SABRE corporation: Technology

 Radha Saluja Gabriel Durai

Sabre CorporationSabre Corporation

11 yrs 4 mos11 yrs 4 mos

• Principal Software Quality Assurance EngineerPrincipal Software Quality Assurance Engineer

  Full-timeFull-timeFeb 2018 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mosFeb 2018 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mosDallas/Fort Worth AreaDallas/Fort Worth Area

  • • Managed Quality Assurance for Sabre Commercial Platform Program which focused on aligned Sabre Product stack E2E testing. Worked collaboratively with extended teams (Product Management, Quality Engineering, Development teams, Operations and Delivery) across geographical locations. Executed risk-based quality assurance analysis, created test coverage plans, and scheduled test execution based on the analysis. Coordinated end-to-end system integration testing across multiple products and platforms for airline customers. Designed an end-to-end suite of tests to be used in support of large airline system migrations. Collaborated with marketing and engineering teams to ensure roadmap products were delivered based on specifications.Managed Quality Assurance for Sabre Commercial Platform Program which focused on aligned Sabre Product stack E2E testing. Worked collaboratively with extended teams (Product Management, Quality Engineering, Development teams, Operations and Delivery) across geographical locations. Executed risk-based quality assurance analysis, created test coverage plans, and scheduled test execution based on the analysis. Coordinated end-to-end system integration testing across multiple products and platforms for airline customers. Designed an end-to-end suite of tests to be used in support of large airline system migrations. Collaborated with marketing and engineering teams to ensure roadmap products were delivered based on specifications.
• Team Lead Software QA EngineeringTeam Lead Software QA Engineering

  Feb 2011 - Feb 2018 · 7 yrs 1 moFeb 2011 - Feb 2018 · 7 yrs 1 mo

  • • Managed test efforts such as front door estimation, master test plan creation, robust integration test, Customer business flow scenarios inclusive of all upstream and downstream application to ensure quality to meet out clients’ business needs. Automated manual test scripts to user defined function scripts using UFT & SOA. Performed Unit, Feature function testing, Integration testing and end-to-end testing. Created, reviewed, and inspected all key deliverables including Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Summary Report. Managed a several persistent team to lead the testing efforts of multiple projects that meet user requirements and technical specifications in an Agile environment with 2-weeks sprint. Coordinated cross functional teams to deliver quality of products.

SABRE corporation: Technology

 Puneet Kohli

• Senior Director Software EngineeringSenior Director Software Engineering

  Aug 2015 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mosAug 2015 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mosSouthlake, Texas, United StatesSouthlake, Texas, United States

  • • • Managing development of USD 12M+ R&D budget for multiple product lines in the Airline IT portfolio used by 100+ airlines generating USD 60M+ in revenues. Primary responsibilities include:
      - managing and providing leadership to 100+ team members across three global development centers with 8 direct reports (software engineering managers, technical product managers, software architect)
      - closely collaborating with product management and cross-functional teams (UI/UX, PMO, Operations Research -OR)
      - executing product roadmap (investment budget) and customer change requests (CRs)
      - improving SCRUM team productivity using tools, processes and metrics
      - ensuring quality and stability with release management best practices and extensive monitoring
      - driving cost efficiencies and speed to market by automating CI/CD pipeline
      - defining and executing technology transformation in partnership with Google. This involves migrating complex monolithic applications to GCP, Cloud SQL, containerization/GKE, REST API and Microservices architecture with a web front end• Managing development of USD 12M+ R&D budget for multiple product lines in the Airline IT portfolio used by 100+ airlines generating USD 60M+ in revenues. Primary responsibilities include: - managing and providing leadership to 100+ team members across three global development centers with 8 direct reports (software engineering managers, technical product managers, software architect) - closely collaborating with product management and cross-functional teams (UI/UX, PMO, Operations Research -OR) - executing product roadmap (investment budget) and customer change requests (CRs) - improving SCRUM team productivity using tools, processes and metrics - ensuring quality and stability with release management best practices and extensive monitoring - driving cost efficiencies and speed to market by automating CI/CD pipeline - defining and executing technology transformation in partnership with Google. This involves migrating complex monolithic applications to GCP, Cloud SQL, containerization/GKE, REST API and Microservices architecture with a web front end
• Senior Director Software EngineeringSenior Director Software Engineering

  Oct 2012 - Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 10 mosOct 2012 - Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 10 mosSouthlake, Texas, United StatesSouthlake, Texas, United States

  • • • Established an Activations, Implementations and Migrations (AIM) practice from ground up to improve speed to market, increase throughput, reduce cost and deliver better customer experience
      • Achieved cost reduction of >20% for eCommerce product suite and doubled the number of projects delivered from 2013 to 2014
      • Formed a team of 50+ (Developers, Business Analysts, Testers) distributed across multiple locations and was instrumental in maturing and scaling the model across the broader product portfolio• Established an Activations, Implementations and Migrations (AIM) practice from ground up to improve speed to market, increase throughput, reduce cost and deliver better customer experience • Achieved cost reduction of >20% for eCommerce product suite and doubled the number of projects delivered from 2013 to 2014 • Formed a team of 50+ (Developers, Business Analysts, Testers) distributed across multiple locations and was instrumental in maturing and scaling the model across the broader product portfolio
• Director Software DevelopmentDirector Software Development

