Bhanu Prakash MVS

bhanuprakash.mvs@gmail.com

+91- 8197932895

Professional Summary:
Bhanu Prakash MVS is a Guidewire Certified InsuaranceSuite Anlayst in Guidewire Cloud Platform and On-Premises
implementations. He is an accomplished Senior Functional QA Lead having 8+ Years of Guidewire PolicyCenter expertise in
Rating, Configuration, Integration and Forms streams in Insurance domain and having 3+ years of experience in Mainframe
Development and Testing for Banking and Financial Services domain.

Overall, 11+ years of experience with Systems Integration Testing, Functional, Guidewire Rating and E2E Testing of
applications related to Property & Casualty Insurance and BFS Domains.

He has worked with 8 clients on 11 Guidewire Implementation projects in USA and Canada regions for Insurance domain and
has worked with 3 clients on 3 Mainframes Development and Testing projects in USA and UK regions for BFS domain.

He has worked on strong Agile process background projects using SCRUM Practices, leading teams for multiple P&C clients,
active part in various COE activities /accelerators to Guidewire Testing Practice.

Bhanu Prakash MVS holds Bachelor of Technology and is active in numerous systems and professional organizations.

Technical & Functional Skills

Domains Insurance and Banking and Financial Services

Operating System mac OS Big Sur, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10

Environment Mainframes

Mainframe Tools Change Man, ENDEVOR, ZEKE (JOB SCHEDULER) and FILEAID

Database SQL, IMS DB, DB2 and VSAM

Internet Tools HTML and XML

Languages COBOL and JCL

Scrum Tools Atlassian JIRA, Version 1 and RALLY

SOAP UI 4.3, POSTMAN, HP LoadRunner, RQM, HP Quality Centre, HP SM7, HP ALM and
Testing Tools
Tricentis RPA

Guidewire Cloud Platform, Guidewire PolicyCenter 10.0 & 9.0, ClaimCenter 10.0 & 9.0,
Insurance Tools
BillingCenter 10.0 & 9.0, ImageRight, Athena, ZSPIRE, IPM, Ultra Flex and Work Bench
Professional Experience:
Organization Name Tech Mahindra

Client Name Calcas (California Casualty Insurance Company)

Project Name Release 9, 10, 11 and 12 – Personal Auto and Home Owners Implementation

Project Duration July 2021 – Till Date

Role QA Lead – PC Rating, Configuration, Integration and Forms

Release 9, 10, 11 and 12 – Personal Auto and Home Owners Implementation purpose is to
provide Personal Auto and HomeOwners insurance in various states of USA.
Project Description Implementing Release 9, 10, 11 and 12 – Personal Auto and Home Owners provides policy
information migrated from legacy system to web and cloud applications of “Guidewire
PolicyCenter”.
● Actively test designed and executed story cards related to Guidewire PC -
Configuration, Rating, Integration and Forms streams.
● Participate in SCRUM Meetings, Release planning & sprint planning meetings.
● Review and Analyze PC Rating, Configuration, Forms and Integration requirements
Responsibilities and design test cases.
● PolicyCenter Integration testing with Claim Center & Billing Center.
● PolicyCenter Forms Testing in GW PC and ImageRight applications.
● JIRA Dashboard maintenance for QA.
● Daily Status Reports and Weekly Status Reports on QA delivery.
Operating Systems Windows 10

Guidewire Cloud Platform, Guidewire PolicyCenter 9.0, ClaimCenter 9.0, BillingCenter 9.0,
Software / Special Tools
JIRA and ImageRight.

