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The cost of poor quality is high

24 Jun 2025


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In this moment: Stuart Thomas
Stuart Thomas shares one of his helpful takes on quality during Why does Quality Engineering matter?
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Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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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. πŸŽ“ MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.

β€œThanks for making me feel so confident about myself.” | β€œI'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!” | β€œA simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.” | β€œSimon 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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