1. Arun Thimmappa
Contact No.: +91-95910 73578
E-Mail: thimmappa.arun@gmail.com
IT Test Lead with 9 years of experience in S/W Testing, S/W Test Automation, Test Transformation, Quality
Assurance & Control, Vendor Management and Release Management using Agile Methodology.
PROFILE SUMMARY
 Drive entire Software Test Life Cycle for the product.
 Hands on OOPS concepts, testing concepts, Techniques and methodologies
 Implemented / Maintaining Test Automation Framework using VS 2012 - CodedUI (.Net Framework - 4.0, C#)
Multi UIMap and Layered Approach hand written Data Driven Framework.
 Automated Nightly Build - Deploy - Test Framework using Team Foundation Server 2012 [TFS] and Microsoft
Test Manager 2012 [MTM].
 Plan, Design, Develop, extend, review & execute and manage Manual & Automated Test suites using VS2012
(Coded UI)(.net 4.0, C#).
 Performed Security testing (UI Validation, Tempering Web Requests, HTML & SQL Injection).
 Responsible for creating & maintaining Virtual machines on hyper-V
 Experience working with different software process methodologies like Agile Scrum, Spice Model etc.
 Leveraged with skills in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Agile Methodology.
 Over 4 years of experience in Test Delivery Management, People Management, Release Management, Vendor
Management, Capacity Management, conflict resolution, work planning and staffing.
 Experienced in Sprint Planning, daily scrum meetings etc.
 Well versed with testing concepts and methodologies.
 Hands on Experience on Localization Testing , Internationalization Testing and Cross Browser Testing.
 Value Adds in terms of bringing in process improvements to reduce time to market, improve quality, reducing
number of FTE’s, meet or beat the allocated budget.
 Individually contributed in Functional testing, System testing, Automation Testing, System Integration testing
and End to End testing across the Program.
 Applied technical & business insight to build teams with strong functional & technical capabilities.
 Proficiency in targeted Risk Based Testing and managing Requirement Traceability.
 Resilient & provides relevant directions/solutions to teams during changing requirements.
 Proven track record of delivering projects with quality & within planned timelines.
 Customer centric approach with strong problem solving and communication skills.
 Extensive experience in Retail domain [eCommerce], Digital Signage, Smart Phone (Android, IOS, and
Windows8 RT), Printing, content management system, ERP, CRM and Embedded Web and Desktop Application.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Compatibility Testing
Automated E2E Functional Testing
Mobile App E2E Testing
Test Automation using CodedUI
Agile Methodology
Testing Concepts, Techniques
Quality Control & Assurance
Status Reporting
Team Management
Configuration management
Test Metrics analysis
IT SKILLS
Software Engineering Methodologies: Agile Methodologies, Iterative Spiral and Waterfall
Database: MS SQL Server & MS Access
Scripting language: VB, C
Programming Language: C, C#
Functional Testing Tools: Coded UI using VS 2012 and .Net 4.0
Performance Testing Tools: LoadRunner 11.5, PerfMon & HTTP Watcher
Configuration Management: MTM, TFS, QC, SharePoint Server, VSS
Publishing Tools: Ms- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MPP, Visio
Web Technologies: XML & HTML 5, SEO
Command line tool: 4NT, RoboCopy, Telnet
Operating System: Windows (Win7, 8, Win 2012, Win 8 RT), Mobile - Android, IOS, MAC 10.6,
Linux - Ubuntu Studio, CentOS, Fedora
Domain: Retail domain, Digital Signage, Smart Phone, Printing, CMS, ERP and CRM

2. EDUCATION
 Master of Computer Applications - MCA 2001 with 67.83 %
Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technologies, Davangere, Karnataka, under Kuvempu University
 B.Sc. Electronics – 1997 DRM Science Collage Davangere, Karnataka, under Kuvempu University
CAREER PROFILE
 Currently working as Test Lead with Cloud Nine Work Group, Bangalore from Sep, 2013 to Till Date.
