Enhancing eSecurity in Banking Applications

Enhancing eSecurity in Banking Applications

Invited to address at the National Seminar on “Banking on eSecurity“, organized by Cyber Society of India and Indian Overseas Bank at Chennai

Deliberating in the panel discussion addressed the topic ” The need and challenges of testing banking applications

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2010 Nov 30 Farewell message from Hexawarians

Farewell message from Hexawarians

Date : 30-Nov-2010

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You’ve helped make Hexaware the company it is today. Utmost respect toward you.  We also aspire to do our part.  Wish you all the best….

Team Member
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Thanks for all your guidance, support that has given to me for the past 4.5 yrs @ my Hexaware tenure.
I really don’t know how to react sir…All the best and I am sure that I will remember you In my daily prayers. You used to say “I am like your son” . . . A father can call his son for anything anytime…

Team Member
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We are going to miss your in professional advice, guidance and  leadership. I remember the day when you conducted the interview which brought me to Hexaware. I surely will keep in touch with you for much needed advice and guidance.

Team Member
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 I miss you. You are one among the person who I consider to be a good leader to follow.

Team Member
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I always respect you as a very gentle person in Hexaware. I have never seen you angry. You are always humble, easy to approach, and a very helping person. For sure, all the Hexawarian who knows you, will be missing you.

Team Member
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Thanks a lot for your kind support and care all along my career in Hexaware. I have been interacting with you more regarding CLIP  (Communications and Leadership Improvement Programme) Sessions and during our counseling meetings. I am following the guidance that you gave me during one-one meetings in counseling sessions and I learned a lot during interacting with you during those sessions. I assure I will keep in touch with you sir.

Team Member
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thank you for the wonderful guidance, patience and great support provided during our early stages of career.  We really feel glad about being associated with such leaders and we are in a way sad that we will miss your professional touch. A big thank you for valuing all our ideas and interests and thank you so much for your guidance.

Team Member
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Exactly 3 ½ years before when I joined with Hexaware you were my first reporting manager for Retail Banking IP where I gained knowledge on plenty of banking concepts. For me at that time organization was new. I was interacting with unknown people. But you kept me very much comfortable, encouraged and appreciated then and there. I will always remember that. At this juncture loosing senior people like you is definitely going to be a loss for both Hexaware as well as Testing Practice (QATS).  You are just moving out of Hexaware and not from us.

Team Member
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I’ve learnt a lot from you from whatever I’ve interacted right from my FTP training days and cannot forget a few instances like when you said something like “do your little – don’t worry about rumors that project will close – even I don’t worry – the people in 9th floor should worry about this….” in one of the first meetings of the project (when things were bad – and this gave a lot of confidence).  It would take long to explain these instances – wanted to quote this because though you might have forgotten this little thing, but you’ve inspired a lot with things like these which we would like to keep in mind and take them with us through our career

Team Member
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You’ve inspired a lot of people and I am one of them who was inspired.  The thing I like the most in you is the enthusiasm though you are close to retirement – and I want to be as enthusiastic as you are when I grow up to that age.

Team Member
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What a mail, Sir. There is so much to learn from you sir. I am sure the learning will continue though I don’t report in to you but sharing key learning with you and gather key learning’s from you. I cherish all the moments spent in hex under your esteemed guidance. Sir I take this opportunity to let you know how thankful I am for what I am today both professionally and personally.

Team Member
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Have a great / peaceful rest and come back soon

Manager, Resource Management Group
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We all would miss you and the way you lead us…Thanks for the support and trust you had on us.

Test Lead
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I whole heartedly thank you for all the support and guidance. I really enjoyed working with you and the time spent with you during the Job fair in 2007 and for giving opportunity to take session for the new comers. It was always a pleasure interacting with you and hope to meet you soon when I come to Chennai. Surely we all will miss you.

