Vivek Kumar

Current

• Executive Committee Member; Volunteer Chair at MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)
• Manager,Product Development at Software AG(formerly webMethods)

Past

• Executive Committee Member; Operations Chair at MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)
• Software QA Lead at Amdocs Inc
• Consultant at Saama Technologies

• Software Engineer at Satyam

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Education

• National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
• St Marys Hindi high school

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• VLAB

Vivek Kumar’s Summary

Software Quality Assurance Manager with over 8 years of experience managing Quality Assurance teams in various enterprise application including ESB, BPM, CRM, as well as participating in designing and customizing software development process and testing software applications.

-Proven track record in creating QA teams and establishing QA processes and methodologies.

-Demonstrated success in establishing and sustaining profitable QA outsourcing operation.

-Extensive experience in software development life cycle, including testing product sets using both manual and automated test methodologies, review and providing feedback on Product Requirements, Architectural Design, and Functional Specifications.

-Successfully managed global testing cycles and phases for testing various enterprise application.

-Created and evolved software development and quality assurance methodologies and presents them to internal and external audiences including customers.

-Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills, with proven analytical ability to work closely with Software Engineers, Customer Support Engineers and Customers to validate product use cases and requirements.

Vivek Kumar’s Specialties:

• Building onsite and offsite Quality Assurance Teams from Ground Zero.
• Building the process and methodology to communicate between offsite and onsite teams
• Ability to coordinate testing activities remotely between multiple QA teams located in different locations.
• Help to promote the growth and success of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology and people

Vivek Kumar’s Experience

• Executive Committee Member; Volunteer Chair

  MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2007 — Present (11 months)

• Manager,Product Development

  Software AG(formerly webMethods)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2005 — Present (3 years 4 months)

• Executive Committee Member; Operations Chair

  MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  October 2006 — September 2007 (1 year)

  The MIT/Stanford Venture Laboratory (VLAB) is the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum, a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth and success of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology and people.
  As Operations Chair, I am a member of the executive committee and work on securing speakers and developing event topics that would be interesting to an audience of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and service providers. I am responsible for organizing and running the monthly event which brings entrepreneurial community and venture capitalists together.

• Software QA Lead

  Amdocs Inc

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DOX; Computer Software industry)

  October 2000 — April 2005 (4 years 7 months)

  I have lead technical teams, providing QA support from Product Design through functional, system, integration and regression testing. I am responsible for developing and executing test plans, validating the product specifications and requirements, documenting the test results, and interacting with the developers to ensure a quality product is released on time. My ability to report the bugs, communicate with development to get the fix and verify the fixes have helped team to deliver high quality product. I have successfully communicated and lead offshore team for my various assignments.

• Consultant

  Saama Technologies

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years)

• Software Engineer

  Satyam

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years)

Vivek Kumar’s Education

• National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur

  BS, Computer science and Engineering, 1994 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  MIT Stanford Venture Lab(VLAB), VP-M Macintalkers

• St Marys Hindi high school

Additional Information

Vivek Kumar’s Websites:

• VLAB

Vivek Kumar’s Groups:

SVASE

•    VLAB member
•    Global MIT Enterprise Forum member

Vivek Kumar’s Contact Settings

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