o Over 6+ years of Software QA experience with strong analytic, troubleshooting and problem solving skills o Strong ability to work on multiple projects & releases in Agile environments and scrum teams and deliver quality results o Extensive knowledge and expertise in implementing Manual and Software Automation testing methodologies and techniques in a dynamic environment o Interested in Mobile Testing(Android, IOS) and Automation roles.

Software Development Engineer in Test @ -Rovi Advertising: • Testing IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) standard compliant display and Video Ads on various IOS, Android devices (Iphones, Ipads, Tablets) as well as on multiple CE devices (like TVs, BlueRay players etc) for various manufacturers like Sony, Samsung, Vizio, Arcelik etc • Capturing, Analyzing, debugging and monitoring network traffic between various CE devices and Advertising servers using open Source Softwares like Wireshark, BurpSuite etc Rovi Cloud Platform: • Test and Automate REST APIs for accessing Rovi’s metadata using SoapUI and Groovy scripting • White box Functional and Unit Testing of various internal Cloud platform components • Build deployments to internal environments via TeamCity and setup continuous execution of automated tests from Jenkins • UI automation of internal Customer Tracking Portal with Selenium webdriver. • Working in an Agile SCRUM environment to Create test plans, end-to-end functional, system level testing, and regression testing, documenting results and tracking defects. From February 2013 to Present (2 years 9 months) Santa Clara, CASoftware QA Engineer II @ • Working as a Software Quality Engineer for Savvis Symphony VPDC (Virtual Private data-center), an Enterprise Cloud Computing Solution. [Details - http://www.centurylinktechnology.com/cloud/data-center] • QA Tasks: understand requirements, in-depth study and analysis of technical document specifications, create Test Plans and perform reviews with Development teams • Install development builds on QA test environments and execute various QA cycles - Regression testing, System testing, feature specific testing, defect tracking and reporting with Redmine. • Testing and Automating REST APIs with SoapUI for CenturyLink Virtual Private Cloud (VPDC) product. • Automated Web based Portal for provisioning Virtual Private Cloud (VPDC) using Selenium Webdriver. • Build and maintain PowerCLI based scripts to manage and query resources for backend infrastructure using VMware VSphere software suite. • End-to-end verification and validation of web based front end, middleware and back-end for VPDC. From August 2011 to February 2013 (1 year 7 months) Santa Clara, CASoftware QA Engineer @ • Front-end UI Testing and Junit testing for backend services for Zephyr – Test management Platform [Details: http://www.getzephyr.com/products/enterprise-test-management] • UI Automation with Selenium webdriver. • Scripting: Create/Enhance Shell scripts for software installation and deployment to Linux platforms. • Test planning, functional and end-to-end system testing, defect tracking with Bugzilla, Jira. From February 2009 to August 2011 (2 years 7 months) sunnyvale, CATest Engineer (Internship) @ • Executing Batch/Shell scripts for bare-metal configurations of servers. • BIOS upgrades/issues, RAID setups, OS installations, System level diagnostics. • Benchmarking using tools like CPUZ, SandraLite, Remote Management via switches and Terminal servers (SSH, BMC controllers, Putty, Console redirection). • Gained experience to Linux File Systems, kernel flavors, open source utilities, drivers etc. •Server Access Virtualization Group: Gained exposure to EFI dev kit, EFI shell, UEFI builds and testing. From January 2008 to December 2008 (1 year)

Masters, Computer Science @ San Jose State University From 2006 to 2008 B.E, Computer Engineering @ Terna Engineering College, Mumbai From 2001 to 2005 Utpal Shanghvi School Neel Parikh is skilled in: Test Automation, Shell Scripting, Linux, Software Quality..., VMware, Cloud Computing, Java, JUnit, Selenium, Scrum, MySQL, Test Planning, Tomcat, Apache, Operating Systems, JIRA, Virtualization, Regression Testing, Scripting, vSphere, Ant, Bash, Python, VMware ESX, REST, Powershell, Bugzilla, Redmine, Flex, Jenkins, SoapUI, Quality Assurance, Agile Testing, Groovy, WebDriver, Mobile Advertising, Online Advertising, TeamCity