Test Consultant , US
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Will miss your calming presence, can’t thank you enough for all the things that I have learnt a lot from you over the years. Thank you once again and I will surely miss you.

Team Member
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It is my privilege to be associated with you!

Vice President & India Testing Delivery Head
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You had been the face of “Testing Practice (QATS)” for many of us and you will be missed for sure….

Test Lead, Testing Practice
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It has been really nice working with you. Still remember the days I spent with you back 2003 to 2006.

Former Manager at Testing practice
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It would be apt to say that I have known Hexaware better through you. I thank you for all the support.

New Joiner in 2010
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I don’t have the age to wish you all the best but definitely a good heart to wish you the same. Your domain experience and management skills have helped to groom lot of test leads into good test managers in Testing Practice (QATS). … Even though I have not worked that closely with you but still have high regards and respect towards you.

Test Manager @ US
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It was so touching moment when I read your email, I have gone to the imagination how you started your career and travelled these many years, I hope this memory does to travel rest of your journey. I admire they way you treat the people and listen in their problems, you are so rich by experience and I want to be like you sir. …

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I whole heartedly thank you for all the support that you have given me. You were the one who made me to step into Testing in this great firm which I feel blessed. It is being a great opportunity working here and hope it will continue the same. Thanks for that sir..!!!!!

Be it either work, culture, interaction with people at corporate, recruitment and even the small things, I am learning it practically from you right from the day one. Personally I feel you are more than a mentor to me. Thanks to the destiny..!!! Feel great and pleasure to have known and interacted with you.  Definitely will miss you sir. Always wish to have your Wishes and Blessings sir..!!!  Thanks a ton..!!!!

A new Joiner of 2010
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We shall definitely miss you. Kindly stay in touch..

Manager, PeopleSoft Practice
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Though our interactions were on the note of Quality process assurance, I have always admired your composed and mature style of working.  I can recollect the project days when you came up with a testing process and your push on the team to implement the same. I am sure Hexaware will miss your guidance and support.

Sr Manager, Internal Systems Group
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will never forget you and will be in touch.

Manager, Admin
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It was good that I can remember some good things we shared on our engagement in Australia. Good luck and stay healthy.

Director from U.S
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We feel honored sir! It was a great pleasure working with you and it is with you , we all learned so much discipline, dedication, communication and leadership.

I was just sharing with my wife few weeks ago on my wonderful experience in Hexaware and our team and about you. I want to keep talking and thinking about it as it makes me happy and those are definitely golden memories to cherish year round.

I still feel bad for not been able to continue with you and in Hexaware. I still don’t see any team or organization that is so dedicated to Quality and such a spend of time and money to Testing teams…

Former Team member
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I wanted to use this as a great opportunity to tell you MANY THANKS for all that you have done to me in the last 3 years…. To be frank, When I saw you first, I have generated a respect towards you within me & when I got introduced to you, I was wondering initially that You being a senior and with diversified experience, “How will I live up to your expectations”? But, you are so good at crafting our relationship. You definitely stood out of your age, character and ego to move with people like me. My respect for you grew more.

At this moment, I feel that you have inspired me certainly. You have taught me many things in life, that’s why I referred to you as my mentor. I’ve learnt Patience, Perseverance, Commitment & how to behave as a Boss. Thank you Sir for such great learning. You have fairly a large commitment in making me a success. Thanks once again.

Manager, Banking Testing Practice
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It is nice knowing you, a person who is very professional and polite.

Head of Hexavarsity Training Centre
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Wishing you a peaceful retired life………..Also, please bless me.

Test Manager, Testing Practice
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Our association has been really short compared to your experience but I had only fond memories of all our interactions. In this modern age, not many times in life one gets the honor of rubbing shoulders with a person with patience, a person who keeps team members interest first before anything else and a person who is down to earth in spite of his vast knowledge. I am proud and happy that I have been working with and shared office with you in the last 2 years. You have implicitly taught us many virtues – thoroughness and people management to name a few. I hope when I retire, just like you, be remembered for the good deeds done to team members.

