Community Star

QA Lead
He/Him
Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering
August 2025
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Contributed a talk, published on the MoT site
Amazing work
Thank you again for doing the Leading With Quality conversation with me.
Bug congrats!
Great to see and hear your passion during your Leading With Quality conversation with Rosie Sherry: Gary Hawkes: All roads lead to quality
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Expanded the MoTaverse
Bug congrats!
Yay, for your new blog! And I love the name, bugs and hugs! :)
Featured on the MoT homepage
Let's give your blog some visibility!
Featured on the MoT homepage
Cool to see your blog post memory featured on the MoT homepage. 
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Contributed to an MoT Trends article
Went above and beyond in a given month
Thank you for going above and beyond in July 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you, as does the community. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Bug congrats!
For getting up on the TWiT stage :)
Bug congrats!
Bug congrats on the microphone win during This Week in Testing. Finally, we got there. 😃
Participated in This Week in Testing
Great to hear you during This Week in Testing. Looking forward to more appearances. 
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Contributed to This Week in Testing
Accepted challenge
Good to see you accept the challenge to join TWIT. Looking forwards to meeting.
Accepted challenge
Inspired by Emily's "Accepted Challenge" star to you. Thanks for accepting the challenge to test out your mic during TWiT. No regression from last week. 

It was great to hear from you! 
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Contributed to This Week in Testing
Participated in This Week in Testing
Great to hear from you during This Week in Testing. Glad to hear your excitement for TestBash. 
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Contributed to an article published on MoT site
Bug congrats!
Bug congrats on getting your article live!
Bug congrats!
Mega bug congrats on your first MoTaverse article! It's jammed packed with gold. Love the honesty and openness. 🤩

May this be one of many more contributions. Nice one, Gary! 
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