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Gagneet Singh Technical Lead, Yahoo!, Inc.
 
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Gagneet Singh
Technical Lead, Yahoo!, Inc.
Yahoo!, Inc.
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Bangalore, India
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Professional summary
Gagneet Singh's Experience
Current :

QA/QC Manager, Yahoo!, Inc.
Internet

Working from 2007

Current :

QA/QC Manager, Yahoo!, Inc.
Internet

Working from 2007

Previous :

Technical and Team Lead, Inc

Worked from 2007 to 2011

Brief summary :

Yahoo! Inc., February 2007 - Present Technical Lead (Ad Systems) PHP, Perl, UNX, C with MySQL and Oracle I am working as a Technical and Team Lead for the Quality Engineering and Assurance processes being implemented in Yahoo! Advertisement Systems. My primary job is to develop test suites, which will automate the testing of the various components involved in the Advertisement Systems of the Organization. The current tasks involve mentoring the Team and checking the logs generation on the servers is going through properly. Mainly involved in UNX systems with Perl, PHP and C as the primary languages to develop and test the various applications used. Involved in creating automation frameworks for the Team and also in Security and Performance Testing of the products being used for and by the Development Teams. Enhancement of the new Advertising Platform and testing the viability using Perl, C and Java as the scripting languages to test and validate the product. Have been working on Selenium and JUnit for testing of the UI components, using Selenium. Also, have been involved with an internal initiative for porting Selenium code (with Thoughtworks) to the Yahoo! Code base.

Previous :

Team Lead, Inc

Worked from 2007 to 2011

Brief summary :

Yahoo! Inc., February 2007 - Present I am working as a Technical and Team Lead for the Quality Engineering and Assurance processes being implemented in Yahoo! Advertisement Systems. My primary job is to develop test suites which will automate the testing of the various components involved in the Advertisement Systems of the Organization. The current tasks involve mentoring the Team and checking the logs generation on the servers is going through properly. Mainly involved in UNX systems with Perl, PHP and C as the primary languages to develop and test the various applications used. Solidcore Systems, Inc., January 2006 - November 2007 Working on product enhancement for Linux and Windows. It is a Security cum Change Control product which is gaining popularity due to its secure and robust nature. Available both as a command line (CLI) tool and a graphical (GUI) tool. I was responsible for the development efforts on the UNX side along with integration and coordinating the efforts of the Windows and the Linux teams. Along with this, I was also responsible for the automation efforts for the build and testing of the products. I have been mainly involved with the design of the automation framework on both the Windows and UNX platforms, along with coordinating the collaboration and automation efforts of the products on other platforms for which development is under progress. Gagneet Singh Page 2

Previous :

Technical Lead, Solidcore Systems Inc.

Worked from 2006 to 2006

Brief summary :

Solidcore Systems, Inc., January 2006 - November 2006 Technical Lead (Automation) Perl, QTP, Test Complete, Rational Robot, Propriety DB, Kernel Testing Working on product enhancement for Linux and Windows. It is a Security cum Change Control product which is gaining popularity due to its secure and robust nature. Available both as a command line (CLI) tool and a graphical (GUI) tool. I was responsible for the development efforts on the UNX side along with integration and coordinating the efforts of the Windows and the Linux teams. Along with this, I was also responsible for the automation efforts for the build and testing of the products. I have been mainly involved with the design of the automation framework on both the Windows and UNX platforms, along with coordinating the collaboration and automation efforts of the products on other platforms for which development is under progress.

Previous :

Quality Assurance Engineer, D Pvt. Ltd.

Worked from 2004 to 2006

Brief summary :

Macromedia R and D Pvt. Ltd. (Adobe Systems, Inc.), June 2004 - January 2006 Quality Assurance Engineer/Software Quality Engineer WinRunner, Propriety Harness Framework, C++, Java, ANT, JUnit Development of the compiler in Java and C++ base, creation of the unit test case vectors and test plans for the latest release of the C++ and Java based compilers, which are embedded in the various products developed and/or being enhanced for the next dot version release, as well as the major releases. Have worked on the product life cycle from the initial documentation and specification creation stage till the final release in the SDLC. Using in-house tools and commercially available (SilkTest and WinRunner) test tools for executing the tests required to verify the stability and integrity of the product being developed. Worked with ANT, JUnit and CPPUnit for creation of the test framework and cases. The products have been released to the consumer market and are a major part of rich internet application (RIA) available on the web.

Previous :

D Pvt. Ltd.

Worked from 2004 to 2006

Brief summary :

Macromedia R and D Pvt. Ltd. (Adobe Systems, Inc.), June 2004 - January 2006 Development of the compiler in Java and C++ base, creation of the unit test case vectors and test plans for the latest release of the C++ and Java based compilers, which are embedded in the various products developed and/or being enhanced for the next dot version release, as well as the major releases. Have worked on the product life cycle from the initial documentation and specification creation stage till the final release in the SDLC. Using in-house tools and commercially available (SilkTest and WinRunner) test tools for executing the tests required to verify the stability and integrity of the product being developed. Worked with ANT, JUnit and CPPUnit for creation of the test framework and cases. The products have been released to the consumer market and are a major part of rich internet application (RIA) available on the web.

Previous :

Software Engineer, Acme Technologies Private Limited

Worked from 2001 to 2004

Brief summary :

Acme Technologies Private Limited, December 2001 - April 2004 Software Engineer C, QAC, CVS, Assembly Language Development of System Software from the functional specification and design to the implementation. This has given me a strong background in compiler development and optimization techniques. Also, it has provided me a high quality software testing and improvement experience; along with the creation of and reviewing test specifications and test case vectors for both unit and functional testing. My work also involved the writing and reviewing of the project delivery documentation. Created and integrated a defect tracking system with the implementation of version control using concurrent versions system (CVS).

Previous :

Acme Technologies Private Limited

Worked from 2001 to 2004

Brief summary :

Acme Technologies Private Limited, December 2001 - April 2004 Development of System Software from the functional specification and design to the implementation. This has given me a strong background in compiler development and optimization techniques. Also, it has provided me a high quality software testing and improvement experience; along with the creation of and reviewing test specifications and test case vectors for both unit and functional testing. My work also involved the writing and reviewing of the project delivery documentation. Created and integrated a defect tracking system with the implementation of version control using concurrent versions system (CVS).

Gagneet Singh's Education

Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad
B.Tech/B.E.
India
From 1995 to 1999

Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad
B.Tech/B.E.
India
From 1995 to 1999
 
 
 
 
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Gagneet's contributions
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Basically I would say that certification should not be a part of the IT Curriculum. Already the kids are under a lot of pressure to get through their regular examinations and to top it, if we want them to get certified in various programmes then it...
I think experience matter a lot more than just getting certified in a particular field. Specially for a management/lead role, we need to be able to actually know on ground what needs to be done and change strategy according to the requirements of that...
Job hopping as it is called, should not be done for monetary gain only. There are times when you think that a job is right for you, but you later realize that you are caught in a rut over something that you do not enjoy. Is it then right for you to...
 
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