 Worked as Test Lead with Sharp Software Development India Pvt. Ltd. (SSDI) from Apr, 2012 to 13 Sep,
2013 under the payrolls of Marlabs Software (P) Ltd. Bangalore
 Worked as Sr. Software Test Engineer with Celstream Technologies Limited from May, 2009 to Apr 2012
under the payrolls of Sidhi Infotech Bangalore
 Worked as Sr. Software Test Engineer with OOPSystems Software Services Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore from April
2006 to April 2009
CAREER SUMMARY
Cloud Nine Work Group [C9WG] Sep, 2013 to Till Date
Title: iSignagePlus 2.0 Std & Pro Sep 2014 to Till Date
Environment: C#, SQL 2008 (OS: Win7, 8, 2K8& 2012 and Ubuntu Studio 11 Browser: IE 7.0+ & FireFox)
Tool: VS 2012 Ultimate, Coded UI, .Net 4.0 MTM and TFS
iSignagePlus web application is fully secured and cloud based customizable software for Digital Signage. It
is developed based on 3WH requirement (What - Content, When -Schedule, Where - Display IDP and How -
Design). Administrator can generate Ads based invoice, Time based invoice and log reports with detailed
information about the Ads.
Title: Touch Display Link 2.0 Mar 2014 to Sep 2014
Environment: C#, CPCP – Cross Platform Control Protocol (OS: Win7, Win 8, Windows 8 RT, Android and IOS)
Tool: VS 2012 Ultimate, Coded UI, .Net 4.0, MTM and TFS
TD Link is customizable software for Digital Dash Board. It is developed based on Digital Class Room,
Webinar and Discussion based requirement. Administrator can allow client to access the server for remote screen,
send and receive files from C2C and C2S and vice versa. Server can be used for demonstrating the discussions,
mean while client user can capture the remote desktop and write comments on the captured screen for their note
client also can write and share to the remote server desktop.
Title: AutoMoBile Sep 2013 to Mar 2014
Environment: MS SQL, .Net 4.0, C# (OS: Win7 & Win 8)
Tool: VS 2012 Ultimate, Coded UI, .Net 4.0, MTM and TFS
AutoMoBile is an Smart Client web based application which interacts with the Core Automobile system for
creation of Job Cards, Spar parts issuance and EOD Spar parts returns. AutoMoBile also contains the SMS Message
alerts and greetings. Integrated with Accounting module for balance sheet, profit and loss and so on.
Role and Responsibilities:
 Responsible for the overall quality of the application
 Responsible for the design and execution of test plans and test strategies that ensures the highest possible
levels of quality.
 Participated in the testing process and responsible for monitoring the progress of QA resources and
providing mentoring where needed.
 Prioritized and balance program(s) work load and assign tasks to QA team resources.
 Ensured QA Processes and Standards are followed, recommend and implement improvements
 Preparing Automation Framework for doing Functional testing using Coded UI Test.
 Designing the test cases for all functional points in MTM & writing scripts based on test plans for
automating functional testing.
 Executing the test cases to test the functionality of various software modules using Coded UI integrated
with MTM
Significant Contributions:
 Understanding the business requirements.
 Define Process QA across all projects.
 Define and create different QA metrics across all projects.
 Improve quality and reducing cost by expanding Automation to applicable projects
 Prepared/Updated Test Plan, Test Strategy across different types of testing like functional, E2E
 Responsible for Project Tracking and external vendors to co-ordinate and meet timeliness of deliverables,
defect triages.
 Accountable for Test deliverables and ensure that they meet quality and timelines.
 Liaising Business to manage escalation and timely resolution of Issues.

