Testing the Waters of Workday Implementation within Higher Education: Sunil Sah joins FST as Testing Lead

Now
that the second round of Customer Confirmation Sessions is over, the FST team
is working on the end-to-end tenant build. This build will be   completed by the
end of August, and then testing will start in September of   this year and will
last through April of next year.

With
this new project stage almost upon us, the FST team wanted to hire a person
with extensive experience in testing system builds to lead the team focusing on
this aspect of the implementation. Sunil Sah turned out to be the best person
for the job. His experience includes serving in similar roles to what he will
have here at UVA as Testing Lead for the project.

Sunil
was immediately enthusiastic about joining the UVA FST Team. "I’ve wanted
to be a part of implementing Workday Financials at a place of higher education
for a while!” He says. “And I was excited by the chance to do so at a reputable
University like UVA." Though he knows he will have to hit the ground
running with testing coming up so soon.

But
what will Sunil do as Testing Lead?

"I
will be overseeing test preparation and will facilitate/coordinate testing
sessions,” he explains. “I am also in charge of building and leading the team
that will work on these activities. I will be collaborating with them and with
other workstream leads, other members of the project team, and of course, with
testers.”

Outside
of work, Sunil stays quite busy. He loves to spend time with his family, especially his three-year-old son. He is also an outdoor enthusiast and travels
often. When he has the time, he participates in varied athletic activities like
cricket, badminton, volleyball, and bicycling, but he also enjoys  volunteering
and giving back to his community.