Kalaivani Ramakrishnan
Newbury,UK
Summary
Results-driven automation and reporting professional with expertise in Power BI, Power Automate, and Azure DevOps. Proven ability to design scalable solutions that optimise workflows and enhance data visibility. Adept at problem-solving and delivering high-quality outcomes in complex projects.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Power BI/Power Automate Developer
TCS-Vodafone
Newbury, UK
2022.01 - Current
- Designed and delivered enterprise Power BI dashboards for Delivery, Quality, SIT, Defects, Scope, Flux, and Integration using Azure DevOps (ADO) data, reducing manual reporting effort by 25–40%.
- Built Star Schema data model using ADO OData v4.0, enabling end‑to‑end tracking of work item lifecycle, dependencies, and portfolio‑level status.
- Developed advanced DAX measures (KPIs, time intelligence, hierarchies) to support trend, variance, and performance analysis.
- Created capacity and Flux dashboards using complex DAX iterators (SUMX, FILTER, CALCULATE), improving forecast accuracy against actual burn‑down.
- Designed custom visuals, themes, and standardized layouts to enhance usability and stakeholder adoption.
- Optimized Power BI datasets using query folding and Incremental Refresh, reducing refresh times by ~50%.
- Delivered real‑time project status dashboards for senior stakeholders covering delivery progress, risks, defects, quality, and release readiness.
- Implemented logic‑driven RAG evaluation engine, reducing manual triage effort by ~7 minutes per ticket.
- Automated ticket creation, CP1/CP2 checkpoint notifications, and delivery alerts, achieving 100% automation of milestone communications.
- Architected Power Automate migration solution using ADO REST APIs, eliminating seat duplication and saving ~$70 per user per year.
- Implemented Azure DevOps access provisioning using Service Principals, reducing onboarding time by ~10 minutes per user while improving governance.
- Integrated Power Automate with Power BI and ADO, enabling automated ticket updates, refreshes, and synchronised reporting.
- Developed ADO ticket creation and work‑log automation, improving traceability and reducing operational overhead.
- Created and maintained SharePoint documentation for Power BI reports, Power Automate flows, and ADO governance workflows.
Automation Engineer
TCS-NYL
Chennai, India
2020.01 - 2021.12
- Experienced in designing and creating automated flows.
- Designed and deployed automated workflows to streamline business processes, reducing manual intervention and saving ~12 minutes per workflow.
- Implemented automated approval processes, notification and data integration solutions.
- Integrated power automate with various Microsoft applications.
- Created Custom Connectors when necessary to connect to specific system.
- Designed complex work flows using Power Automate's intuitive interface.
- Implemented conditional logics, loops and branching within flows.
- Developed interactive and visually appealing Power BI reports and dashboards for data analysis.
- Leveraged DAX formulas and Power Query to manipulate and transform data for reporting purposes.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders to identify and understand reporting requirements.
- Provided training and support to end-users for effectively utilizing Power BI for reporting and analysis.
- Proficient in analyzing data, identifying trends, and providing actionable insights using Power BI.
- Collaborated with cross functional teams to gather requirements and deliver reports aligned with Business needs.
- Automation Testing:
- Setting up Automation Environment using Eclipse, Java, Selenium WebDriver SAHs and TestNG.
- Handling web elements using element locators and web driver commands.
- Setting up Automation framework using Webdriver and TestNG to run test scripts.
- Maintaining Webdriver scripts as part of regression bed preparation.
- Writing and executing effective functional test cases and carried out exploratory testing to assess product performance.
- Supported, implemented and helped shape test approach by identifying solutions to recurring issues.
- Raised descriptive, concise and useful defect reports.
- Showcased testing process.
- Conducted defect triage to inspect for missing, misaligned or incorrectly installed components and derived actions.
- Leading QA team at offshore by mentoring, guiding and assisting team members.
- Created test scripts using Junit and TestNG.
- Reporting of defects and preparation of test summary reports.
- Performing production validation during release by executing projects in production environment.
- Interacting with onsite counterpart and project stakeholders to resolve issues and provide status.
- Providing knowledge transition to new resources.
- Worked closely with development team to identify and resolve defects during test execution and resolving them as team.
- Creating and maintaining project documentation (Share point) related to ADO Ticket.
- Interacting with on-site counterpart.
- Considering on-time delivery whenever necessary.
Automation Tester
TQS-LM
Chennai, India
2015.01 - 2019.12
- Identifying test cases for manual execution and Automation with Selenium WebDriver for Smoke, Functional and Regression Tests.
- WebDriver value additions to reduce manual effort and save time and money.
- Setting up Automation Environment using Eclipse, Java, Selenium WebDriver SAHs and TestNG.
- Setting up Automation framework using Webdriver and TestNG to run test cases in multiple browsers.
- Maintaining Webdriver scripts as part of regression bed preparation.
- Wrote and executed effective functional test cases and carried out exploratory testing to assess product performance.
- Supported, implemented and helped shape test approach by identifying solutions to recurring issues.
- Raised descriptive, concise and useful defect reports.
- Conducted defect triage to inspect for missing, misaligned or incorrectly installed components and derived actions.
- Leading QA team at offshore by mentoring, guiding and assisting team members.
- Created test scripts using Junit and TestNG.
- Reporting of defects and preparation of test summary reports.
- Performing production validation during release by executing projects in production environment.
- Interacting with onsite counterpart and project stakeholders to resolve issues and provide status.
- Providing knowledge transition to new resources.
- Worked closely with development team to identify and resolve defects during test execution and resolving them as team.
- Interacting with on-site counterpart.
- Considering on-time delivery whenever necessary.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Karpagam institute of technology
India 2010.01 - 2014.01
Skills
Power BI and Power Automate
Workflow automation
Data visualization
Data Modelling
DAX
Azure DevOps
Selenium WebDriver
TestNG and Cucumber
API testing with Postman
Automated testing with Sauce Labs
Shell Scripting
No Code Creatio Development
Accomplishments
- Received Efficiency Excellence Award from stakeholders for implementing a forward thinking test execution strategy, resulting in substantial cost saving.
- Recognized by the team for consistently delivering high quality work with appreciation.
- Received Best Employee Award.
- Received Best Team Player Award for outstanding performance.
- Received Best Team Player Award from NYL team in TLM for orchestrating my team to deliver critical projects on time.
Timeline
Power BI/Power Automate Developer
TCS-Vodafone
2022.01 - Current
Automation Engineer
TCS-NYL
2020.01 - 2021.12
Automation Tester
TQS-LM
2015.01 - 2019.12
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Karpagam institute of technology
2010.01 - 2014.01