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Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.

“Thanks for making me feel so confident about myself.” | “I'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!” | “A simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.” | “Simon is one of the best people that I've ever met to have conversations with. He's so grounded in his way of thinking and articulates his thoughts so well and his feelings and his knowledge about community and everything.”

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Earned MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate (MoT-STEC)
MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 45
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Testers: Stop Competing with AI. Start Pairing with It
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Unifying API and UI Testing with ReadyAPI and TestComplete to Maximize Product Quality
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Test Data Management Best Practices: 6 Tips for QA Teams
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September 2025 Product Update: Redesigned Variables, AI Requests in Collections, and Workflow Improvements
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Running Cypress Tests Across Regions Using GitHub Actions + WonderProxy
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Relative Locators in Selenium: Types and Examples
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 44
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Building a Quality Narrative
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What I learned from making a (second) mobile app
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Defining Chat Apps
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Confessions of a Web Design Generalist (a.k.a. The Person Who Does Literally Everything)
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Data Streaming: The Key to Tackling Data Challenges for AI Success
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DNS Triage Cheatsheet
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The Learning Zone Matrix
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Securing Your MCP Server: a Step-by-Step Guide
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Defect logged but have you called maintainence?
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Is Testing Still A Developer's Job In An AI World?
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Design your service using National Archives styles and components
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Webinar: AGM 2025 - Software Testing SG
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Let’s stop making each other feel stupid
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All ok? ... Yep!
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All ok? ... Yep!
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Dealing With Non-Human Identities
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Collaborative customer-focused systems thinking – a review of Sys-Tao: Western Logic – Eastern Flow by Bob Browne
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Turning CI Logs into Actions
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Meaningful RCAs: Involving the right people
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Communicating quality to stakeholders: why testers get ignored in meetings (and how to change it)
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Claude Memory: A Different Philosophy
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What Is a REST API?
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Fluent Wait in Selenium: Guide and Examples
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Introducing TestRail 9.5: AI That Truly Understands Testing
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Gregor Hohpe On How Software Architects Transform Large Enterprises | The Engineering Room Ep. 15
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STEC is more than a testing certificate. It's community-in-action.
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Using Playwright with WonderProxy for Region-Specific Testing
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The Agentic AI Test Team – Roles, Skills, and the Future of QA Work
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AI Agents Explained (More Capable Than Models)
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Introducing the ALAP Methodology for Sustainable Leadership
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Just wanted to say thank you for doing such a great job on TWiT, and while I'm at it, the newsletter. 
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