SUDEEP SAWANT
Program Management / Product Owner & Scrum Master
Certified ScrumMaster® with over 19 years of experience in IT industry; managing projects
within Agile & SDLC methodologies, budget & quality parameters, as per best practice
guidelines across IT – Services and Banking & Financial Services domains
Industry Preference: IT – Services / Banking & Financial Services / IT – Product
Location Preference: Mumbai / Pune
[email protected] +91-9004876260
Key Skills Profile Summary
Project Management Project Manager for implementing Credit risk and non-position risk (NPR) models such
pension, expense etc. to calculate the total economic risk capital based on VAR risk
Scrum Master metrics for a large Swiss bank
Responsible for business process readiness for all work streams within the Economic Risk
Vendor Management Capital program and worked closely with the methodology / quant teams
Product owner responsibilities include coordinating with stakeholders for gathering and
Process Improvement analysing requirements and translating them into user stories for grooming with
development team
Quality Assurance Scum Master responsibilities include facilitating the scum / Kanban teams for
registration of Share Classes for a workflow tool that cater to Asset management clients
Agile Project Management Technical expertise in managing entire testing lifecycle entailing analysing, designing &
implementing test scenarios, test processes, defect reporting and daily / weekly status report
Governance Excellence in testing applications by using Waterfall & Agile methodologies
Gained Quality Assurance exposure of working in Banking & Financial Services (Small
Credit and Market Risk Business Capital, Commercial & Home Equity, Auto-finance, Cards Payment and
Investment Banking) domains
Product Owner Proficiency in managing offshore QA resources to ensure timely project completion;
developing quality standards through participation in the initial software development
Business Analysis stages; validating & enhancing the existing QA plan & strategy
Hands-on experience in ensuring the delivery of quality product releases on schedule
Team Building & Leadership using risk based testing and defect containment practices, test automation and
continuous improvement initiatives
Timeline
Infosys Coforge
2003 – 2016 2016 – 2018 2018 – 2023 2023 – Present
Zeidler
JP Morgan Software
Chase Consultancy
B.E. (IT) from Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Mumbai University in 2003
Education Diploma in Computer Technology from Bhausaheb Vartak Polytechnic, Maharashtra
State Board of Technical Education in 2000
Work Experience
Since Jul’23: Zeidler Consultancy Services India Private Limited as a Sr. Business Lead / Product Owner
May’18 – Jun’23: Coforge as Change Risk Office Manager for Economic risk capital program
Jul’16 – Apr’18: JP Morgan Chase, Mumbai as UAT Manager
Oct’03 – Jul’16: Infosys, Pune / Charlotte / San Francisco / Plano / Salt Lake City
Growth Path / Deputations:
Oct’03 – Apr’07: Software Engineer
May’07 – Apr’11: Test Analyst
May’11 – Jul’16: Technical Test Led
Key Result Areas:
Collaborating with developers, clients & stakeholders to understand the scope of each feature, impact areas and technical
complications that need to be considered while writing test cases
Monitoring testing activities to ensure the quality & functionality of assigned systems; ensuring timely & accurate test
communication with Development Leads and Senior Management throughout the project life-cycle
Developing & maintaining standards & processes for all phases of testing that align to the overall strategies and ensured that the
most cost effective & appropriate IT risk based testing solutions are developed
Reviewing project test & implementation schedules; monitoring, documenting & reporting the current status of defects for each
testing cycle and overall project to the management
Preparing, designing & leading the test strategy & test plan for all projects; reviewing activities like requirements, design review,
test strategy review and test case review
Interacting with team members to ensure smooth progress of project work; ensuring adherence to quality norms throughout the
implementation process
Participating in daily stand-up meetings, preparing reports & other supportive documentation to design & implement SOPs for
software testing; coordinating test execution across multiple test organizations; reporting work progress & issues to the India head
as per the requirements
Accomplishments:
At Coforge / On Demand Agility:
Led Economic Risk Capital program (VaR based risk metric) Change teams for Credit and Market risk deliverables.
Compiled high quality daily status and governance reports and ensured delivery of projects in accordance with Company project
management protocols, standards and compliance such as BCBS239.
Responsible for Steering committee and Operating committee
At JP Morgan Chase:
Planned and implemented insourcing, ramping down from 11 vendors to 4 FTEs
Transitioned process adherence/internal audit procedure from vendors to FTEs
Led automation and process simplification effort for Analytics and Marketing services that led to approx. 1.5 FTE saves
At Infosys:
Program Champion for Remittance Program to manage the transfers in North America
Received multiple ‘Shared Success’ Awards for work on various projects when working for Wachovia / Wells Fargo client
Led DB2 to SQL 2000 data migration
Projects Undertaken
At Zeidler Consultancy Services India Private Limited:
Title: Sr. Business / Product Owner / Scrum Master
Period: Jul’23 – till date
Role:
As a product owner is responsible to coordinate with stakeholders for gathering requirements into stories and grooming with
development team.
