Ready for Responsibility - IMT

2013 Batch Profiles
Umesh Kumar Gupta
Education
B.Sc (Nautical Science), T.S.Chanakya, University of
Mumbai, IIT-JEE 2000
Past Employers
Anglo Eastern Group, Hong Kong, Varun Shipping
Company Ltd.
Areas of Interest
Financial Analytics, Corporate Strategy, Corporate
Finance, Investment Banking
Varun Khera
Education
B.Tech (Computer Science), Guru Gobind Singh
Indraprastha University, Delhi
Past Employers
Xchanging, Tech Mahindra, Infosys
Areas of Interest
Business Development, Consulting, General
Management
7 years of International experience in General
Management in Shipping Industry
Second Officer (Mid Mgmt.) -Anglo Eastern Group (A leading global
shipping company headquartered in Hong Kong)
• Part of four member team managed end to end logistics solutions (assets
worth $100 M) for international shippers and charterers, optimized
stowage/transhipment plans, managed different types of cargoes and
ship’s stress/stability conditions
• Managed cross-functional teams from different countries & across diverse
work culture settings in a 24x7 schedule
• Trained the team members for crisis handling and emergency procedures.
Conceptualized onboard training program that enhanced workforce
competency levels & improved safety record by 40%
• Maintained the ship’s financial operations and accounting, for ex. Ship’s
Payroll, cash payments, revenue reporting, expenditure reporting, and
shipboard budgets
• Achieved 10% reduction in inventory cost by implementing new inventory
management system
Junior Officer – Varun Shipping Company Limited, India
• Handled responsibility of ship navigation & overseeing port operations
• Significant first-hand experience in international trade of liquid cargo such
as Butane, LPG Mix etc.
• Ensured compliance with national and international rules and regulations
Special Achievement/Awards
• Awarded the Certificate of Competency Second Mates (Foreign Going) in
first attempt, by the Mercantile Marine Department of India
• Recognized as `High performer with excellent future potential´ in appraisals
by all captains
• Created ‘Green Plan’ to improve environmental sustainability; plan adopted
by 25 other ships.
6.2 years of experience in Test Management in Retail,
Identity & Access Management, Telecom and Insurance
Verticals
Advanced Test Engineer- Xchanging
• QA Lead- Managed entire QA release including Test Metrics Preparation
and Reporting
• Responsible for requirement analysis, effort estimation, test strategy
development and implementation, Defect Management and UAT support
to business users
• Documented, implemented, monitored, and enforced all processes and
procedures for testing in the project
Technical Associate-Tech Mahindra
• Team Lead - Led the entire testing lifecycle for a major telecom client,
managing a team of 8 members
• Responsible for project planning, estimation, requirement analysis, test
specifications deliverables, and onsite-offshore co-ordination
• Consistently maintained the test effectiveness of the project at 98%
• Led the data support team which provided data support for End-to-End
testing
• Played an instrumental role in devising and implementing strategy which
led to reduction of manual effort of data support team by 80%
• Onsite coordinator role for 3 months at CA, USA
Technology Analyst- Infosys
• Subject matter expert for Identity and Access Management
• Managed validation and system test automation team for CA products
family including SiteMinder and Federation
• Worked as QA Analyst in testing applications on legacy systems
• Trained more than 100 engineers on Mainframes in Infosys, Hyderabad
Special Achievement/Awards
• “Spot Award”, Infosys for delivery excellence and customer delight
• “Pat on the Back” and “Cookie” awards, Tech Mahindra for effective project
deliverables
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