Cooper - Guardian Of the MoTaverse
31 Oct 2025
In this moment:
Gary Hawkes
Superpowers:
- making you feel guilty eating your own food
- walking in a manner that makes passers by say "Aaaah...how old is he?" without fail
- Tracking his mummy wherever she moves...unless upstairs
- Getting daddy in trouble with mummy by faking injury when he walks past me (I'm not joking)
- Eating treats with 7 teeth missing
- Aging (he's 14)
Weaknesses
- Bowels and back legs 😬
- Stairs and steps
- Running (but its so cute when he tries ❤️)
- The vets (however his bowels become a superpower in the vets to distract them)
- making you feel guilty eating your own food
- walking in a manner that makes passers by say "Aaaah...how old is he?" without fail
- Tracking his mummy wherever she moves...unless upstairs
- Getting daddy in trouble with mummy by faking injury when he walks past me (I'm not joking)
- Eating treats with 7 teeth missing
- Aging (he's 14)
Weaknesses
- Bowels and back legs 😬
- Stairs and steps
- Running (but its so cute when he tries ❤️)
- The vets (however his bowels become a superpower in the vets to distract them)
Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
He/Him
Head of Engineering who came from QE. Admirer of all humans (with a special affinity for testers). I love to bring out the best in people and help them grow. I have a very tactical view of delivery and love working to find the sweet spot so that processes are a balance between effort and value. Music nut.
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Rosie Sherry
Bowel weakness 😆
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