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Uma Maheswari Balasubramani
Uma  Maheswari Balasubramani

Uma Maheswari Balasubramani

Senior Software Engineer

IBM India Software Labs

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Role Model:
Many are there. My parents,teachers and friends. I learned quite a lot from all of them.Personally am inspired by mom,the way she handles any situation,her boldness,intelligence are awesome.Professionally my manager,Sathis- passionate in his work,deep technical insight,patience,socially responsible.
Advice For New Professionals:
Passion to work, knowledge, technically strong, clarity in thoughts, responsibility, nature of job should match the one's skill set and self interest, capable of owning tasks individually, independent contributor.
Growth Strategy:
I own my tasks individually and completely, without putting pressure on others and taking very minimal help from others. Have good technical insight and clarity on what I do. I work towards being an expert in what I do and what I own.
Career Profile:
In current role I am a QA engineer who does varieties of testing like Functional Verification testing which includes front end, back end and integration, API testing, automation of Build verification testing and cross component testing. Test execution,defect tracking, Fix pack testing etc
Prized Accomplishment(s):
My Testing effort and output got me very good name as I found 100s of defects ( approx 200 + per year). It includes defects from varied areas right from design till implementation.
Working Life Management:
I always have balance between work and personal life. I never compromised anything for work nor work for any personal stuff. I allot proper time for work and personal life which makes the perfect balance.
Job Profile:
I joined IBM in 2008 as a QA engineer. In my first team I owned responsibilities like automation testing, Defect fixing and Level3 support. In current Team, since 2010 I am owning FVT(functional),BVT automation(Build verification),cross component testing and API.Have been working in Agile since 4yrs
The Journey So Far:
I started my career as a QA Engineer in IBM in 2008 and have been working here till now. It is so exciting to be part of IBM.
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