Rama Murthy

DOB: 5 Jan 1981

D62, GMP Residence, XLRI, CH Area, Jamshedpur - 831001 Phone: +91-9973764601 E-mail: g09033@astra.xlri.ac.in

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 7 years experience in Software Quality engineering field with the last 2 years in a managerial role.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Quality Engineering Manager, Adobe Systems India

o o o Noida, Jul 2008 present Adobe Reader for Mobile devices Key driver in product design and implementation decisions and responsible for planning the testing cycles. Spearheaded the usability testing initiatives through internal prereleases within Adobe Managed three different product lines in parallel for releases in the last two quarters Adobe Acrobat/Reader o Planned the testing goals for the team and worked on effort estimation based on existing test artifacts and bug ramps o Total testing ownership of 5 features in Acrobat product portfolio Key Accomplishments o Rolled out the first version of Adobe Reader for Android in less than 3 months as against the planned 6 months o Expanded the team from 4 to 12 in just eight months after taking ownership of two additional product lines. o Encouraged patentable ideation in the team resulted in 2 patent filings this year compared to nil in the last three years

Quality Engineer, Adobe Systems India

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Noida, Jan 2005 Jul 2008

Adobe Acrobat/Reader Worked in three full releases of Acrobat testing my allocated areas and sub-features Nominated to the automation systems evaluation team of Acrobat India projects in 2009 for one year, identified and mentored two setups which helped reduce manual testing efforts by 45% and 70% respectively in those two areas. o Worked with employees of Adobe Systems, China in 2008 for localization testing of Reader 9 on Linux. Took the initiative to organize a knowledge transfer session before commencing work. Key Accomplishments o Promoted twice in 2 years for outstanding contribution in Linux Reader 9 testing cycle to become the youngest test lead in Acrobat India team. o Conceptualized and implemented a software test automation system for integration testing of Adobe Reader which reduced the time taken by the entire team to complete one round of testing by 50%

Software Testing Engineer, Infosys Technologies Limited

Bangalore, Aug 2003 Jan 2005

Retail Application of Williams Sonoma International o Selected to drive technical knowledge sharing initiative within the team with just three months experience on the project. o Acted as an off-shore coordinator for my team and reduced turnaround time for servicing customer requests by 20% Key Accomplishments o Placed in top 5% of the trainee batch on completion of probation period of 1 year in the company o Automated the data validation workflows in the clients system in US working from India which was over and above my jobs requirements. Awarded an Excellence Award by the departments Delivery Manager

EDUCATION
Duration 20092010 19992003 Degree/Examination PGDGMP B.Tech. (Electronics Engineering) Institute/Board XLRI, Jamshedpur College of Engineering, Kerala University

Key Accomplishments o Awarded the Merit Certificate for Academic Proficiency in Undergraduate Studies o Actively secured sponsorships worth USD 10,000 for our own technical seminar in 2002 as part of the marketing team

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Published a paper titled Best Practices While Testing Desktop Product Applications on Linux Environment for the 7 Annual International Software Testing Conference held in Bangalore, India in 2007 (Paper ID: TR_185) Won the mens doubles event in Adobe Open Tennis Tournament held in Oct 2009 Organized a food donation program as part of a community outreach initiative of Adobe Systems India Selected amongst the top 2% students of 100,000 candidates in UP Engg. Entrance exam 99 to secure admission in a NIT
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