Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
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I am Open to Write, Mentor, Podcasting, CV Reviews

Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering

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Awarded for: Achieving one or more Community Stars in five or more unique months

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Gary Hawkes
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Who supports and manages quality engineers?
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Peerscon - Insight with Jesse
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Peerscon - Quality is a Ballet

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All the talks at Peerscon 2026 were fabulous and I have scattered notes from each talk that I need to dissect and move forward with. However, I thought I'd share a very unique talk fro...
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Loved having a chat with Jesse. We talked about our work and he gave me a very powerful story about his role and the work he did to be present in understanding the product and how its used, ra...
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As I walked into the Trent Conference Centre, Emily O'Connor leapt off her seat and greeted me like an old friend with a big hug. I really appreciated that and it gave me a beaming smile as I ...
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I took my girls down to the park. They did a bit roller skating at the skatepark whilst I hung out at the outdoor gym.I thought I'd riff
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As I try to get myself back to running after getting a calf injury that just won't go away, I moved to the local outdoor gym to keep my fitness up and build up my strength again. Whenever I ge...
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I may be on annual leave after travelling warp factor 5 to the planet rock and back again 🎸🤘, but sitting on the train is the perfect time to catch up with that backlog of bookmarked MoT articles a...
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Hear honest job-search and career-change stories, pick up confidence-boosting advice from the community, and enjoy the wonderfully weird side-threads that make the MoTaverse feel like home.
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Friday, 20 February 2026 TWIQ Nadja was quite rightly complementing Ady on his singing skills. Let it be known that Nadja can kick out a tune too at an impromptu MoTacon Karaoke! Alas I don't have ...
The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123 image
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Swap your team’s favourite quality superstitions, laugh at cursed demos and disappearing bugs, and turn “don’t deploy on Fridays” from folklore into smarter release habits.
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I'm super excited to anounce our 2026 Ambassadors!! Make sure to follow them on the MoTaverse. And the 2026 Ambassadors of the MoTaverse are........... - Ady Stokes - Ben Dowen - Cassandr...
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