Gary Hawkes
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.
馃巶 MoTaBirthday | August 16, 2019
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CV Reviews
Had to have a play based on something said in TWiQ today on AI introducing the hosts. So here it is 馃槀Shawn Vernier"Today we're joined by Shawn Vernier, a Quality Engineer, community leader, and pas...
23 Oct
Such a fantastic conversation today with Rosie, Eamon and Judy that I thought I's grab a screen shot. Alas the capture button was on my other monitor, so please enjoy the back of my head.In all ser...
16 Oct
Ady Asks the MoTaverse. Hi everyone, thank you for your great feedback on the first draft of this chapter. I've taken your thoughts, feedback, and ideas on board and here is the updated version. I'...
14 Oct
An evening filled with conversations, discussions, exchanging thoughts with known and new faces. The video is just a snapshot - in reality it was much more fun filled, energetic and loads of ...
11 Oct
What a darts team taught me about building high-performing quality teams
14 Jul
A lively discussion on career growth, engineering leadership, community, bringing joy to testing, and navigating AI.
16 Oct
Follow one quality leader's move from QE into head of engineering, and find the mission and principles that can guide you too.
8 Oct
Bugnetism
Where a quality engineer looks at a piece of software and bugs just jump out.
Specialist
A specialist is someone who chooses to focus on a set of skills they are passionate about to become a respected mentor and advisor in those skills.
Generalist
A generalist is someone who is passionate about their profession and working with people within it. They have sought understanding multiple areas of that profession without seeking to specialise in any of them, so can help specialists with how to approach situations that can impact others.
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Your AI transformation is yours to drive
You hit a point right at the beginning thats very pertinent to me right now. I'm struggling to square my organisations AI transformation objectives, with my AI transformation objectives.
Introducing TWIQ hosts with AI
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When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos in practice
I'm so pleased that I got to see this. This is really relevant and powerful for us right now as we look to adapt to a very competitive world where competitors are building with AI and we have to at least stay in touch. Excellent talk Adam!
TWIQ 16/10/2026 - a screen grab of chaos
Your welcome Eamon, it's all true mate. Keep being you 馃
Continuous joy
Continuous joy and that picture of Clare is a perfect match 馃榿. Loved her talk too!
Organise teams around value, then keep testing the boundaries
(robonsoftware.substack.com)
11 Aug
What an AI-Enabled Engineering Organisation Looks Like When It Is Working
(robonsoftware.substack.com)
09 Jul
AI Adoption Is an Organisational Design Decision, not a Tooling Decision
(robonsoftware.substack.com)
05 Jun
Visited an Observatory link
How does a compass and clock link back to QE?
Community Star
about 11 hours ago
Bug congrats!
Congratulations on your promotion to Senior Specialist!! 馃帀
Community Star
about 13 hours ago
When life imitates art
This happened over the weekend to my three-week-old car.
My husband and I were washing it in the driveway. I pointed the pressure washer at the windscreen and pulled the trigger.
BAM.
The nozzle a...
Contributor thanking
about 13 hours ago
