Ramkumar Sivanandan

Enigma
DISC Type : Cid

Senior Test Automation Specialist at IGS

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Overview

Ramkumar is a Principal Test Architect and Senior Test Automation Specialist with over two decades of experience. He focuses on building scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, and Katalon, and is a graduate of Bannari Amman Institute of Technology. Colleagues describe him as highly motivated, solution-oriented, and proactive.

There is no publicly available information regarding Ramkumars personal life or hobbies.

He worked with a close colleague for nearly 12 years across two different companies, Fidelity Investments and Sabre.

Personality Overview

Friendly Yet Blunt

Fast Follower

Persuasive & Assertive

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

Automation Frameworks
He specializes in designing and implementing robust automation frameworks from scratch for UI, API, and desktop applications, with expertise in Selenium, Playwright, and Katalon.
Test Strategy
His experience includes defining comprehensive test plans, strategies, and scenarios by collaborating with project managers, business analysts, and developers to establish QA scope and objectives.
Agile Delivery
A key focus of his work is enabling agile delivery through robust CI/CD integration using tools like Jenkins and Docker to accelerate product excellence.

Media Appearances

Ramkumar has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2022
Senior Test Automation Specialist at IGS
10-2020 - 6-2022
Personal goal pursuit at Career Break
1-2020 - 10-2020
Principal Quality Assurance Engineer at Oracle
2-2010 - 1-2020
Senior Quality Enginner at Sabre Holdings
8-2006 - 2-2010
Senior Test Enginner at Fidelity Investments

Education

1999 - 2002
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) from Bannari Amman Inst of Technology
Education details unavailable from Amala Matriculation Hr.Sec School.

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Insights For Selling To Ramkumar

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Leverage 'negging', or the art of asking negative questions like "you must not be convinced yet..."
  • Let them lead the discussion, create opportunities for them to speak if they are not very forthcoming
  • Use phrases like ‘clear evidence’, ‘data-based results’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal even if you come to form one
  • Avoid long presentations and just 'high-level' value proposition, dive into the details

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ramkumar is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ramkumar

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ramkumar move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Ramkumar take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Ramkumar

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