Anil Kumar Gupta - Quality Assurance for Dynamics AX-Based ERP Solutions

Anil Kumar Gupta is a highly experienced Information Technology professional with proven Software Test Management and Software Process Improvement expertise. He has led various programs in diverse software projects such as ERP, eGovernance, eBanking, eLearning, system Software, Application Software, etc. in conjunction with Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, Business Process Management (BPM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) technology solutions, J2EE, and .Net to meet and exceed challenging business needs in both the commercial and governmental sectors. His 10+ year professional career combines expertise and strong technical qualifications in many domains including but not restricted to Systems Engineering and Integration, Financial Services, and ERPs for Manufacturing and Process Industries using computer tools to solve complex engineering problems. His exceptional analytical and communications skills, along with effective interaction with management, vendors, customers, and staff, have allowed meeting aggressive deadlines under pressure. At the same time, Mr. Gupta identified, managed, and resolved multiple complex project tasks that included changing priorities in both team and single-person environments. Mr. Gupta provides strong collaborative management, which is task-oriented with attention given to required details and accuracy. Mr. Gupta is a self-motivated, energetic, dependable, flexible, assertive, attentive, and resourceful manager, who provides effective team support that combines interpersonal, coordination, mentoring, and verbal and written communication skills.

During his professional career he has met many challenges, which included the establishment of QA and Testing practice at EuroInfo Systems Pvt. Ltd. (Currently known as Tectura India). Tectura India is the largest MBS solution provider in India and globally Tectura is the biggest MBS solution provider. EIS was the pioneer in establishing a separate QC department in 2004 and this challenge was given to Anil. Due to his successful quality initiatives EIS was awarded the Global Axapta Excellence Award for the year 2005, among 1000 MBS partners. The author is the most experienced resource for Dynamics AX Testing in India and has worked for multiple IBI-compliant Dynamics AX ISV projects.

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David Bowles in his twenty-eight years has worked with computers since the age of four and has been involved with computers in support, administration, development, and gaming. Although he wasn't very fond of programming and developing software early in his college career, the fact that he was programming in BASIC on his VIC-20 at five along with some help from the BYTE magazine, foreshadowed his life to come in software development. Although he grew up in the small towns of Albany and Moultrie in southern Georgia, he was blessed to have access to computers through his father's employers and was ultimately able to afford them later in life.

David got involved with Dynamics AX during his employment with NAPA Rayloc, shortly after coming on board. The executive suite decided to migrate from a legacy COBOL-based accounting system to Dynamics AX. David was presented with a Virtual PC image of the software and given a couple of weeks to get familiar with it. After three months of working and developing the software on a trial basis, the implementation process began. After a twelve month implementation period, during which he was the only a full-time developer on the project, many long days and nights of coding, a wedding, and a couple of 48-hour plus days, Rayloc was fully implemented with AX. During the implementation and learning process, David was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in Dynamics AX. The award was mainly based on his contributions to the user community in forums, his blog, and feedback to Microsoft Support on his research on the newly added Application Integration Framework in version 4.0. Prior to NAPA Rayloc, David was employed in technical and programming positions with AOL, SurfSouth, CallTech Communications, and Kodak.

Currently David is married to his quintessential bride, Courtney, and they reside in western suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Besides his job, he attends the Mercer University in Atlanta, to complete his bachelors' of science in Business Administration. When he's not at work or school, he likes to spend his free time in a round of golf, tennis, paintball, and occasionally an XBox game.