Kaushik Sarkar

NewPage Solutions · Client: Pfizer

Product Manager (OATS) & Senior Project Manager — GenAI & Automation

Ideated and launched OATS — an AI-driven test automation framework that reduced end-to-end automation effort from 5 days to 1 day (80% efficiency gain).
Delivered a GenAI/LLM engine that compressed global marketing report generation from 4–6 weeks to 2 hours, saving hundreds of thousands in agency fees.
Deployed a RAG-based enterprise search platform across global document repositories with OCR and citation features.

NewPage Solutions · Client: Pfizer

Senior Automation Lead

Architected end-to-end test automation for complex web applications across multiple countries and platforms. Built scalable Python/Pytest frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines. Recruited and coached a top-tier team of SDETs and QAEs; defined quality metrics used for critical strategic decisions.

Personal Care Startup

Co-founder

Built go-to-market strategy, managed investor relations, and used data analytics to optimise pricing and distribution. First foray into entrepreneurship — applied engineering rigour to business problems.

Oracle India

Automation Architect

Engineered a Cloud Infrastructure Simulation Tool and a Block Level Data Integrity Testing Tool for third-party storage. Improved testing accuracy for complex cloud deployments. Defined KPIs and provided regular effectiveness reports to stakeholders.

Wipro Technology · Client: HP

Senior Automation Architect

Led testing for HP's High-Performance Next-Gen Server. Mentored 100+ QA and Automation engineers. Developed a Log Analyzer Tool that improved troubleshooting efficiency by 75%. Played a key role in securing a major contract renewal. Represented the company in business meetings in the USA.

Kache Solution

Founder

Built a SaaS-based Transport Management Application. Led competitive analysis, hardware installation at client sites, and global vendor negotiations.

IBM Storage Lab

Advisory Software Engineer

SME for SONAS NFS Stack. Collaborated with Product Managers and Technical Sales to develop customised lab solutions for IBM Storage Verification. Recruited top talent from IIT and IIIT. Deep expertise in NFS v3/v4 RFC3530 compliance.

NetApp

Member of Technical Staff

Tested NetApp Storage Platform for VMware integration. Designed a File Level Restore Tool for global banking clients. Filed 2 New Invention Reports on Single File Restore (RHEL) and Datacenter Power Management.

Symphony Services

QA Lead

Tested and automated Kazeon's Storage Search Engine — a platform later acquired by HP. Early deep exposure to enterprise storage search and information management systems.

Hewlett Packard India

Senior Software Engineer

L3 support for HP tape storage library. Deep systems work in C and Digital Unix.

Wipro Technology

Project Engineer

Brocade SAN switch testing — Flogi, SAN Zoning, and Multipath Testing. Automated CLI operations using Perl. First exposure to enterprise networking and storage fabric.

IT Solution

Co-Founder

Built an advanced network platform for Fluidyn — enabling secure application delivery for remote research in computational fluid dynamics. First entrepreneurial venture, straight out of college.

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)

Trainee Engineer

Contributed to code development and performance optimisation for India's Flosolver supercomputer project — one of the first parallel supercomputers developed in India, used for aerospace computational fluid dynamics.