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ShantanuVr/README.md

Hey there! I'm Shantanu Vichare 👋

🚀 Lead QA Engineer | 🤖 AI/ML Enthusiast | ⛓️ Blockchain Builder | 📈 Quant Trading Explorer

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🎯 About Me

"Breaking software to make it unbreakable, automating everything to innovate faster."

I'm a Lead QA Engineer with 10.5+ years of experience transforming how teams approach quality. My journey spans from malware research trenches at Quick Heal to building enterprise-grade test automation ecosystems at Powerschool.

🔥 What makes me different?

  • 🤖 Early AI Adopter - Pioneering Agentic AI integration in SDLC since ChatGPT's launch
  • 🏗️ Framework Architect - Built 4+ automation frameworks (Codeception, WDIO, Playwright, Robot)
  • 🔐 Security DNA - 3 years of malware analysis & vulnerability testing experience
  • ⛓️ Blockchain Builder - Creating carbon credit systems with Solidity & Web3
  • 📊 Quant Curious - Developing trading algorithms with SMC & ICT concepts

🎓 Education & Learning

🎓 Degree 🏛️ Institution 📅 Year
M.Sc. Machine Learning & AI Liverpool John Moores University 🔜 2027
Executive PGDM ML & AI IIIT Bangalore 🔜 2026
B.E. Information Technology Mumbai University ✅ 2015

💼 Professional Journey

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  2023 - Present  │  🚀 Lead QA Engineer     │  Powerschool                          │
│  2020 - 2023     │  🔧 Sr. QA Engineer II   │  Powerschool                          │
│  2018 - 2020     │  🧪 SDET                 │  FireEye Cybersecurity                │
│  2015 - 2018     │  🔬 Threat Researcher    │  Quick Heal Technologies              │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

🏆 Key Achievements

🎯 At Powerschool

  • 📈 Led QA for Schoology with 1600+ automated scenarios
  • 🤖 Pioneered Agentic AI adoption in SDLC
  • 🛠️ Built 3 automation frameworks from scratch
  • ⏱️ Saved 40+ hours/week with release automation tools
  • 👨‍🏫 Trained teams on AI-driven testing approaches

🔥 At FireEye

  • 🔒 Performed vulnerability testing for all product releases
  • 🏗️ Built E2E test frameworks for security products
  • 🚦 Was part of Go/No-Go release decision team
  • 🔄 Managed CI/CD pipelines on Jenkins

🛡️ At Quick Heal

  • 🔬 Researched & classified malware threats
  • ✍️ Published security blogs read by thousands
  • ⚙️ Automated processes saving 50+ hours/week
  • 🎯 Handled enterprise client escalations

🚀 Innovation Highlights

  • 🧠 Built AI-assisted Playwright automation
  • 📊 Created decision trace Context Graphs for Agents
  • 🔄 Developed Record & Play test converters
  • 🤖 Integrated GitHub Copilot as code reviewer

🛠️ Tech Arsenal

Languages & Frameworks

Python TypeScript PHP Solidity C++

Testing & Automation

Playwright Selenium Robot Framework Codeception WebdriverIO

AI & ML

OpenAI Claude Google Gemini Cursor

DevOps & Tools

GitHub Actions Jenkins Docker Bamboo

Blockchain & Web3

Ethereum Web3.js Foundry

🌟 Featured Projects

🌱 Carbon Credit Blockchain Ecosystem

A comprehensive suite for carbon credit tokenization, trading & verification

Repository Description Tech
🏭 carbon-credit-token-suite ERC-1155 carbon credit tokens with role-based access Solidity, Foundry
🔗 registry-adapter-api REST API adapter between Official Registry & Chain TypeScript, JWT
☀️ iot-solar-sim IoT Solar Plant Simulator with blockchain anchoring TypeScript, Fastify, Prisma
🔐 evidence-locker Content-addressed evidence storage for carbon verification TypeScript, IPFS, S3
🛒 carbon-credit-buyer-marketplace Demo marketplace for carbon credit trading Next.js 15, TypeScript
🔍 carbon-explorer Public explorer for the Carbon Credit system TypeScript, React

📈 Trading & Financial Analysis

Repository Description Tech
📊 OHLC_ANALYZER No-Code Backtesting Platform with Smart Money Concepts Python
💹 Advisor Personal Trading Advisor for XAUUSD & EURUSD Python

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🎯 Current Focus & Aspirations

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  root((Shantanu's Journey))
    AI/ML Mastery
      PGDM @ IIITB 2026
      MSc @ LJMU 2027
      Data Science Transition
    Quant Trading
      SMC & ICT Strategies
      Algorithmic Trading
      Market Microstructure
    Blockchain Innovation
      Carbon Credit Systems
      DeFi Exploration
      Web3 Development
    Applied AI
      Healthcare Models
      Traffic Flow Optimization
      Financial Analysis
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🌱 Building Towards

  • 🏥 Healthcare AI - Models for small clinics & diagnostics
  • 🚗 Traffic Optimization - ML for flow management
  • 💰 Quant Trading - SMC, ICT & Technical Analysis models
  • 🌍 Carbon Markets - Blockchain-based credit verification

🤝 Let's Connect!

I'm always excited to collaborate on:

🤖 AI-driven automation & testing tools · ⛓️ Blockchain & Web3 projects

📈 Trading algorithms & financial analysis · 🌱 Sustainability & carbon credit systems


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"Quality is not an act, it's a habit." - Aristotle

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    A public read-only explorer for the Carbon Credit system that allows users to explore projects, issuances, credits, retirements, evidence anchors, and IoT digests across the Carbon Credit stack.

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