Head, Automation COE
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It was a nice experience with you. Whenever I had opportunity to interact with you, I could learn from you.

Hexavarsity Training Centre
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It is quite hard, for me to believe that you are leaving the organization to pursue other interests…It would be a huge ingratitude on my part if I failed to thank you for all your support and understanding shoulders to rest upon, especially during the times of my personal trials and tribulations. Thanks a ton once again for that.

Many of the people, who worked with you, I think, will echo my observation of you as a person with tons of commitment, strong work ethics, much attention to details, meticulous on follow-ups, persistence of purpose and humaneness. All these traits in you have been a source of inspiration to me and you will be thoroughly missed for that…Thanks for your appreciation and kind words. This means really a lot to me, as i have seen you personally as a fatherly figure, having lost my father while i was only few months old baby.

Honestly, i would be missing you a lot in Hexaware….

Manager, Banking Practice
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A ship with passion for sailing never stops the voyage. I still remember your passion and energy passed over to many other teams and wishing you the same continues, where ever you are.

German Translation Expert
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Though I had a brief opportunity to work with you , I feel that is well enough to feel proud for the lifetime that I was a colleague of  a very composed, ever smiling gentleman at workplace. I salute your dedication, resource handling skills and your positive approach towards anyone, and the most adorable being your right attitude in your dealings with a much younger generation…..

Member from another team
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… You’ve helped make Hexaware the company it is today.  Utmost respect toward you.  We also aspire to do our part.

Other team member, US
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It was wonderful experience working with you. I learned banking processes from you only. Prior to that I just know how to open savings bank account. Thanks once again Kapali for all your guidance and extended support. We all will miss you

Head of Testing Practice, Pune
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We wish to place our full and formal appreciation of the services rendered by you, during your period of association with us.
Professionals like you are hard to come by and we have thoroughly enjoyed knowing/working with you. We hope you will be able to impart to others a sizeable portion of learning at Hexaware Technologies…..

HR Service Delivery Team, Hexaware
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It was great knowing and interacting with you.  You are always regarded as one of the role models by most of the juniors at Hexaware.  I really cherish the moments where we had interacted very closely with each other.  You have always given that extra hand to support function making it a win-win most of the time. Hexaware will surely miss your services and surely many of the youngsters will miss you..

Sr Manager, HR
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You are the mentor for all the fresher of testing team – feedback that I received – ever memorable for your leadership quality, friendliness, passion to build teams with a strong “Process” basement and always approachable for any help and guidance.

Head, Information Security
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What joy it must bring you to dedicate some time to the things you love, and what sadness for us to continue without you (how selfish of us to think like that). I wish you all the best and hope that I run into you again in your new endeavors. We will certainly miss you….

Director of Technologies
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We will miss you a lot; Request you to remember me forever.

HR Executive
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I have learned lot of things from you, out of which what I like most are “handle the situation coolly”,  “impartiality and fairness at work” and “give proper respect to others”. It is very difficult to find a person like you at work place and I am fortunate, getting a chance in working with you for couple of years….

Head of Automation COE
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Thanks for being an excellent colleague and team comrade in this fast game…

Director, Eastern Regions
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Kapali has been with Hexaware for the last 6+ years and after a marathon 35 years in the banking and IT industry, he has decided to call it a day and lead a leisurely life ..  He is a banker by profession and subsequently switched over to IT/testing. He is one of the pioneers who were part of the core team that initiated the testing practice in Hexaware. During his stay in Hexaware he was involved in various critical accounts . . . In Testing practice, he is considered as a “Guru” in retail banking.  For the last few years apart from taking care of Banking practice he has also been playing a critical role in managing the Quality Assurance and Testing Practice (QATS) operations including Resource management, Recruitment, Training etc.,

Some of the traits which endear him to all are:   I have never seen him losing his cool, even in a crisis situation he always maintained his composure. His responsiveness is always appreciated by everybody across teams.  When it comes to encouraging or appreciating anybody, he would be the first one to do so. Absolutely no trace of any ego – he is always down to earth and also very humble.  We sincerely appreciate his contribution for the growth of our unit….

