Mehul T. Patel

Software Testing / Quality Assurance Professional With 10+ Years Of Experience
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Profile Snapshot
Mehul is based out of Ahmedabad & has studied CE-Computer Engineering, MCA-Master in Computer Application from Year 2000-2003 in GLSICT-GLS Institute of Computer Technology, Deemed University.
Mehul T. Patel is Skilled in Software Testing, Quality Assurance, QTP Load Runner and other talents.
Talents
    • Quality Assurance
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    • Software Testing
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    • QTP Load Runner
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    • Application Testing
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Professional Path
QA Lead
Insigno Quipment Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Full Time
Mar-2011 To May-2014 3 years 2 months
  • • Involved in preparing Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Reporting.
    • Involved in reviewing Requirements, Test design documents and QA deliverables.
    • Managing the Team
    • Testing of Mobile technology for Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows phone.
    • Following Agile scrum and V-Model methodology. Used TFS to track, review, and analyze defects.
    • Managing Microsoft test management (MTM) tool for Test case management.
  • • Implementation of QA Process.
    • Implemented TFS for Bug Tracking
QA Tech Lead
Investis Ltd Full Time
Oct-2006 To Mar-2011 4 years 5 months
  • • Worked in Sitecore CMS. Involved in handling security module, security testing, functional testing etc…
    • Involved in Estimation for QA/Testing work. Also involved in defining priority of tasks and allocate it to respective team members.
    • Involved in reviewing requirement and design document.
    • Managing deployment for releasing code to staging and live environments.
    • Verifying the client deliverables for each Patch or Update delivered to staging and production environment.
    • Responsible for preparing Test scenarios, Test Cases and Test Data.
    • Performed various kinds of black box testing i.e. Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Regression testing after each modification of application, GUI Testing, Security Testing, Sanity Testing, etc.
    • Worked on i18N – Internationalization and Localization testing for multilingual application.
    • Reviewed Database Tables and other Objects in SQL Server. Creating SQL Queries to validate data from the database. Knowledge of SQL queries for testing database integrity.
    • Involved in Functional and GUI testing in mobile for developed functionality using Simulator.
    • Used Bugzilla to track, review, and analyze defects.
    • Manage and perform testing, recording results and where appropriate performing initial root cause investigation. Sometimes work closely with developers to find cause of defects and resolving identified problems.
    • Managing a team of up to 8 people.
    • Involved in recruitment, training and mentoring new joiners in testing / QA process.
    • Provide advice and guidance to colleagues on any aspect of testing, including training for testers and other developers where appropriate.
    • Solve day-to-day problems of the team arising due to functionality and validation issues. Able to analyze, resolve, and assist in troubleshooting testing related problems.
  • • Implemented security testing e.g. authentication, authorization, CSRF attack, Cross site scripting (XSS), response splitting attack, checking for stealing password using auto-complete feature of the browser, checking of session cookie for HTTPOnly, check for session inactivity period, etc…
    • Started evaluating automated testing tool.
Sr. QA Officer
iCubix Infotech Ltd Full Time
Oct-2003 To Oct-2006 3 years
  • • Prepare & execute test cases using functional requirement & Use Case Specification.
    • Performed Smoke Testing, GUI Testing, Database testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration testing, System testing, Performance testing (Basic Level), Concurrency Testing.
    • Involved in reporting bugs using Bug Report.
    • Verified the software errors and interacted with the development teams to resolve the issues.
    • Responsible for setup of test environment.
    • Tested the application on Windows and Web Platform using waterfall model.
    • Participated in team reviews for different documents like database diagram, activity diagram etc...
    • Performance testing of Web Based module under heavy load using Load Runner Tool.
    • Involved in reviewing Quality Assurance Processes and update it for any changes required.
    • Involved in releasing application by preparing release note.
    • Managed team size up to 4 team member.
  • • Defined and handled Configuration and Change Management Process and VSS.
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Qualifications

GLS Institute of Computer Technology

Master in Computer Application Computer Engineering

2000-2003

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Achieved 63.4 %

Extra-Curricular Interests
Cricket Light Music
My Story
• An ambitious professional with 10+ years of exp in Testing, Quality Assurance, Team Management, QA Process implementation.
• Expertise in Manual Testing.
• Extensive experience in Smoke Testing, Functional testing, Regression Testing, Integration testing, System Testing, GUI Testing, Compatibility Testing, Database Testing, Security Testing.
• Extensive experience in Web based Application, Mobile Application, Desktop application.
• Have experience working in automated testing tool Loadrunner.