Ankit Rathi

Software Quality Evangelist | QA Leadership Expert | Test Automation Architect
🇨🇦 Canadian PR Holder - Authorized to work for any employer
18+ Years Experience
12 Positions Held
6 Companies
25+ Team Members Led
4 Frameworks Developed
39+ Certifications

Professional Experience

WhereTo, a Flight Centre Company

Head of QA
April 22, 2022 - June 30, 2025 (3 years 2 months)
📍 Toronto, Canada
  • Led enterprise-scale QA transformation for global travel technology platform serving NORAM and EMEA markets
  • Managed 8 specialized Scrum teams with 25+ QA engineers across multiple business domains
  • Designed and led development of JET Automation Framework (WebDriverIO, Mocha)
  • Strategic setup of Integration QA Team for vendor integration tests
  • Established Center of Excellence (COE) team for Test Automation guidelines
  • Developed RADAR Framework - Test Maturity framework for grading QA practices
  • Implemented advanced analytics infrastructure with real-time dashboards and predictive metrics

S&P Global Platts

Associate Director, Test Engineering
April 2020 - April 15, 2022 (2 years 1 month)
📍 Gurgaon, India
  • Led enterprise test engineering transformation for global financial data and analytics platform
  • Managed Center of Excellence team and drove automation standards across 25+ Scrum teams
  • Implemented NEST Framework (Next Generation Software Testing) to drive best practices
  • Received CTO recognition for Platts Get Stuff Done delivery culture
  • Established enterprise-wide quality standards and governance

S&P Global Platts

Senior Manager, TestOps
March 22, 2019 - April 2020 (1 year 1 month)
📍 Gurgaon, India
  • Created Jenkins pipeline standards replicated across teams for continuous test integration
  • Drove DevOps implementations using DevOps 3D Dashboard for tracking team maturity
  • Led TestOps transformation and continuous testing initiatives
  • Established CI/CD best practices across development teams

S&P Global Platts

Automation Architect
November 13, 2017 - March 21, 2019 (1 year 4 months)
📍 Gurgaon, India
  • Established automation architecture and standards
  • Led technical framework design and implementation initiatives
  • Designed and implemented PACE Framework adopted by 25+ Scrum teams (Selenium, Java)
  • Drove automation standardization across multiple teams

PRODIGI India (Quasar Media / Hogarth India)

QA Lead
September 3, 2015 - November 10, 2017 (2 years 2 months)
📍 Gurgaon, India
  • Led QA delivery for Apple Website localization for Middle East region
  • Managed end-to-end testing strategy for high-profile digital media campaigns
  • Developed automation tools using Java for Digital Media (Email) Testing
  • Led automation using Selenium WebDriver, performance analysis, localization, and API testing
  • Successfully delivered QA for Apple Website localized for Middle East market

SapientNitro

Senior Associate, QA Level 2
January 1, 2015 - August 28, 2015 (8 months)
📍 Gurgaon, India
  • Advanced automation framework development and optimization
  • Senior-level team leadership and technical guidance
  • Developed test cases, test plans, execution strategies, and defect tracking systems
  • Pioneered mobile website testing and localization testing capabilities
  • Mentoring and training of junior QA team members

SapientNitro

Senior Associate, QA Level 1
March 26, 2012 - December 31, 2014 (2 years 9 months)
📍 Gurgaon, India
  • Set up Test Automation Framework using Selenium Remote WebDriver in Selenium Grid with TestNG
  • Led Automation and Manual QA teams, driving estimations and technical guidance
  • Executed SEO, security, accessibility testing using WCAG 2.0 guidelines
  • Integrated continuous testing using Jenkins
  • Led functional and data testing design and review processes

Capital IQ (S&P Global)

Senior Technology Quality Analyst
April 1, 2011 - March 23, 2012 (11 months)
📍 Gurgaon, India
  • Advanced QA Design & Reviews for functional and data testing
  • Senior-level automation development and framework optimization
  • Advanced defect tracking systems management
  • Leadership in mobile testing and localization testing capabilities
  • Mentoring junior team members

Capital IQ (S&P Global)

Technology Quality Analyst
May 19, 2008 - March 31, 2011 (2 years 10 months)
📍 Gurgaon, India
  • QA Design & Reviews for functional and data testing
  • Automation Development for test cases, test plans, and execution strategies
  • Defect tracking systems implementation and management
  • Mobile Testing and localization testing capabilities development

Impetus Technologies

Trainee Software Engineer
July 4, 2007 - January 14, 2008 (6 months)
📍 Noida, India
  • Entry-level software engineering role
  • Learning and development in software testing fundamentals
  • Basic automation and manual testing exposure

Core Competencies

👥 Leadership & Management

Team Leadership & Scaling Stakeholder Management Cross-functional Collaboration Resource Planning Performance Management Training & Development

💻 Technical Skills

Selenium WebDriver TestNG WebDriverIO Mocha Rest Assured Postman Java JavaScript Jenkins GitHub Actions

⚙️ Methodologies

Agile/Scrum DevOps SDLC STLC Test-Driven Development Risk-Based Testing Shift-Left Testing Continuous Testing

🛠️ Tools & Platforms

JMeter LoadRunner K6 BrowserStack AWS Docker Kubernetes JIRA Zephyr

Professional Certificates & Credentials

39 Total Certificates
8 Unique Issuers
4 Last 2 Years
40+ Skill Areas
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Certificate Name Issuing Organization Issue Date Credential ID Verification Skills