Alex Fernando

Experienced Senior Engineer in Testing and Business Analysis with a proven track record in project handling, deployment, and performance testing across diverse sectors. Skilled in team leadership, project management, requirements analysis, and delivering innovative solutions. Known for effective collaboration with clients, technical teams, and managers to drive project success. Specialties include Product Management, Business Analysis, Test Leadership, Agile Management, and end-to-end performance optimization.

Senior Engineer Testing | Techno Functional Business Analyst | Product Management

• Requirements Analysis & Process Improvement: Skilled in conducting thorough requirements analysis, assessing business processes, and identifying opportunities for improvement to enhance system functionality and user experience.
• Project Management: Expertise in formulating detailed project plans, monitoring performance, and ensuring timely delivery across mobile and web applications.
• High-Stakes Facilitation: Excel in facilitating high-stakes meetings and delivering presentations that effectively communicate ideas and research findings.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Provide leadership and mentorship by conducting training sessions and offering guidance to team members to drive collective success.
• Project Planning & Monitoring: Proficient in project planning, monitoring, and control, assessing feature requirements, ROI, and business benefits to make strategic, value-driven decisions.
• Cross-Team Coordination: Coordinated launch activities across teams, supported QA, Dev, and partner testing, and effectively addressed post-delivery issues to ensure smooth deployments.
• Change Management: Managed feature change requests with a focus on value delivery, producing clear release notes and integrating KPI monitoring for business health assessments.
• Leadership & Communication: Strong leadership and communication skills to negotiate with stakeholders, manage resources, and drive project outcomes aligned with strategic goals.
• Client Collaboration: Delivered impactful solutions for clients such as GSD Technologies SA, OSANTS US, Lion Match - Sylko SA, FundaNeed IN, and ATS SA, Tamil Nadu Mines, ensuring alignment with client needs and business objectives.

Jr. Project Coordinator - Learning & Development

• Meeting Facilitation: Organized and chaired meetings between Quality Assurance and Developers to optimize work efficiency.
• Project Monitoring: Tracked project progress and reported updates to the Project Manager using Application Lifecycle Management.
• Liaison Role: Acted as the key contact between customers and internal stakeholders, communicating project details like budget, estimates, and timelines.
• Resource Management: Ensured teams had the necessary requirements and tools, achieving an 85% on-time project completion rate.
• Collaboration: Worked with a team of coordinators to manage Learning and Development initiatives across multiple projects.
• Tool Proficiency: Used tools such as Articulate Storyline, Rise, ADA Functionality, After Effects, and Vyond professionally.

Sr. QA - E-learning

• Process Improvement: Enhanced the development process by implementing effective strategies for exploratory testing of various systems.
• Test Case Management: Proficient in creating and executing comprehensive test cases, providing guidance and supervision to junior testers.
• Project Testing: Conducted testing activities on Adobe After Effects, Captivate, Articulate 360 projects, Vyond development projects, and website development projects.

Software Test Engineer

• Defect Management Optimization: Played a significant role in optimizing the defect management process and enhancing communication practices.
• Testing Parameters: Set explicit testing parameters across various projects, contributing to improved project outcomes.
• Collaboration: Worked closely with cross-functional teams to coordinate testing efforts and ensure quality standards are met.