑functional requirements for LMS and assessment systems, designed test scenarios for content delivery, assessment modules and reporting, and collaborated with stakeholders to clarify requirements.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Anand Institute of Higher Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Completed Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2008.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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