Vice President, Head of Testing Practice
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It’s nice working with you and learned a lot in terms of planning, organizing and positive attitude. I will miss your great company…This is very touching mail I will preserve this mail, I am really fortunate to meet such a great person in my life.  I really mean it.  I was impressed with your farewell speech, really amazing.  I am missing you a lot, it take some time for me to adjust…..

Senior Consultant, Testing Practice
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Your diligence, sincerity, hard work and wonderful attitude resulted in a significant contribution to Hexaware. I and several others in Hexaware really applaud and appreciate the fact that you adapted and blended so well into an environment that was so different from your previous work environment. Youngsters need to learn a lot from you and I am sure you have guided many of them in the right direction. If at any time you need any help from me, please do not hesitate to call. It would be very nice if we could keep in touch.

Sr Vice President and Head of Quality
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Thank you very much.  It was a pleasure to talk to you. Let us try to work together wherever possible.

President, Hexaware Technologies
Mexican pleasure amidst Business

Mexican pleasure amidst Business

A peep into the Mexican land while participating in a conference, was a week to remember. Some pleasure amongst business discussions was a welcome change !

Training , Recruitment & Other Support

On Training, Recruitment & Other support

Date : 21-May-2008

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I would personally like to Thank you for the Guidance, Appreciation, Motivation and Support rendered by You to me.
I still remember the days where we used to go for Audit together & the guidance & encouragement you used to give me.
Cannot forget the day you had chosen & invited me to give a talk to the Testing Team regarding Quality Management Group & our work process.
Loads n loads of thanks for the opportunity & encouragement given. I would call it the 1st success at the start of my career.
That moment would be remembered & cherished in my lifetime forever & ever , since it was the beginning of my career.
This is a very small wish to my Role Model , “A PERFECTIONIST”….

01-Sep-2009

Peer Quality Auditor
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Ya, it is a team effort, I am extremely happy about it. I sincerely appreciate your habit – Instant feedback – articulating immediately about your feeling. This is a very good quality , keep it up. This is equivalent to SPOT Award..

16-Jan-2009

Global VP, Delivery
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This is great! This domain knowledge and training should prove to be very useful for the forthcoming projects!

17-Jul-2008

Delivery Head Chennai
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This is exemplary ! Within 15 days you and your team could able to train so many team members in so many topics. Also you all have created readymade repository which can be re-used for ever. Pre-Test and Post-Test evaluation also appreciable, hope this training will have a great positive impact in our future deliveries . Congratulations !

17-Jul-2008

Global VP, Delivery
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This is one of the fastest turn around, so many profiles have been shared with in such a short time.
Its not a easy job to convince the team members to move to Delhi. Kapali and team did a great job

21-May-2008

Global VP, Delivery
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Thanks for coordinating this – I have seen the effort that has been put into cajoling, persuading and convincing our managers and team members into participating in this training. Really appreciate your efforts in making this happen!!

08-Feb-2008

Testing Services Delivery Head, Chennai
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Good Show. Very Systematic process (On recruitment support)

21-Dec-2007

Head of Resource Management Group
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The session on “Banking Intellectual Property” was very interesting. Moreover, the documentation covered in the presentation was more of a learning experience from the mistakes they made. The presentation covered much of the issues, impact and resolutions which were really helpful to know and learn.  Summing up, the session was very helpful and thanks for providing me an opportunity to participate in this knowledge session

04-May-2007

Pune Team member
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On Banking Training:

I attended the session on Banking project . It was really a good session. I learnt a lot from the session. It was prepared and presented in a very nice manner and Mr. Kapaleeswaran has engaged every individual with the subject, till end of the session. Such types of sessions will definitely help and encourage people to think in a positive way and put the utmost efforts in their projects.