Organization Name OpenTeq Consultants LLC

Client Name Franklin Mutual Insurance Company

Project Name Release 2 – Worker Compensation Implementation

Project Duration January 2021 – June 2021

Role QA Lead – PC Rating, Configuration and Integration

Release 2 – Worker Compensation purpose is to provide Worker Compensation in the NJ

Project Description state of USA. Implementing Release 2 – Worker Compensation provides policy
information migrated from legacy system “AGO” to web application “Guidewire
PolicyCenter”.
● Actively lead the Workshops on Rating Validation with FMI Actuaries and Business
● Participate in SCRUM Meetings, Release planning & sprint planning meetings
● Consolidate the QA requirements for the Rating Template on Base algorithms/
Sublines and LOBS
Responsibilities ● Review and Analyze PC Configuration and Integration requirements and design test
cases
● Daily Status Reports and Weekly Status Reports on QA delivery
● JIRA Dashboard maintenance for QA
● Policy Center Integration testing with Claim Center & Billing Center
Operating Systems Windows 10

Software / Special Tools Guidewire PolicyCenter 10.0, ClaimCenter 10.0, BillingCenter 10.0, JIRA, AGO System
Organization Name Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Client Name American Automobile Association (AAA) – Auto Club Group (ACG)

Project Name Personal Lines – Auto and Home

Project Duration February 2020 – January 2021

Role QA Lead – PC Rating, Config & E2E

Personal Lines – Auto and Home purpose is to provide Personal Auto and Personal Home
Project Description policies in GA, FL, MI & TN states of USA. Implementing Personal Lines – Auto and Home
provides policy information migrated from legacy system “IPM” to web application
“Guidewire PolicyCenter”.
● Actively lead the Workshops on Rating Validation with AAA Actuaries and Business
● Participate in SCRUM Meetings, Release planning & sprint planning meetings
● Consolidate the QA requirements for the Rating Template on Base algorithms/
Sublines and LOBS
● Conduct working sessions with QA Offshore/Onsite for the RVT QA Template design
and Products Specifications
Responsibilities ● Lead the testing of RVT base scenarios and additional scenarios, Validation of all base
algorithms and revert Actuaries on corrections, updates if any issues
● Conduct training sessions to team on Rate Validation Testing automation
● Daily Status Reports on QA delivery
● Version 1 Dashboard maintenance for QA
● Policy Center Integration testing with Claim Center & Billing Center
● Lead E2E workflow test case designing, review and execution
Operating Systems Windows 10

Guidewire PolicyCenter 9.0, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, Version 1, IPM System, Café Next
Software / Special Tools
Selenium

Organization Name Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Client Name State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company

Project Name Commercial Package Policy- CPP Rollout

Project Duration December 2018 – January 2020

Role QA Lead – PC Rating, Config & E2E

The goal of the program is to transform State Auto’s markets by providing a new policy
platform – Guidewire PolicyCenter - to service Commercial Package Lines of business for
below lines and Implement proprietary State Auto Agency Portal for Agents
Project Description
- General Liability
- Commercial Property
- Inland Marine
- Commercial Umbrella
● Actively lead the Workshops on Rating Validation QA with State Auto Actuaries and
Business
● Review the Product Backlog and provide Estimates for RVT Automation & Config
● Participate in SCRUM Meetings, Release planning & sprint planning meetings
● Consolidate the QA requirements for the Rating Template on Base algorithms/
Responsibilities Sublines and LOBS
● Conduct working sessions with QA Offshore/Onsite for the RVT QA Template design
and Products Specifications
● Prepare the Rating Automation Test Plan and RVT Template for Policy Center RVT
Utility
● Lead the testing of RVT base scenarios and additional scenarios, Validation of all base
algorithms and revert Actuaries on corrections, updates if any issues
 ● Conduct training sessions to team on Rate Validation Testing automation
● Daily Status Reports on QA delivery
● JIRA Dashboard maintenance for QA
● Policy Center Integration testing with Claim Center & Billing Center
● Lead E2E workflow test case designing, review and execution
● Signoff on RVT from client and publish the User Handbook on RVT
Operating Systems Windows 10

Guidewire PolicyCenter 9.0, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter and JIRA, Agency Portal, Café
Software / Special Tools
Next Selenium

Organization Name Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Client Name State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company

