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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What do your AI guardrails look like? image
I joined an interesting webinar with Stu Day and Ash Gawthorp (CTO, Co-Founder of Ten10): Leading Through the AI Revolution: Considerations for Integrating AI into Your Business DNA. The dis...
What do your AI guardrails look like? image
What do your AI guardrails look like?
Gary Hawkes
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What do your AI guardrails look like?
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Gary Hawkes
awarded Ten10 for:
What do your AI guardrails look like? image
What do your AI guardrails look like?
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Stu Day for:
What do your AI guardrails look like? image
What do your AI guardrails look like?

Contributions

Who supports and manages quality engineers? image
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I enjoyed listening to Gary Hawkes and Parveen Khan during SQEC Module 4 Lesson 2. I took notes...
Small posts, big learnings: Why sharing matters more than ever - Ep 120 image
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See why sharing small things often is one of the most effective ways to learn and grow in your career
What is the AI–quality–human loop? - Ep 118 image
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Explore how testers are blending AI with human judgment to improve exploratory testing, sharpen risk thinking, and stay accountable for quality in 2026.
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Goals is a strong word. It implies that if you don't achieve them you've failed. To me its really identifying the things I want to explore. In the end it may end up a goal but it could also be some...
Quality Coaching: Fizzy minds and quality problems - Ep 115 image
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Discover how Quality Coaching approaches help teams surface, understand and solve their quality problems
AI Prompt Template - Review a Story to improve Quality image
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As per https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/using-ai-prompting-as-a-shift-left-tool-coaching-tool/86925 , I thought I'd share wider the prompt template I use to help Quality Engineers, Developers a...
How do we grow the next generation of Quality Engineers in the current market? image
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4 quality insights on what to do for the next generation of Quality Engineers
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Being at Ito for 7 years, the team has been on a fantastic journey and I wanted to acknowledge and remember everyone that had been a part of that. So just thought I'd share a screen clip of our QA...
Invest in test artefacts, they can last longer than the application's source code image
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An exploration of test artefacts in relation to information, knowledge and product maintenance.
TWIQ or treat: Ghostly bug stories - Ep 110 image
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Celebrate the spooky side of quality as community members share their funniest, scariest, and most unforgettable stories that turn everyday mishaps into lessons worth laughing about.
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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 ...
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