  Mar 2010 - Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mosMar 2010 - Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • • • Responsible for the development of the internet booking engine (IBE) as a white-label community offering processing ~15M travel bookings annually. The solution powered 25+ airline websites globally generating in excess of USD 50M in revenue for the business
      • Led a team of 100+ people globally distributed across three locations to maintain, enhance and more importantly ensure high availability, high performance and scalability (transactions per second)
      • Key challenges included recruitment of 30+ positions across the three global development centers, filling senior roles and conducting a knowledge ramp up plan to deliver large customization work for airline cutovers under high pressure/strict timelines.
      • Demonstrated leadership in managing staff turnover, instituting solid planning, reporting and putting a robust process around performance testing, readiness reviews and deployment• Responsible for the development of the internet booking engine (IBE) as a white-label community offering processing ~15M travel bookings annually. The solution powered 25+ airline websites globally generating in excess of USD 50M in revenue for the business • Led a team of 100+ people globally distributed across three locations to maintain, enhance and more importantly ensure high availability, high performance and scalability (transactions per second) • Key challenges included recruitment of 30+ positions across the three global development centers, filling senior roles and conducting a knowledge ramp up plan to deliver large customization work for airline cutovers under high pressure/strict timelines. • Demonstrated leadership in managing staff turnover, instituting solid planning, reporting and putting a robust process around performance testing, readiness reviews and deployment
• Director Software DevelopmentDirector Software Development

  Jan 2008 - Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mosJan 2008 - Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mosSouthlake, Texas, United StatesSouthlake, Texas, United States

  • • • Managed development for multiple product lines (USD 125M+ in revenues) in Sabre's Travel Network business
      • Successfully managed the challenges of running highly global teams and diverse programs (Rail, Car, Cruise and Geo Services). The Rail team was entirely based off-shore in Krakow, Poland while the Cruise team was transitioned completely to Bangalore, India. Demonstrated the ability to manage remote teams to achieve program objectives• Managed development for multiple product lines (USD 125M+ in revenues) in Sabre's Travel Network business • Successfully managed the challenges of running highly global teams and diverse programs (Rail, Car, Cruise and Geo Services). The Rail team was entirely based off-shore in Krakow, Poland while the Cruise team was transitioned completely to Bangalore, India. Demonstrated the ability to manage remote teams to achieve program objectives
• Director Product MarketingDirector Product Marketing

  Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 · 1 yrJan 2007 - Dec 2007 · 1 yrSouthlake, Texas, United StatesSouthlake, Texas, United States

  • • • Responsible for the Airport product suite that was one of the top revenue generating product lines in the Airline Solutions business that time
      • Delivered USD 12M in Revenue (a 9% YOY increase) and 5.6M (12% YOY increase) in gross income
      • Established co-marketing and technology partnership with Microsoft ISV Business Development group. Secured $400K in technology financial support from Microsoft accelerating product line strategy to modernize application architecture
      • Responsible for the Airport product suite that was one of the top revenue generating product lines in the Airline Solutions business that time • Delivered USD 12M in Revenue (a 9% YOY increase) and 5.6M (12% YOY increase) in gross income • Established co-marketing and technology partnership with Microsoft ISV Business Development group. Secured $400K in technology financial support from Microsoft accelerating product line strategy to modernize application architecture
• Director Software DevelopmentDirector Software Development

  Sep 2004 - Dec 2006 · 2 yrs 4 mosSep 2004 - Dec 2006 · 2 yrs 4 mosSouthlake, Texas, United StatesSouthlake, Texas, United States

  • • Managed product development of three major product suites across globally distributed development centers with revenues in excess of USD 25MM. The largest team was based in Krakow, Poland with 25+ team members while the other centers (Los Angeles-CA, Southlake-TX, Malmo-Sweden, Bangalore-India) had anywhere from 5-15 employees
      • Responsible for a 60+ member highly distributed development team with eight direct reports that included two Managers, three Team Leads and three Architects
      • Execution of annual product investment budget to the tune of USD 6MM
      • Supported customer base of over 150 global airlines as both local and SaaS deployments
      • Implemented Agile Development Methodology – Extreme Programming across all teams to allow for rapid delivery of high quality solutions on time and budgetManaged product development of three major product suites across globally distributed development centers with revenues in excess of USD 25MM. The largest team was based in Krakow, Poland with 25+ team members while the other centers (Los Angeles-CA, Southlake-TX, Malmo-Sweden, Bangalore-India) had anywhere from 5-15 employees • Responsible for a 60+ member highly distributed development team with eight direct reports that included two Managers, three Team Leads and three Architects • Execution of annual product investment budget to the tune of USD 6MM • Supported customer base of over 150 global airlines as both local and SaaS deployments • Implemented Agile Development Methodology – Extreme Programming across all teams to allow for rapid delivery of high quality solutions on time and budget
• Senior Manager Software DevelopmentSenior Manager Software Development

  Dec 2001 - Aug 2004 · 2 yrs 9 mosDec 2001 - Aug 2004 · 2 yrs 9 mosSouthlake, Texas, United StatesSouthlake, Texas, United States

  • • Managed development of two highly complex product lines used by large airlines globally for crew management and ground staff scheduling. One of the major projects was to reinvent the optimization models, establish market leadership and support the 20MM revenue targets. Both the operations research and product development teams were based in Southlake, TX.
      
      • Managed a 30+ cross-functional team of Developers, Testers and Operations Research analysts to support a base of 50 customers
      • Successfully delivered the new crew pairing optimization engine under a tight timeline and budget (USD 300K) resulting in seven new customers and USD 2MM in additional revenue
      • Powered the products with industry leading ILOG Rules and Optimization technology for flexibility and performance
      • Awarded the best technical prize at the prestigious AGIFORS conference for Shift Scheduling Optimization
      • Filed application for patent under a joint name with the US Patent Office on shift scheduling techniques for airport manpower planning
      • Recognized and awarded a prize for playing a key role in winning new business at the company’s annual sales summit
      • Represented the company at leading universities and industry conferences while being the department point person for key vendors like Microsoft and ILOG