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I am an ISTQB CTAL-TM certified Test Manager with 13+ years of experience leading QA delivery for Salesforce, AWS, and Web/Mobile applications. I specialize in test strategy, governance, and release readiness, with a strong ownership of UAT, defect triage, and metrics-driven reporting. I also have hands-on experience with automation frameworks and CI pipelines, enabling scalable regression and faster feedback. I thrive in cross-functional teams, stepping into Scrum Master, Business Analyst/UAT facilitator, and trainer roles to unblock delivery and strengthen teams. I focus on building QA capabilities across teams, driving quality gates, and delivering actionable insights through dashboards and release health metrics.…I am an ISTQB CTAL-TM certified Test Manager with 13+ years of experience leading QA delivery for Salesforce, AWS, and Web/Mobile applications. I specialize in test strategy, governance, and release readiness, with a strong ownership of UAT, defect triage, and metrics-driven reporting. I also have hands-on experience with automation frameworks and CI pipelines, enabling scalable regression and faster feedback. I thrive in cross-functional teams, stepping into Scrum Master, Business Analyst/UAT facilitator, and trainer roles to unblock delivery and strengthen teams. I focus on building QA capabilities across teams, driving quality gates, and delivering actionable insights through dashboards and release health metrics.

Atul Kesar

QA Engineer, Programmer, Full Stack Developer, +2

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I am an ISTQB CTAL-TM certified Test Manager with 13+ years of experience leading QA delivery for Salesforce, AWS, and Web/Mobile applications. I specialize in test strategy, governance, and release readiness, with a strong ownership of UAT, defect triage, and metrics-driven reporting. I also have hands-on experience with automation frameworks and CI pipelines, enabling scalable regression and faster feedback. I thrive in cross-functional teams, stepping into Scrum Master, Business Analyst/UAT facilitator, and trainer roles to unblock delivery and strengthen teams. I focus on building QA capabilities across teams, driving quality gates, and delivering actionable insights through dashboards and release health metrics.…I am an ISTQB CTAL-TM certified Test Manager with 13+ years of experience leading QA delivery for Salesforce, AWS, and Web/Mobile applications. I specialize in test strategy, governance, and release readiness, with a strong ownership of UAT, defect triage, and metrics-driven reporting. I also have hands-on experience with automation frameworks and CI pipelines, enabling scalable regression and faster feedback. I thrive in cross-functional teams, stepping into Scrum Master, Business Analyst/UAT facilitator, and trainer roles to unblock delivery and strengthen teams. I focus on building QA capabilities across teams, driving quality gates, and delivering actionable insights through dashboards and release health metrics.

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I am an ISTQB CTAL-TM certified Test Manager with 13+ years of experience leading QA delivery for Salesforce, AWS, and Web/Mobile applications. I specialize in test strategy, governance, and release readiness, with a strong ownership of UAT, defect triage, and metrics-driven reporting. I also have hands-on experience with automation frameworks and CI pipelines, enabling scalable regression and faster feedback.

I thrive in cross-functional teams, stepping into Scrum Master, Business Analyst/UAT facilitator, and trainer roles to unblock delivery and strengthen teams. I focus on building QA capabilities across teams, driving quality gates, and delivering actionable insights through dashboards and release health metrics.

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Test Manager and Automation Lead at Novartis

January 1, 2021 - Present

Lead QA delivery and governance for automation across 10 scrum teams, aligning test strategy, release quality gates, and automation priorities to program goals. Own Master Test Plan elements including scope, entry/exit criteria, environments, risk-based coverage, execution model, and release readiness reporting. Drive automation at scale using Tricentis Tosca, Playwright, and Selenium, ensuring stable regression suites, reusable components, and consistent standards across teams. Establish operating cadence for quality with stakeholder syncs, defect triage, execution dashboards, and go/no-go readiness inputs. Build and mentor a high-performing QA team by training manual testers into automation engineers, creating onboarding materials, and enforcing best practices. Strengthen visibility through metrics and reporting using JIRA, Xray, Confluence, and Azure DevOps to track trends, risks, and release health.

Salesforce QA Lead and Business Analyst at Saasfocus

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021

Led QA for multiple Salesforce engagements, covering functional, regression, end-to-end, and UAT testing. In a dual role as QA Lead and Business Analyst, elicited requirements, translated business needs into test scenarios, and supported user acceptance. Validated Salesforce configurations (workflows, approvals, validation rules, field dependencies, formulas, triggers) and maintained automated regression suites. Managed defect lifecycle, client communications, and status reporting.

Senior QA Engineer at HCL

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Delivered end-to-end QA for the McDonald’s mobile app (Android and iOS), combining strong manual coverage with scalable automation. Built mobile automation using Appium and integrated runs with AWS Device Farm to expand real-device coverage. Supported test automation workflows using Selenium/Node.js tooling for mobile testing and reporting. Executed functional, regression, compatibility, and device testing with high-quality defect reporting and fast turnaround with development teams.

QA Engineer at Adobe

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2017

Automated testing for Adobe InDesign Publish Online, validating end-to-end publishing workflows. Designed automation suites with Selenium WebDriver and TestNG, improving coverage of critical user journeys. Implemented Applitools visual validation to detect UI differences and ensure release confidence. Performed functional and regression testing of Adobe Flash Player and produced high-quality test evidence to support rapid triage and decisions.