Omkar Deshpande

Developed detailed test plans with clear objectives, entry/exit criteria, and risk assessments; streamlined CI/CD pipeline to improve build creation speed and reliability by 20%; led a team of 14 members ensuring clear communication and timely test execution; tested APIs using Postman to validate headers, payloads, response codes, and JSON schema; conducted root-cause analysis to diagnose recurring issues.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to execute test plans and strategies for on-time delivery; directed test case design and development to ensure thorough coverage; led an 8-member QA team in a fast-paced Agile environment; designed JIRA dashboards to generate test and defect metrics, improving decision-making by 10%; mentored junior QAs through knowledge transfer sessions.

Reviewed and analyzed requirement documents to identify ambiguities, enhancing requirement clarity and reducing rework by 15%; conducted Unit, Integration, System, and UAT testing to strive for 100% test coverage; initiated test automation using a Hybrid framework (Selenium/TestNG + Modular + Data-Driven Testing) for regression, API (Rest Assured), and cross-browser testing; maintained automation CI/CD workflow in Jenkins with Git; leveraged SQL for test data creation and validating module integration.