Project Name Personal Lines – North Carolina Rollout

Project Duration August 2018 to December 2018

Role QA Lead – PC Rating, Config & E2E

The goal of the program is to transform State Auto’s markets by providing a new policy
platform – Guidewire PolicyCenter - to service Personal Lines of business for below lines
and Implement proprietary State Auto Agency Portal for Agents
Project Description
- Auto
- Home
- Umbrella
● Participate in RDW Workshops with State Auto Business
● Review the Product Backlog and provide QA L0/L1 Estimates for RVT & Config, E2E
● Participate in Release planning meetings, sprint planning meetings and maintain RAID
Log
● Consolidate the QA requirements and Conduct working sessions with QA
Offshore/Onsite
● Participate all SCRUM meetings, ceremonies and provide JIRA updates
● Prepare the Master Test Plan and Lead the testing of QA base scenarios and additional
scenarios
● Validation of all base algorithms and revert Actuaries on corrections, updates if any
Responsibilities issues
● Prepare the Rating Automation Test Plan and RVT Template for Policy Center RVT
Utility
● Lead the testing of RVT base scenarios and additional scenarios, Validation of all base
algorithms and revert Actuaries on corrections, updates if any issues
● Deliver QA corresponding Config cards, and SPOC for QA delivery
● Conduct training sessions to team on Integrations, Rate Validation Testing
● Daily Status Reports on QA delivery
● JIRA Dashboard maintenance for QA
● Policy Center Integration testing with Claim Center & Billing Center
● Signoff on QA by client and publish the User Handbook for QA Release
Operating Systems Windows 10

Guidewire PolicyCenter 9.0, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter and JIRA, Agency Portal, Café
Software / Special Tools
Next Selenium
Organization Name Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Client Name Zurich NA

Project Name Release – 3: CA, GL, PPP and WC

Project Duration May 2018 - August 2018

Role QA Lead – PC Rating, Config & E2E

Release – 3: CA, GL, PPP and WC purpose is to provide Commercial Auto, General Liability,
Project Description Private Properatory Property and Workers Compensation in all states of USA.
Implementing Release – 3: CA, GL, PPP and WC provide policy information migrated from
legacy system “ZSPIRE” to web application “Guidewire PolicyCenter ''.
● Responsible for planning testing procedures and test conditions.
● Responsible for Mini Business Testing, Rating/Pricing and Forms test designing.
● Performing the tasks of writing test scenarios and test cases by referring to the
Responsibilities specifications of requirements.
● Responsible for executing test cases and analyzing test results.
● Responsible for verifying and validating database interactions and integrations.
● Preparing status reports and circulating with clients.
Operating Systems Windows 10

Guidewire PolicyCenter 9.0, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, SOAP UI, ZSPIRE, Work Bench
Software / Special Tools
and RALLY

Organization Name Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Client Name Zurich NA

Project Name Release – 2: MLPL

Project Duration September 2017 – April 2018

Role QA Lead – PC Rating, Config & E2E

Release – 2: MLPL purpose is to provide Managerial Liability and Professional Liability

Project Description Insurance for Proplus, S&P Basic and Broad products in all states of the USA. Implementing
MLPL provides policy information migrated from legacy system “Ultra Flex” to web
application “Guidewire PolicyCenter”.
● Responsible for planning testing procedures and test conditions.
● Responsible for Mini Business Testing, Rating/Pricing and Forms test designing.
● Performing the tasks of writing test scenarios and test cases by referring to the
Responsibilities specifications of requirements.
● Responsible for executing test cases and analyzing test results.
● Responsible for verifying and validating database interactions and integrations.
● Preparing status reports and circulating with clients.
Operating Systems Windows 10

Guidewire PolicyCenter 9.0, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, SOAP UI, Ultra Flex, Work Bench
Software / Special Tools
and RALLY
Organization Name Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Client Name Zurich NA

