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Amit Sharma

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  • Abercrombie & Fitch
    Senior Quality Engineering Manager
    Abercrombie & Fitch
    Jan 2018 - Current (8 years 6 months)
    Owned the end-to-end Quality Engineering strategy across SaaS and cloud-native platforms, defining quality gates, enforcing release discipline, and blocking releases when standards were not met. Built and executed an automation-first strategy using Cypress, Playwright, and API automation, reducing manual testing dependency by 60% and accelerating regression cycles by 70%. Introduced AI-assisted test case generation and script maintenance, increasing automation throughput by 45% and improving coverage consistency. Selected and deployed enterprise Test Management Systems (qTest, Xray), establishing structured manual and automated test case libraries and improving traceability by 50%. Organized and scaled a blended team of QA Analysts and SDET
  • Nationwide Financial
    Senior Test Manager
    Nationwide Financial
    Jan 2012 - Jan 2018 (6 years 1 month)
    Led QA strategy for SaaS-based customer platforms, driving automation-first adoption and reducing manual regression effort by 50%. Built BDD automation frameworks (Ruby/Cucumber) integrated into CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous testing and improving release reliability. Managed onshore/offshore QA Analysts and SDETs, establishing structured test case libraries and improving test execution consistency. Implemented shift-left practices by partnering with Product and Engineering to refine acceptance criteria and improve requirement clarity. Created quality dashboards (burndown, defect leakage, risk book) used by leadership to assess release readiness and quality trends. Reduced production defects by 30% through improved regression gating a
  • IBM Corporation
    Senior Test Manager
    IBM Corporation
    Jan 2004 - Jan 2012 (8 years 1 month)
    As a Senior Test Manager, I directed QA for large-scale enterprise and SaaS-integrated retail systems, enforcing quality gates and ensuring stable, defect-free releases. I managed cross-functional QA teams across multiple product lines, improving test coverage and reducing defect leakage by 25%. I standardized QA processes, SOPs, and test documentation across distributed teams, enhancing consistency and accelerating onboarding. Additionally, I led automation and performance testing initiatives using LoadRunner and Selenium, which improved system reliability and reduced release risk. My collaboration with engineering teams helped resolve complex testing issues and strengthen shift-left quality practices. My experience working with various re
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  • Syracuse University
    M.S., Computer Engineering
    Syracuse University
    Sep 2001 - Dec 2003 (2 years 4 months)