04-May-2007

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Thanks for very interactive and informative sessions on Banking IP

03-May-2007

Head of Testing Services, Mumbai

From Sr Management, Peers & Clients

From Sr Management, Clients & Peers

Date : 16-Aug-2005

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I am glad to see the level of maturity and an excellent outlook besides commitment from Kapaleeswaran which is truly heartening and commendable – given the circumstances.

10-May-2010

Vice President, BFSI-Europe
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Thanks Kapali, I am impressed about our reviews !!

17-Mar-2010

Global Vice President, Delivery
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Very industrious and steadily delivering in every challenging assignment – all the while, retaining a smile on your face.
You are a role model for any mid-aged person in this profession. Many have pursued different tracks, but very few have retained touch at the ground level. This is a rare trait in our industry. Keep It Up.

01-Sep-2009

Associate Vice President
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I just would like to share some of the best weekly reports with all of you.
This report is very detail, most of the things are tracked by target date. Thanks Kapali, for the detailed report , I really appreciate your systematic way of tracking things !

11-Feb-2008

Global Vice President, Delivery
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I would like to thankyou for your wholehearted efforts (on working and nonworking days) to bring the project up the curve.
Even though we have a long way to go, we are now getting back to track.

04-Jan-2007

Onsite Project Director
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I really appreciate your follow through to our requests!

13-Dec-2005

Client
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Kapali
Congrats. You have played a key role in motivating the team while tackling the day to day hurdles from dev on the other side.

13-Oct-2005

AVP & Head of Testing Services
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Great news !!!! We have come a long way in this project. Thanks for your vital support.

Please pass my appreciation to your team. They did a great job.

08-Oct-2005

Onsite Project Director
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Thanks kapalee for the relentless effort from you and your team. Appreciate it.

08-Oct-2005

Onsite Account Manager
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Congratulations Kapali – Appreciation well-deserved!!!
We are sure that under your able leadership and guidance there will be many more feathers on the Independent Testing Team’s  cap.

04-Oct-2005

Quality Coordinators for the project
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Dear Kapali,
Congrats. Your able leadership has helped us improve our deliveries.
Please pass on my best wishes to your team members also.

04-Oct-2005

Sr VP and Head of Quality Management Group
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I am impressed with your team’s commitment and dedication to work against odds !
Please convey my sincere appreciation to each one of them. I see their passion in preventing defects within Hexaware before shipment to customer. The credibility of Hexaware is improved in client’s eyes in the last 4 weeks and the key reason is reduction in defects during SIT and UAT. Thank you for your leadership!

01-Oct-2005

Sr VP, Head of Enterprise Solutions
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Client feedback “Impressed with Kapali. Felt that Kapali would do better job, if he gets more time. She would like to have more time given to Kapali, rather than squeezing all defects to be tested in short time by Kapali. Suggested to have cut-off time for builds/tests. She is more than willing to give Kapali an authority to “cancel” the build, if he is not happy about the build.” – AVP

14-Sep-2005

Client
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Kapalee, Good work.

16-Aug-2005

Global Head of Testing Services, Hexaware
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Kapalee,
Good show. Convey my thanks to the team who conducted the load testing several times for various business scenarios. All our focused efforts for the past couple of months started yielding results. I am happy with the progress and the application performance in the SIT / UAT phase.  Once again, thanks to you and to the team.

14-Aug-2005

Asst Vice President, Hexaware
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I want to appreciate the efforts of Kapalee and his team for the Performance testing done which helped tremendously. With demanding timeline and continual change requests from clients, we have delivered. ! Thanks once again for the entire testing team !

