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Mathew Joseph

Mathew Joseph

Tata Consultancy Services

Email: Mathew.joseph@tcs.com, Phone: 00919176690983

Professional Profile
I have been an associate with Tata Consultancy Services for 4 years and 8 months. During this period, I worked predominantly in the insurance domain, specializing in QA/testing. My technological forte is Web Enabled Systems and Mainframes. I have handled the roles of a Module Lead, Test Analyst and Test Lead. I have worked onsite in the UK for over a year. I am a highly determined, adaptable and professional Test Lead with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering and have a demonstrable record of successfully managing and performing testing from end to end in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to meet best practice standards. I have been recognised for being dependable and enthusiastic with a strong work ethic and for the ability to rapidly grasp and comprehend complex information quickly.

Qualifications
Degree University/Institution Major and Specialization Year of Passin g 2005

Bachelor of Technology

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Computer Science and Engineering

Technology
Below is a list of important hardware, software products, tools and methods that I have worked with. Operating Systems Win - 95, Win - NT DOS, OS/390 Languages C, HTML, Java, JCL, COBOL DBMS DB2, VSAM Special Software Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.2, CHANGEMAN, XPEDITOR, FILE-AID, ABEND AID, DOCUMENT DIRECT, REXX, JOBTRAC, SPUFI, Action Request System, Siebel Software Development Methodology V-Model and Waterfall Model

APPLICATION AREA
Line of Business - Insurance Line of Technology - Mainframes, Web Enabled Systems.

Professional Memberships / Certifications

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Professional Society / Certification HP Certified Professional - HP Quick Test Professional 9.2 HP Certified Professional - HP Quality Center 9.2 Software CII FA1 - Life office administration and Certificate in Financial Administration CII CF1 - UK financial services, regulation and ethics International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certified Tester Foundation level LOMA 280 - Principles of Insurance: Life, Health, and Annuities Brain bench Certification in JCL Brain bench Certification in DB2 IBM Certified Database Associate -- DB2 UDB V8.1 Family

Member Since / Date Certified July, 2010 Feb, 2010 June, 2009 December, 2008 September, 2007 July, 2007 March, 2007 March, 2007 November, 2006

Assignments
PROJECT I

Project Client Location Line of business Employer Period Description

AXA Transversal Testing eComm Application AXA UK Chennai, India Life Insurance Pensions, Bonds and Protection TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) July 2009 Till Date AXA UK is one of the largest insurance companies in the world. The scope of the project is to provide insurance solutions to the client thereby enabling them to provide efficient business to their client with reduced cost. The TCS testing team in AXA UK offers high quality testing solutions to all major programmes primarily in Protection and Wealth Management areas of life business implemented in the past four years. They have also been involved in test automation of various core projects TCS support various web applications for AXA. These applications serve as the major sales channels for their insurance business. Transversal testing team test the enhancements and changes that are made to these applications. We also propose new changes to improvise the business. Test Lead Pentium 4 Windows XP Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.2, ALIS, Siebel, Oracle Requirement analysis Preparation of test plan and test approach Design test scenarios and test conditions Estimate test data and perform execution Follow test management process to keep track of defects. Prepare defect report and closure report

Role Hardware Operating System Special Software Responsibilities

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PROJECT II

Project Client Location Line of business Employer Period Description

AXA Protection Portfolio Project - AURA @ POS AXA UK Bristol, United Kingdom Life Insurance and Protection TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) October 2008 June 2009 The AXA Protection Account proposition went live in November 2004 delivering quote and application platforms for advisers for Life Cover, Critical Illness, Life or Earlier Critical Illness, Income Protection via the Advisers Extranet, Offline and portals. Though electronic application data was automatically populated into the back office systems (AURA (expert underwriting system) and ALIS (product engine)) on completion of the application. The underwriting decision was not available at Point of sale AURA @ POS: This project integrates the AURA underwriting system with the existing Advisers Extranet site and the e-Connected offline system, making the AURA underwriting session part of the application procedure. This will allow an agent to perform an interactive underwriting session with the applicant(s) and achieve an underwriting decision immediately at point of sale.

Role Hardware Operating System Special Software Responsibilities

Test Lead Pentium 4 Windows XP Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.2, ALIS, Siebel, Oracle Analyzing requirements definition, Business Specification and Technical Specification Preparing Test Approach Preparing IST plan and test scripts IST execution Participating in System & Integration test meetings and test completion meetings Preparing UAT Plan Deriving UAT conditions Deriving UAT scripts Producing and updating Test Schedule UAT execution Tracking UAT execution against schedule Managing UAT defects and participating in defects meeting Raising Risks and Issues Producing UAT Progress Reports and Completion Reports Training the business users in Quality Center Coordinating with business users during UAT execution

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PROJECT III

Project Client Location Line of business Employer Period Description

AXA Sunlife COO & Traditional Portfolio Project AXA UK Bristol, United Kingdom Life Insurance and Pensions TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) August 2008 October 2008 AXA Sunlifes COO and Traditional portfolio projects involve Quality of Service and Integrated Routemaps. They are also involved in IT relating to Libra Initiatives. The IT initiatives are either to remove or improve cost effectiveness and efficiency. Tandem Manual Reviews: This project aims to close the Compliance Concern 374 and the breech of TCF. The compliance concern 374 was raised due to the failure to send Annual Pension Statements to customers for the pension products.

