TESTING EXPERTISE.... AT THE SPEED OF WARP!

Usha has over 24 years of experience in software industries with Multinational and Indian IT organizations and have worked in India as well as international locations.Her primary competencies include Testing, Solutioning& Presales, Testprocess improvement, Test project delivery management, Test Automation etc. For over last 10 years she has been engaged extensively in process definition & improvement initiatives. She has also made presentations in conferences on program management framework & processes. She has excellent capabilities in Presales and Solutioning in the Testing area and have used this expertise extensively in the roles performed at TechMahindra leading the Telecom Testing Centre of Excellence, MindTree Consulting as well as Perot Systems. In the many roles that she took up, Usha has mentored teams on opportunity qualification, proposal pricing, effort estimation, and project and risk management. Usha has strong expertise in Testing in domains like Supply Chain Management, BFSI and Telecom. Prior to founding Last Mile , Usha has worked in global organizations like Raman Research Institute, I2 Technologies, Siemens Business Services, Perot Systems, MindTree Consulting, Tech Mahindra.

Diwakar has over 24 years of work experience ranging from test consulting to delivery to pre-sales. He has been the head of service delivery for key customer contracts that encompass a variety of services from AD, AM, Infrastructure Management and Business Support Services across a multiplicity of pillars like Govt, Health, Financial Markets. He has pioneered and set up end-to-end test services across multiple lines of business, consolidating the services across the organisation. In previous roles, he set up and oversaw the Test and Application Management competencies for a leading service integrator. The group focused on specific transformation programs to help reduce the TCO of organisations, and being able to present the same to the clients at CxO levels. Part of the initiatives were helping a major customers reduce their overall cost of operations through selective outsourcing of application development and management services, transformation programs to re-engineer applications using legacy systems onto a more strategic stack, and optimisation of the process through Business Process Reengineering. He was also responsible for growing the Testing practice from 1% to 12% of the company’s revenues in a span of 3 years. He has also been an early proponent of quality, having worked with and then led organisations to ISO 9001:IT Certifications. Diwakar possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University. Prior to founding Last Mile , Diwakar has worked in global organisations like Tech Mahindra, Perot Systems (now Dell), Deutsche Software, Tata Unisys (now TCS) and CMC Ltd.

Sridhar brings close to 25 years’ experience in the IT industry, having held leadership positions in multiple IT services organisations primarily in heading major business units, key accounts management and strategic planning. He has played major roles in managing business growth and leading nascent business units in new geographies like the Middle East and APAC. A distinctive perspective in business development and account management has helped Sridhar sustainably differentiate the business units under his control. He has conceptualized and successfully marketed innovative greenfield offerings, delivered services to and managed relationships with multinational high technology customers like Ericsson, Etisalat, BT, Fujitsu, Cisco etc under various engagement models, finding creative ways to improve the value derived by both parties simultaneously. Sridhar did both his ME in Systems & Information and M.Sc [Tech] in Engineering Technology from BITS, Pilani. He also has a post graduate management diploma, PGSEM, from IIM, Bangalore specializing in marketing and strategy. Prior to Last Mile, Sridhar has worked in global organisations like Tech Mahindra, Maveric Systems, Perot Systems (now Dell), Wipro and Tata Unisys (now TCS) Ltd.

Geetha is the backbone of Last Mile handling the Admin & HR functions. She provides administrative support to the business operations; a shoulder to the employees to lean on and ensures that we as a company tick on. Geetha has over 12 years of experience post her graduation in Commerce, having worked as an Administrative Assistant for various MNC’s. Prior to The Last Mile Consultants, she worked with IBM for 6.5 years as Senior Administration Assistant. Her interests include travelling, fabric designing, pot painting and social service

Sampath is an accomplished business and technology leader with over 25 years’ experience delivering complex, transformational IT solutions and services to customers across the USA, the UK, Europe, Australia and South Africa. He has managed and delivered a diverse portfolio of services including greenfield software development, applications integration and migration, packaged enterprise applications implementation and rollout, software product engineering, independent testing and quality assurance, and IT operations, with a focus on strategic business alignment, technology vision, operational efficiencies and process improvement. He has successfully delivered software development projects for a number of customers using Agile/Scrum with distributed cross-functional teams. He has also assisted customers in Agile/Devops implementation in their organization.. In his long and rich career, he has worked with several IT services majors such as TechMahindra, Satyam, Perot Systems and Tata Infotech. Sampath is the go to person for aspects around Program and project management, Agile adoption, Outsourcing/ Offshoring and Delivery Excellence. An engineering graduate from IIT Bombay, Sampath is a Certified Scrum Master from the Scrum Alliance.

Kumar BLN is a technology leader with more than 20 years of experience in delivering complex programmes for large customers across US and Europe. He has managed diverse teams with multiple portfolios, including the role of an account manager for large manufacturing company in USA. He has been responsible for the rollout of Information Protection Policy across his previous organisation and has been involved in many organisational initiatives targeted towards cost savings. As part of Delivery Excellence teams, he has been responsible for initiatives focused on improving customer satisfaction (CSAT). An MTech from BITS, Pilani, Kumar is also a Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance and has in in the past worked with organisations like iGATE, Target and Wipro.

