About

Balkrishna Kamath is an accomplished and result-oriented Test Lead and Technical Team Lead at IBM with over 15 years of domestic and international experience managing cross-functional teams of technical and functional experts to analyze systems and processes and implement project solutions in testing. His testing experience includes industry sectors and domains, namely Financial Services core Banking, Multinational Banking and Financial Services sectors, Telecom CRM OSS/BSS, and Advertising & Media for Tier 1 Telecom Publishing org. Balkrishna brings a collaborative style to working with clients implementing systems, resulting in strong customer satisfaction. He is adept at business analysis to ensure high-quality customer outcomes and skilled at developing As-Is and To-Be business process design. He is also skilled in working across multi-geographies, teams, vendors, and cultural environments across the globe, including Australia, USA, UK, Singapore, and India. Balkrishna has played key roles to date, including UAT Test Lead at IBM "Sprint Nextel INC." These projects were large global, complex enterprise systems requiring engagement across key business, change, and technology stakeholders. He is experienced in testing methods across multiple SDLC methodologies, including Scaled Agile framework (SAFe), agile-scrum, and waterfall. He is also capable of Onsite-Offshore work co-ordination and adept at Project Transition. Balkrishna's tech stack includes test and SDET. He has worked with IBM as a Test Team Lead and with Neorithm Technologies as a Software Test Engineer in the past. He completed his education from the University of Mumbai in 1998. Balkrishna is an exceptional leader who can motivate and mentor high-potential project teams to ensure project goals and objectives are accomplished within approved time-frame, scope, and budget. He has a result-oriented and profit-focused approach and is extremely professional, proactive, and skilled both at formulating a strategic view for achieving long-range objectives and also formulating and executing tactical plans to meet day-to-day needs.