3. Sharp Software Development India Pvt. Ltd. (SSDI) Apr 2012 to Sep 2013
Title: Sharp-world, SharpShooterClub June 2013 to Sep 2013
Environment: C#, SQL 2008 (OS: Win7, 8 and 2K8 and 2012
Browser: IE 8.0+, Firefox 33+, Google Chrome 21.0+)
Tool: VS 2012 Ultimate, Coded UI, .Net 4.0, MTM and TFS, LR 11.5
Sharp-world and SharpShooterClub are finished web product of CDA engine provides cloud based Content
Management System, which is used to deliver product, driver and patch releases and also used fo r campaign to
improve sales.
CMA- Content Management Application is used for backend operations.
Title: PenSoftware 2.6 Apr 2012 to Jun 2013
Environment: C# (OS: WinXP, Win7 & Win 8)
Tool: VS 2012 Ultimate, Coded UI, .Net 4.0, PVCS, Mantis Tracker
PenSoftware is a desktop application for Meeting, presentation and Drawing needs.
 Computer screen can be used as a whiteboard for Meeting, presentation and Drawing needs
 Any document can be converted into an image and import to PenSoftware.
 An image can be imported from right click send to options through plug-in.
 The contents being edited can be printed out or saved as PDF, SWF formats.
This software can be effectively used on Sharp Integrated Display Panels PN-L601B, PN-ZC01, etc.
Responsibilities
 Actively participating in all phases of the testing cycles including Test Case & Product reviews,
Weekly status Report, Conference call, Retrospection, Standup and project status meetings.
 Understanding the requirements & analyzing and preparing business scenarios
 Designing Test Scenarios & Conducted Test Case Reviews.
 Conducting Sanity, Functional, Regression, Data Base & System Testing of Various Modules.
 Participated in doing Load & performance testing.
 Reporting, Prioritizing and Reviewing bugs using Bug tracking tools like MTM, Quality Center,
Mantis, Redmine and TestTracker
 Conducting Defect Triage meetings & Coordinating with developer in fixing bugs
 Conducting Knowledge sharing sessions to the new members joined to offshore team about the
functionalities of Project
 Leading Onsite & Off shore QA teams for end to end QA Activities of the entire project.
 Prepare and share daily, weekly, Sprint Closure & Release closure status reports to all the
stakeholders about the status of the project.
 Preparing and Maintaining Physical, Virtual and Cloud Test Labs, Analyzing and Troubleshooting
Hardware and Network issues.
Celstream Technologies Limited, Bangalore. May 2009 to Apr 2012
Title: Xerox ESQA - Admin Console Testing, Printer Device Drivers.
Environment: C# (OS: WinXP, Vista & Win 7 Mac 10.6 Embedded Webpage within Device.
Browser: IE 7.0+, Firefox 30+, Google Chrome 12.0+) (English and Chinese OS)
Tool: IBM Rational Clear Quest, Star Track, Celect and G-Forge, QTP
CWIS-CentreWare Internet Services is an embedded web based interactive service that uses Internet
technology to extend the capabilities of DocuPrint printer using Internet technology. An HTTP server application
developed by Xerox is resident on the network-enabled DocuPrint printer. This HTTP server provides access to
advanced services for the installation, configuration, and management of the DocuPrint printer. A browser allows
user’s access to a DocuPrint printer on a network via the HTTP server by using the TCP/IP protocol.
Printer device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to
interact with a Printer hardware device. Printer driver typically communicates with the device through the
computer bus or communications subsystem to which the printer hardware connects.. Printer drivers are
hardware-dependent and operating-system-specific.
Previous Assignments
Organization Duration Role
OOPSystems Software April 2006 to April 2009
April 2004 to April 2006
Sr. Software Test Engineer
System Administrator
Sai Info Systems Ahmadabad Dec 2002 to April 2004 Technical Support Engineer
Data Pro Oct 2001 to Dec 2002 Software Engineer – Developer
Contribution (consolidated)
 Testing End to end BizOS Client and Server application.ArunManaged small Data Centre, Networks
 Supporting BSNL official for their Server, Thin Client Systems, Network and Printer Problems
 Designed and developed applications using C.