Vandana Bhargava is working as a Senior Delivery Head. She is a BTech graduate from REC Bhopal. She has been in IT industry for more than 22 years now. She is a hard core Test Professional and love technology and new challenges on job. She has worked in companies like Maveric, Tech Mahindra, Aricent , Novell & ITI to name a few. Interests – Travelling, playing Table Tennis and spend time with kids and family in free time

Rupa has over 25+ years of IT experience, managing manual, automation and performance testing projects. She has been a TMMi accredited assessor and implemented Test Process Improvement programs for multinational companies across the world. She has in the past, set up Test Centers of Excellence and also program managed and led large testing projects comprising multi-cultural teams. A keen trainer, she has also provided corporate trainings on TMMi Testing processes. Rupa’s interests (amongst others) include cross country cycling.

A developer, designer, architect, who now is a key architect for our automation and end to end workflow solutions, Tejaswini is a graduate of UVCE Bangalore, with over 22 years of varied work experience. She has a strong Software Architecture and Design background and is well versed with the complete SDLC. She loves technology and technical challenges on the job. She has in the past worked in companies like TCS, Mascot, Dell Perot Systems. Her interests include traveling, yoga and spending time with kids and family.

Arvind is a multi-faceted, ,result oriented individual, who through his 15+ years career, Arvind has focused on Application Support, Test Data Management, System/Regression Testing, Database / ETL Testing. He has worked with Fortune 500 clients spread across USA, Europe, Singapore and India. He has defined processes, roles & responsibilities, test priorities, led teams through multiple stages of the project from initiation, planning, through to execution, solved performance optimization challenges for large databases. Arvind is active in numerous systems and professional organizations and is a Certified Professional- Master Agile Testing from Agile Testing Alliance & pursuing Big Data certification. His interests include listening to music, travelling, swimming, playing indoor/outdoor games with his son.

Manjula Balu is currently working as a Consultant with The Last Mile Consultants. She has been involved in defining some course materials, defining the test requirements for testing the Cloodon application which is used by Last Mile, preparation of case studies for the training, questionnaire preparation and evaluation of the periodic assessment and GATE exams. She has over 16 years of experience in IT Industry. Skills and Competencies : • Complete understanding of the software development and testing life cycle models • Definition and management of software process and metrics as per CMMI Process • Definition and management of test process and metrics as per TMMI Process • Agile Methodology • Test Management • Project Management Interests – Listening to music, cooking and reading

Thejaswini B, is an Electronics and Communication Engineer. She has been working as a Test Consultant with The Last Mile Consultants since September 2015. She has a combined experience in development as well as testing domain. Her area of expertise include development of automation script and rest API automation testing. Interests – Creative and decorative art and crafts.

Reena Raj, is a graduate in Instrumentation Technology with over years of experience in software testing. She has in the past been a key test team member, lead in various testing projects across telecom and healthcare domains She is well acquainted with key Opensource and COTS tools and leveraged them to good effect in aiding her functional, Operational Readiness or Systems Integration Tests Her Interests include Painting,Baking,Music and Travelling!!

Venkat has over 9+ years of experience having specialised in Database, ETL Testing. He is also well versed with Web Testing. A Big Data specialist and someone wanting to keep up with the latest trends, Venkat is also well versed on the big data landscape. He has in the past worked in organisations like Covansys, IBM, Accenture, Adaequare, Ford. His interests include reading books, listening to music, watching movies, learning new things and spending time with his family.

Technically sound & business savvy management professional with 12 years of experience in Project Management, Software Quality & Testing, Sumitha holds a post graduate diploma from IIT-Kanpur. Her areas of expertise includes domains like Retail, BFS , SAP and Publishing. She is also proficient in test automation tools like Selenium, QTP and TestComplete.

Shishir is a Computer Engineer from Pune University. He has been working as a Test specialist with The Last Mile Consultants, since September 2014. His job functions include developing scripts for Test Automation, design Test Plans, write Test scenarios and propose project estimation. Interests – Playing cricket, trekking, travelling and listening to music.

Abhishek has graduated with a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from MDU (Rohtak). An experienced tester, with expertise in Web and Mobile application testing, including the ability to automate test scenarios to aid in his testing. Abhishek’s extensive experience with tools, has even led him to create frameworks for Opensource testing tools. His hobbies include travelling and listening music.

An engineering graduate of BPUT University, Rourkela, Asmita, has over three years of experience as an application tester. Her testing experience covers applications in both mobile & web technologies. She is also well versed with test automation concepts & is proficient in tools like Jira & Selenium. She has in the past worked on domains like Healthcare & Education, with a focus on test automation. Her hobbies include gardening, cooking and web surfing

Benjamin Paul has completed his Undergraduate degree from St. Joseph College of Commerce and is working as a Trainee Administrator with The Last Mile Consultants since August 2015. His job functions involves scheduling trainings, management reporting, information flow management, effectiveness and efficiency of Support Services, as well as coordination and communication between functions. Interests : Learning new software tools & apps, reading books and as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, he like to go out in the ministry to share his faith with others.