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Ramanathan Y

Test Engineer

Infosys Limited

Ensuring success

Today the person who is not updating himself with the niche skillset is not fit for the market. Hence i am updating myself through reading and keeping my skillset unique in the market to grow and develop in my life

Thoughts on Education system of our country

In India i have fought with the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievance addressal for getting a seat which was rejected for my sister in a reputed Deemed university in Tamilnadu. But even when i went till President of India i didnt get justice. Onething that i would recommend for a better education system in india is to inculcate the CBSE standard to all children and to improve the quality merit based system should be followed rather than considering quota system.

My strongest skill

Technical: Testing Tools like RFT, RPT, Code secure, Appscan, QC, RQM, RTC, Parasoft SOA Test, Data ware house testing, Test Data Management.
Soft Skills: Business Communication, Presentation Skills, Cross Cultural Sensitivity, Problem solving skills and decision making, Assertiveness Skills, Time Management.
Domain: Banking and Capital Markets - Asset Management, Banking basics, Brokerage, Capital Markets, Cards, Compliance & Regulations, Corporate & Credit,
Equities, Exchange Traded Derivatives, Fixed Income Securities, Operations Management, Payments, product management, Project and Working Capital Financing, Trade Finance - Letters of Credit - UCP, Transaction Banking - Cash, Trade & Custody,
Treasury, Cash & Liquidity Management, Commercial & Industrial Loans, Liquidity & Investments Management, Payment Management

More about myself

I would like to tell onething to the youth. Every Indian should adhere to basic ethics which is completely missing in this generation. Which needs a keen attention in order to maintain our value system.

Brief description about me

• Having 3.3 years of successful career in the field of Software Testing and 1.1 year of experience in the field of Technical Support – US Voice
• Having experience in Manual Testing, Functional /User acceptance testing
• Comprehensive problem solving skills, faster learning capability, Good communication skills, Avid team worker, and ability to work under pressure and Excellent commitment to work.
• Have been actively involved in full project life cycle from user requirements to QA stage.
• Having Good leadership skills and delivered excellent deliverables to client in all the projects till date.

Degree that I recommend

• Diploma in Computer Software(DCS) 2006-2007: from Aptech
• Harvard Management Mentor
• Awareness on ISO 9001:2008 Changes
• B1 certified in Berlitz International certification for US communication
• ISTQB certified Tester in Foundation Level
• IBM Certified Specialist in Rational Quality Manager V3
• IBM Certified Specialist in Rational Team Concert V3
• Completed Internal Certifications in Infosys provided by DNB on Banking and capital markets Domain such as FDN-BN101-DB - Foundation Course in Banking- I,
FDN-BN102-DB - Foundation Course in Banking- II, FDN-CM101-DB - Securities- Overview, IQ Foundation Certification, IT OPS-IVS T100 Technical, T101-Web Fundamentals, Business Language Learning Credit, Sustainable Development- Inculcating Citizenship Behaviour

Qualities needed to become a successful leader

A leader is a dealer in hope. —Napoleon Bonaparte where the same man have told We rule the world by our words which is almost true to be a good leader

My family background

I am from a middle class family. My father is a Tahsildhar in Theni District, Tamilnadu and My Mother is a Teacher. I have a Younger sister pursuing her Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering.

Important decision

Till thinking about this question. According to me i have not been satisfied with any of my decisions till date which i didnt feel that is most important in my life :)

My role model

My Role Model is APJ Abdul Kalam. The Ex-President of India. The Great man of simplicity.I do have 150 Rolemodels where i have taken positives in their life even though they faced challenges and made their life a history.

Influenced by

My Mother who is always a pillar to my success.

Initiative to develop a country

They need to be motivated by indian Government as most of the companies use the talents but then encourage them to be an entrepreneur. Here if that is provided then we wont see our talents working for someother country

Important lesson learned

I would like to share some important lessons that i have learnt from my life both personally and officially,

Never Expect anything from anyone as it will always give you hard feelings.
Dont trust anyone very much except your family
Officially dont expect ethics from anyone as everything will be different from the actual in practical.

Couple of years from now

I would like to be a Manager in next 5 years and would like to be a Delivery Manager in 13 years of my career.

My achievements

• Rajyapuraskar Award Holder from Governor of Tamilnadu on April 2003
• Awarded Third price and Rs.1000 cash price in Open Source Madurai-2008 conducted by ELCOT and CII.
• Leaded the college basketball team
• Received Certificate of Appreciation from National Knowledge Commission for Debate Category on March 2009.
• Won the Best volunteer award for STRategic Action Planning for conducting DM town halls from Chandrashekar Kakal Senior Vice President, Global Head of Business IT Services, Member, Executive Council
• Been a volunteer, Speaker, MC Anchor, Unit Anchor for Spark-Industry-Academia Program, one of the CSR activities of INFOSYS. And received an award from Pravin Rao, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Logistics and Life Sciences Member, Executive Council
• FSI INSTA Award for the contribution to the project and the unit for CSR and other project initiatives.• First prize in Dream Award for RABO Bank CMS+ project Successful Turnaround