Project Name Release – 1: HPL

Project Duration February 2017 – September 2017

Role QA Lead – PC Rating, Config & E2E

Release – 1: HPL purpose is to provide Hospital Professional Liability Insurance for Primary,
Project Description Umbrella and Excess Policy Types in all states of USA. Implementing HPL provides policy
information migrated from legacy system “Athena” to web application “Guidewire
PolicyCenter”.
● Responsible for planning testing procedures and test conditions.
● Responsible for Mini Business Testing, Rating/Pricing and Forms test designing.
● Performing the tasks of writing test scenarios and test cases by referring to the
Responsibilities specifications of requirements.
● Responsible for executing test cases and analyzing test results.
● Responsible for verifying and validating database interactions and integrations.
● Preparing status reports and circulating with clients.
Operating Systems Windows 10

Guidewire PolicyCenter 9.0, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, SOAP UI, Athena, Work Bench
Software / Special Tools
and RALLY

Organization Name Vcarve Technologies Pvt Ltd

Client Name Texas Windstorm Insurance Association - TWIA

Project Name TWIA PolicyCenter

Project Duration October 2015 – February 2017

Role QA Lead – PC Rating, Config & E2E

TWIA purpose is to provide Auto, Windstorm and Hail insurance in the Texas region of USA.
Project Description Implementing GW Policy centre provides policy information from legacy systems to web
applications.

● Leading a team of 5 resources by assigning and reviewing the tasks.

● Responsible for planning testing procedures and test conditions.
● Responsible for Config Testing, Rating and Forms test designing.
Responsibilities ● Performing the tasks of writing test scenarios and test cases by referring to the
specifications of requirements.
● Responsible for executing test cases and analyzing test results.
● Responsible for verifying and validating database interactions.
● Preparing status reports and circulating with clients.
Software / Special Tools Guidewire PolicyCenter 9.0, HP ALM and RALLY
Organization Name Ernst & Young (EY)

Client Name Alabama Farmers Federation Association (ALFA)

Project Name LIFT

Project Duration May 2015 - October 2015

Role QA Lead – PC Rating and Config

ALFA purpose is to provide life, auto and property insurance in Alabama region of USA.
Project Description
Implementing LIFT project replaces legacy system to web application.
● Responsible for planning testing procedures.
● Managing a team of 5 resources by assigning and reviewing the tasks.
● Responsible for Config Testing, Rating and Forms test designing.
Responsibilities ● Performing the tasks of writing test scenarios and test cases by referring to the
specifications of requirements.
● Handling responsibilities of executing test cases and analyzing test results.
● Responsible for verifying and validating database interactions.
● Preparing status reports and circulating with clients.
Software / Special Tools Guidewire PolicyCenter 9.0, SOAP UI, HP ALM and JIRA

Organization Name TATA Consultancy Services

Client Name Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)

Project Name ISAS

Project Duration October 2013 – April 2015

Role Test Analyst

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) is a provincial crown corporation in

British Columbia created in 1973 by the NDP government of British Columbia. The original
Project Description purpose of ICBC was to provide universal public auto insurance in British Columbia. In order
to obtain Licensing plates and Insurance, one needs to register their vehicle with ICBC.
Currently they work on implementing Guidewire PolicyCenter replacing legacy systems.
● Responsible for planning testing procedures and test conditions.
● Managing the team of 7 resources by assigning and reviewing the tasks.
● Performing the tasks of writing test scenarios and test cases by referring to the
Responsibilities specifications of requirements.
● Handling responsibilities of executing test cases and analyzing test results.
● Responsible for verifying and validating database interactions.
● Preparing status reports and circulating with clients.
Software / Special Tools Guidewire PolicyCenter 8.0, JCL, COBOL, DB2, RALLY, RQM and JIRA

Organization Name TATA Consultancy Services

Client Name CITI Banking Group

Project Name Receivables Backend

Project Duration June 2013 - October 2013

Role Test Analyst

Receivables is an inbound transaction system which holds Lockbox to handle checks for
the customers in different regions of the U.S. This application gives a flexible solution to
Project Description the customers to meet all paper-based collection needs. The high-speed processing
environment and image-based platform offers a variety of many features, including
advanced reporting and image inquiry.
 ● Assigned the tasks of creating defect reports and performing testing of systems.
● Mentoring the junior team members.
● Performed data validation and mainframe testing in an interactive mainframe
Responsibilities environment.
● Handled the tasks of cross-system testing and prepared test cases for the project
team.
● Responsible for executing and maintaining scripts in mainframe applications.
● Maintenance Activities (Includes Reports Generation)
IBM Mainframe z/OS, Change Man, ENDEVOR, ZEKE (JOB SCHEDULER), FILEAID, DB2,
Software / Special Tools
COBOL and JCL

