Sameer Nathan

I believe in being successful when my team grows. Team growth defined not just in terms of financial gains, but also in terms of Knowledge. Below are some of my success snippets:
Team Building:
-- In House training for team taking Self Training Approach. You contribute to the teams knowledge. Benefits of which are:
- Understanding basics of new technology and process
- Presentation skills analysed and improved (ppt and communications)
- Growing in how to improvise existing work approach through use of tools and technology (thought process)

-- Handling team concerns of monotonous work routine by being able to introduce rotation system which was not successful by earlier managers:
- Proper step by step process defined for smooth rotation
- Removal of dependency on one person having knowledge on particular area
- Client concerns handled via definition of process and time frame.

-- Introduction of small tools to enable smoother execution where client/org approval not necessary:
- Usage of iMacros in testing
- Documentation tool (self created) for standardization of defect capturing details.

-- Introduction of metrics and systems for day to day activities and capacity planner
- Plan and manage release cycle work activities
- Foundation for responding to chance request based on capacity of team

-- I believe in sharing knowledge to the QA community and have initiated some activities on the same:
- Documentation on "Introduction to Software Testing for Beginners" well received. This is the first result seen in Sticky Minds when searching for Introduction to Software Testing"
- Document can be seen used at Georgia Institute of Technology " (https://gtwebapps.gatech.edu/cfeis/radar/Introduction_to_Software_Testing_for_Beginners.pdf)
- Webinar conducted on "Measurements and Metrics: The Need and How to Implement Then" conducted on Techgig.com with a wonderful response (link: http://www.techgig.com/webinars/Measurement-and-Metrics-The-Need-and-How-to-Implement-them-174)

-- I believe in keeping your skills and knowledge updated. One of the best approaches for this is to Do It Yourself that lets you gain knowledge through a Hands On Approach.

I've personally seen Sameer Nathan at his work. In stead of working only at superficial level and reporting defects, he would find the actual reason for the defect in the capacity of a tester. I've found this trait not very common among QA professionals.

It was great working with Sameer - his dedication, passion, and attention to detail has been something you have to reckon with. He truly deserves to be recognized.

He is one of the coolest guy I have ever seen. As he has mentioned he is professional but still friendly which is not easy as there is a thin line between the two. Way to go Sameer!

Sameer was one of the best QA mangers i have worked with, who always tries to bring the latest trends in the industry to our project, be it some automation tool, some framework, and asks team to get more knowledge in it, which hels us a lot in our career.

Sameer is a very dedicated and committed QA professional. Apart from technical knowledge he people skills are excellent. He deserves this award.

Helping Nature, Quick Decision Maker, Believe in learning first and then guide others with correct approach, Calm and Cool in any situation. Overall best in every way and Sameer deserve this award.
All the best and keep rocking professional life..:)

One of the Best Managers We had in WIPRO. His approach to a problem is quite unique. He has initiated a good amount QA process, which we are still using to make defect delivery on time :).

Sameers approach for testing has been very out of the box...he has a special knack to identify areas that directly map to customer use cases which others wouldn't have thought about....he also has fine blend of technical as well people skills...

you deserve it..Good luck

Sameer had been mentor for me at the begining of my career and he is one of the most innovative and detail oriented to make manual testing very interesting for me. He is one of the most knowledgable when it comes to testing.