As a scrum master is responsible to facilitate the scum for registration of Share Classes over a workflow tool catering to Asset
management clients.
Involved in preparing user manuals and arranging presentations and trainings for client.
At Coforge / On Demand Agility:
Title: VP / Change delivery Manager for Economic Risk Capital program
Period: May’18 – Jun’23
Role:
As a Change Risk project manager for Credit and Market risk (Change Risk Office) was responsible for Business requirement
analysis, UAT delivery for Risk & Change team at a leading MNC investment bank.
Monitored cross-project dependencies that may impact project delivery for both Credit and Market risk streams.
Proactively managed issues and risks pertaining to the project(s) with appropriate escalation.
Coordinated with Co-located Model owners, QA & Developers, vendors; reviewing & signing off on UAT test plans and results.
Effectively managed stakeholder and managed risks with appropriate escalation as required.
Designed the UAT strategy and led test planning for all projects; reviewing activities like requirements, design review, test strategy
review and test case reviews.
At JP Morgan Chase:
Title: Marketing Services UAT
Period: Jul’16 – Apr’18
Role:
Leading a team of 8-15 personnel that comprise of vendor and full-time employees
Planned and implemented insourcing that resulted in annual saving of $480K
Coordinating with Co-located Partners, QA & Developers; reviewing & signing off on UAT test plans and results
Administering UAT projects adherence to audit procedures
Managing automation & process improvement efforts for Marketing Services and Analytics(RPA)
At Infosys:
Title: Dodd Frank Program
Client: Deutsche Bank, Pune, India
Period: Feb’15 – Jul’16
Designation: Agile SIT Lead
Role:
Reviewed & signed off on test scenarios, use cases and data validations (SQL) queries for SIT
Worked on Dodd Frank Program – Equities Asset class which seeks to implement the regulatory act for reporting OTC derivatives to
SWAPS data repositories monitored by Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Coordinated with co-located client, vendor, regulator (DTCC) and development teams and presents daily and weekly test to
statuses to the stakeholders
Designed test plans, capacity planning & downtime tracker for SIT
Prepared strategy document and estimated as a part of proposal for a Reports Migration Project
Title: Blue Agave Remittance Program
Client: American Express FSB, Salt Lake City-UT
Period: Jan’14 – Jan’15
Designation: Agile UAT Lead
Role:
Coordinated with co-located UAT core team, coordinates test statuses and present the same to the stakeholders
Prepared test scenarios and use cases for UAT
Created test data and performed data validations using SQL
Performed Mobile testing on Android, iOS devices as part of UAT using Perfecto Mobile Cloud App
Title: Car Loans Origination (CLO)
Client: Capital One Auto Finance, Plano-TX
Period: Feb’12 – Dec’13
Designation: Agile QA Lead
Role:
Led a team of 7 QA Analysts through the requirement and STLC phases
Performed Web Services Testing using either the WebLogic client / tools such as SOAtest & SoapUI
Executed Automated Test Scripts using QTP for Regression & Sanity Testing
Managed writing as well as testing scenarios & test cases for web based applications that deal with auto financing domain
Analysed the results of the tests that were used to assist in the identification of system defects; engaged in Root Cause Analysis for
his module(s); performed back-end validations using SQL
Title: Home Equity UAT
Client: Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA
Period: Oct’10 – Jan’12
Designation: User Acceptance Test Lead
Role:
Enhanced & executed test scripts (test cases) in preparation for production checkouts
Planned UAT, reviewed QA scripts and interfaced between Developers, Business & QA Team
Managed bottom-line responsibility for test data setup for both SIT & UAT
Performed functional testing for web services using SoapUI
Coordinated with business users for test cases & testing sign-off; supervised production checkouts (testing & planning) testing
Title: E2E Server Provisioning SIT
Client: Wells Fargo Bank, Charlotte, NC
Period: Apr’10 – Oct’10
Designation: System Integration Test Analyst/Lead
Title: Shared Services LOB
Client: Wachovia/Wells Fargo Bank, Charlotte, NC
Period: Jun’07 – Mar’10
Designation: QA Analyst
Title: Commercial LOB
Client: Wachovia Bank (US), Pune, India
Period: Aug’05 – May’07
Designation: Programmer Analyst
Title: EasyShip Project
Client: DHL, Pune, India
Period: Oct’03 – Jul’05
Designation: Software Engineer
Certifications and Trainings
Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM)
PMP – 35 contact hours completed
Foundational FRM (Foundational Risk Management) principles from Udemy
IT Skills
Testing Tools: ALM 12
Agile Tools: VersionOne, Rally and JIRA
Automation Tools: UFT and TestComplete 3.0
Web Services Test Tools: SoapUI and SOATest
Defect Tracking Tool: ClearQuest
Programming Languages: Visual Basic, Delphi and Paradox
Database: MS SQL Server 2000
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 4th June 1982
Mailing Address: 2D-301 Sapphire Lakeside CHS, Near Union bank, Off JVLR, Powai, Mumbai 400076
Languages Known: English, Hindi & Marathi