Organization Name TATA Consultancy Services

Client Name Lloyds Banking Group

Project Name Credit Decisioning System

Project Duration June 2012 - June 2013

Role Tester

CDS is a software product that gives the credit scoring to the customer every month based
Project Description
on the transactions of the customer.
● Responsible for test case preparation from specified requirements.
● Executing Test cases and validating results.
Responsibilities ● Preparing Test result reports.
● Defect tracking and updating.
● Updating defect status report and sending it to the team.
● Sending daily health check mails to the team.
IBM Mainframe z/OS, Change Man, ENDEVOR, ZEKE (JOB SCHEDULER), FILEAID, VSAM,
Software / Special Tools
COBOL and JCL

Organization Name TATA Consultancy Services

Client Name JP Morgan Chase

Project Name Demand Deposit Accounting

Project Duration January 2011 – June 2012

Role Developer and Tester

Demand Deposit Accounting is the application that provides processing for checking and
saving products and functions needed to support these financial instruments including
Interest Payment, Service Charging, Stop Processing, Overdraft Protection, Information
Project Description Reporting, and various Sweep processes. The objective of this project is to support
development, testing (Unit, IST, and UAT) and implementation of enterprise releases of
DDA systems. Development activities could be enhancing existing components,
developing new components or any other ad hoc request from JPMC personnel.
● Responsible for analyzing requirements under the lead instructor.
Responsibilities ● Prepared technical design documents for customer requirements.
● Responsible for test case preparation from specified requirements.
● Executing Test cases and validating results.
IBM Mainframe z/OS, Change Man, ENDEVOR, ZEKE (JOB SCHEDULER), FILEAID, DB2,
Software / Special Tools
VSAM, COBOL and JCL
Training and Seminars
Have conducted the below trainings to new joiners.
● Guidewire PolicyCenter
● Testing
● Insurance Domain
● Mainframes – JCL
● Mainframe – COBOL

Certifications
● Guidewire Certified Associate - InsuranceSuite 10.0 Analyst
● Guidewire Certified Associate - InsuranceSuite Analyst – Banff
● Guidewire Certified Associate - InsuranceSuite Analyst – Cortina
● Guidewire Certified Associate - InsuranceSuite Analyst – Dobson
● Guidewire Certified Associate - InsuranceSuite Analyst – Elysian
● Guidewire Certified Associate - InsuranceSuite Analyst – Flaine
● Agile Software Development from University of Minnesota through Coursera
● Certified RPA Specialist by Tricentis
● Completed several web-based certifications

Education
Educational Record (In Reverse Chronological Order Starting Highest Degree)

Course of Study Specialization Name of University Year of Completion

Bachelor of Electronics and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University 2010

Technology Communication
Engineering

Professional Organizations
Prior Work Experience Details

Dates of Employment Location

Organization’s Name Designation
From To

Tech Mahindra Project Manager 21-JUN-2021 Till Date Hyderabad

OpenTeq Consultants LLC Senior Guidewire Consultant 01-FEB-2021 21-JUN-2021 Hyderabad

Capgemini Technology Senior Consultant 23-FEB-2017 29-JAN-2021 Hyderabad

Services India Limited

Vcarve Technologies Pvt Senior QA Engineer 26-OCT-2015 17-FEB-2017 Hyderabad

Ltd

Ernst & Young LLP Senior Test Engineer 18-MAY-2015 21-OCT-2015 Bangalore

TATA Consultancy Systems Engineer 27-JAN-2011 17-APR-2015 Chennai

Services