13-Aug-2005

Sr Vice President, Hexaware Technologies

My Team

Feedback from  ‘My Teams’

Date : 24-Dec-2004

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Now all of your (TREAT) Team members are in different organization and with a good role. Obviously the entire credit goes to you . You are the one who molded us and made each and every TREAT person successful in their carrier. We are always grateful to you.

01-Jul-2010

Team Member - Now with HCL, US
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On getting client appreciation

Thanks Kapalee…appreciation at an appropriate time motivates a person much. . your appreciation really motivates me. Thanks again

23-Jun-2010

Team Member
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You are one of the role models in BTO {Business Technology Optimization} . Your energy level and knowledge is amazing. Wish you to have many successful years in Hexaware and in BTO

01-Sep-2009

Team Member
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You have been a guiding force for people like me. Wishing you many more successful years ahead.

01-Sep-2009

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On getting client appreciation – Thanks for your continuous encouragement and support.

26-Jun-2008

Team Member - Now in US
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On receiving client appreciation:

Firstly I should thank you for having provided this opportunity for me. I still remember that night when you had called me up to inform about this assignment. Thank you very much for your support and guidance all the way through.

26-Jun-2008

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On completion of a Banking assignment:

To be honest, it’s because of your efforts and dedication from March 2007, we have a wonderful suite well enhanced and ready to sell it to the customers. Thanks a lot for all your support and help throughout this phase. I am delighted to have you as my manager, from whom I can learn professionalism both official and personal.

09-Jun-2008

Banking Test Team Lead
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After successful sign off of the project:

Honestly speaking the credit goes to you. After you took charge in this project, it’s you who brought the process in place and formalized all the procedures which could be followed within each and every stream of this project. As per my knowledge, this is your second achievement after UCS. I personally know, how you handled UCS in spite of all problems. I really admire the way you approach with each and everyone in the project. I am proud to tell that I learnt many things from you within a short span of time.

13-Oct-2005

Team Lead
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Thank you sir! Its really surprising that you remember us all even after we left the team long ago. I’ve never seen such a lead who is really a “Team Player”. They just tell it. but, you live by it.
Now, I realize your efforts so much since I’m put in a situation similar to you, the way you setup standards & guidelines, the way you managed AD team and our team when it grew above 30 people, and so on…
I miss Hexaware and TREAT a lot. Still I’ve those good day memories in mind.. the days i started with TREAT in Prince Kushal towers, we had a small team with you, Baskaran, vidhya, Althaf and me.. then in HT for long, those days are my best experience in my professional career so far. I really worked on my own interest and not forced by any person or by any other entity. I was fully involved and had good job satisfaction.
Just wanted to share those thoughts. All the best for your new project sir. I know you will create a revolution there too.

23-Jan-2005

My first Team Member (presently with CTS, USA)
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Dear Sir , this is the best project I have worked so far . Thank you for your guidance , encouragement and support . Always there was a sense of freedom working under you.

21-Jun-2005

Team Member presently with Oracle
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Dear Sir, This is the first time in my life i saw a man who didn’t show any
partiality to his sub-ordinates. .  Have a very gr8 invincible future in other projects too..

17-Jun-2005

Team Member presently with HP
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I am carrying forward a lot of experiences gained from you and would like to keep in touch with you in the future. I take this opportunity to thank you for all the efforts you had taken in my regard. I feel very happy working under you and will never forget all the help you have done.

14-Jun-2005

Team Member presently with CTS
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Sir, The base for my career is given by you. I hope to get the same name at the next place by having your blessings. I never ever forget my enjoyable work experience under you. Sincerity and dedication which are I learnt from you. I am always ready to do the things for you.

24-Dec-2004

Team Member presently with Verizon
Leadership Training in Forest

Leadership Training in Forest

Leadership meet and Out Bound Training, deep inside the Sathyamangalam forest, where there was no mobile connectivity, electricity supply was sketchy signal and we slept in tents to be woken up in the morning to the beats of drumbeats. Late night discussions around a campfire were nights to remember

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