Role Hardware Operating System Special Software Responsibilities

Test Lead IBM Mainframe Windows XP, Tandem and Mainframes Quality Center 9.2 Updating Test Approach Producing Test Plan Supporting UAT testers on creation of test scripts Reviewing UAT scripts and data Producing and updating Test Schedule Reviewing System & Integration test plan and test scripts Participating in System & Integration test meetings and test completion meetings Supporting UAT execution Tracking UAT execution against schedule Managing UAT defects and participating in defects meeting Raising Risks and Issues Producing UAT Progress Reports and Completion Reports Training the users in Quality Center

PROJECT IV

Project

Pru PLUS E2E Testing

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Client Line of business Employer Period Description

Prudential Insurance Company of America New Jersey, USA Life Insurance TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) July 2007 July 2008 This project was for Prudential Insurance Company of America. MNBS focuses on Life Insurance applications and the information required for issuing new life Insurance business. This Project involves E2E testing for all the new products additions, Product revisions, Product repricing and any changes to the PLUS. Test Analyst, Test Lead IBM Mainframe OS/390, Windows NT/2000/XP COBOL, JCL DB2, VSAM SPUFI, Quality Center, Action Request System, Document Direct Involved in Traceability Matrix Preparation for E2E, End to End testing Master plan, Batch Cycles Calendar and Regression Testing for Modernized New Business System (MNBS) and NBRD (New Business Redesign) with all other subsystem. Analyzing requirements and Functionality Preparation of E2E and QA Master Plan with Interface Feed Traceability Matrix for E2E testing Assisting the client in gathering the requirements and preparing the Baseline Test Suite consisting of Test Plan, Test Scripts, Test Data and expected Test Results Testing the offshore deliverables and verify that the standards set by the client are being followed Preparation of Testing Status Report Preparation of Interface Feed Details Plan E2E Testing and Regression Testing Verification of Result using Document Director Defect Tracking and Reporting Execution of Test Conditions in Test Director tool Defect raising using Action Request System tool. Execution of Batch jobs and Region maintenance Detailed study of the MNBS (Modern New Business system), LAS and other subsystems Discussion with Developers regarding Testing Strategy and Query Clarifications

Role Hardware Operating System Languages Databases Special Software Responsibilities

PROJECT V Project Client Line of business Employer Period Pru MNBS Environment Support Prudential Insurance Company of America New Jersey, USA Life Insurance TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) Feb 2006 June 2007

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Description

The Environment support team was formed to maintain the different testing regions and preparing them for the ITG/QA testing. New environments were created for testing PLUS applications independently by isolating it from the MNBS changes. This group is responsible for promotion of loads, memo installation , maintaining online regions, running batch , sending status reports on batch status to onshore and sending feeds to downstream systems Team Member, Module Lead IBM Mainframe OS/390, Windows NT/2000/XP COBOL,JCL,CICS DB2, VSAM Changeman, Xpeditor, File-Aid, SPUFI, REXX, Quality Center, Action Request System, Document Direct Creating new region for testing Maintaining the existing regions Preparing the ITG/QA environments for testing Memo installation Batch Execution Sending Detailed status reports Interacting with interface systems through sending feeds Maintaining proper loads in different regions Process improvement tools Documenting the batch execution process and Updating the Induction manual Weekend Support Daily Status call with client

Role Hardware Operating System Languages Databases Special Software Responsibilities

Career Profile
Employer Tata Consultancy Services From 11/28/2005 To Till Date

Training / Continuing Education Summary

Period Aug 08 July 08 Mar 08 Aug 07 July 07 June 07 Oct 06 Title Deliverables Review, introducing ARK AXA Induction PLs Training Cross culture training (US) ISC Testers Confluence TATA Business Excellence Model Awareness Testing Best Practices Location Bristol Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Organized by AXA TCS TCS TCS TCS TCS TCS

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Mar 06 Feb 06 Feb 06 Mar 06

Integrated Project Management System Introduction to Life Insurance Basics Mainframe Training COBOL, JCL,DB2 CICS Initial Learning Program

Chennai Chennai Chennai

TCS TCS TCS

Dec 05 Jan 06

Trivandrum

TCS

Personal Details
Date of Birth Sex Nationality Martial Status Designation Location 12-09-1983 Male Indian Single I T Analyst Chennai, India

Passport Details
Name as on passport Mathew Joseph Relatio nship Self Passport Number E0746594 Date of Issue 02-Jan-2002 Expiry Date 01-Jan-2012 Place of Issue Cochin

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