I am Anusha Bharath Kumar, a Quality Engineering Lead with 18+ years of experience in software testing and management. I have a proven track record of delivering complex enterprise solutions across Banking, Financial Services, and Investments, coordinating testing across systems, integrations, and UAT with multiple onshore/offshore teams, and thriving in agile environments with automation and CI/CD practices. I enjoy building high-performing teams, creating master test plans, managing environment readiness, and partnering with business and technology stakeholders to ensure quality deliveries on time and within budget. I am excited about new opportunities where I can contribute leadership, QA excellence, and continuous improvement.

Anusha Bharath Kumar

I am Anusha Bharath Kumar, a Quality Engineering Lead with 18+ years of experience in software testing and management. I have a proven track record of delivering complex enterprise solutions across Banking, Financial Services, and Investments, coordinating testing across systems, integrations, and UAT with multiple onshore/offshore teams, and thriving in agile environments with automation and CI/CD practices. I enjoy building high-performing teams, creating master test plans, managing environment readiness, and partnering with business and technology stakeholders to ensure quality deliveries on time and within budget. I am excited about new opportunities where I can contribute leadership, QA excellence, and continuous improvement.

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I am Anusha Bharath Kumar, a Quality Engineering Lead with 18+ years of experience in software testing and management. I have a proven track record of delivering complex enterprise solutions across Banking, Financial Services, and Investments, coordinating testing across systems, integrations, and UAT with multiple onshore/offshore teams, and thriving in agile environments with automation and CI/CD practices.

I enjoy building high-performing teams, creating master test plans, managing environment readiness, and partnering with business and technology stakeholders to ensure quality deliveries on time and within budget. I am excited about new opportunities where I can contribute leadership, QA excellence, and continuous improvement.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Test Lead at Infosys Technologies
February 1, 2004 - August 1, 2012
Senior QA/Testing professional with extensive experience in requirement analysis, test planning, test execution, defect management, and automation support across multiple enterprise programs. Led efforts for system, integration, and regression testing with onshore/offshore stakeholders and maintained quality deliverables within time and budget constraints.
QE Manager at Infosys Technologies
June 1, 2014 - Present
Continuation of leadership in quality engineering, coordinating testing across programs, driving automation adoption, and overseeing release readiness and risk management in a multi-project portfolio.
QE Manager at National Australia Bank (NAB) – Project Edge
September 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026
Co-ordinate System Integration Testing for data migration project; create Master Test Plan; prepare test scenarios and cases for System & System Integration Testing; lead ETL testing; liaise across testing, development and asset teams for smooth production deployment; manage defect closure and UAT support; senior reporting.
Test Manager at National Australia Bank (NAB) – Join Biz Testing and Delivery
March 1, 2023 - July 1, 2024
Coordinate System Integration Testing; assess automation feasibility; drive automated test script creation and deployment; manage onshore/offshore testing teams; ensure seamless production deployment with stakeholders.
Release Test Manager at National Australia Bank (NAB) – Technology Delivery Enablement
March 1, 2019 - February 1, 2024
Coordinate project releases from testing and deployment perspective; master test plans; change management; batch scheduling and environment availability; dashboards and status reporting; support for software testing and deployment.
Test Lead at National Australia Bank (NAB) – APRA Optimist Automated Testing
April 1, 2018 - March 1, 2019
Automation of Microsoft Silverlight Web Application; test plan creation; test script maintenance and integration; coordination of test execution, production deployment and warranty support; agile project execution.
Test Lead at National Australia Bank (NAB) – Digitized Correspondence
August 1, 2017 - April 1, 2018
Test automation including functional and regression, DevOps integration with GitHub, test execution and defect triaging; daily/weekly status reporting.
Test Lead at Fidelity Investments U.S.A
April 1, 2015 - July 1, 2017
Lead testing for NF and IWS releases; database testing (DB2, MS SQL); automation and regression planning; production testing coordination and defect triage.
Test Lead at Citi Group, AML Mexico Segmentation and ARS
July 1, 2014 - March 1, 2015
Global segmentation program testing; design test plans, cycles and data; database testing and defect management; daily/weekly reporting.
Test Lead at American Express – US Banking Technologies and Global Prepaid Technologies
January 1, 2011 - August 1, 2012
Testing for ACH/Wire transfers and related banking technologies; test management, environment setup, data analysis, regression and user acceptance testing; defect management.
Test Lead at American Express – Testing Quality Optimization
January 1, 2009 - December 1, 2010
Test enablement, tool/process support across portfolios; migration/upgrade of Quality Center; training and process templates; project migrations and metrics reporting.
Test Analyst at American Express – Card Acceptance and Processing Network (CAPN)
January 1, 2006 - December 1, 2008
Test management of system and integration testing; test data design; regression and user acceptance testing; defect triage and reporting.
Test Engineer at American Express – Global Testing Initiative (GTI)
August 1, 2004 - December 1, 2005
Tool migration support for defect tracking; Lotus Notes scripting and HP Quality Center migration; metrics/dashboard reporting for process improvements.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering at Madurai Kamaraj University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2003

Qualifications

Bachelor of Engineering
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2003

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services