Simon Tomes
Community Lead at Ministry of Testing
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I am Open to Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Write, Teach, Speak, Mentor, Podcasting
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. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.

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MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Insights Spotter Bronze
TestBash Speaker
99 Second Speaker
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Glossary Contributor
Meme Maker
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TestBash Brighton 2025 Attendee
TestBash Brighton 2024 Attendee
Cert Shaper
Author Debut
A beginner's guide to mobile testing
99 and Counting
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Meme Machine
Inclusive Companion
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Open to Opportunities
Found at 404
Picture Perfect
Leading with Quality 2025 Attendee
Quality coaching essentials
Kind Click
Supportive Clicker
Encouragement Giver
Encouragement Champion
Goal Setter
Insights Taster

Certificates

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Awarded for: Passing the exam with a score of 100%

Activity

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The Stars Align
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Simon Tomes
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Some really cool things happened last week for me in the MoTaverse so I thought I'd share some my highlights of my Quality Week in a memory post! 1. Getting some new badges for setting some goal...
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thanked contributors on:
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A Day in the Life at MOTAVERSE
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A Day in the Life at MOTAVERSE

Contributions

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Some really cool things happened last week for me in the MoTaverse so I thought I'd share some my highlights of my Quality Week in a memory post! 1. Getting some new badges for setting some goal...
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There is no pressure to participate in the MoTaverse. The only true pressure comes from yourself, to discover what's possible. How can you safely encourage yourself to show up? I enjoyed expl...
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
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In 2026 I'd like to build consistency into my community-member focused blog writing habit and benefit from the good feeling of getting stuff out of my head and onto digital paper. In 2026 I'd li...
The antithesis of see ya later learning image
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Had a lovely chat with Neil Taylor. If you don't know him then you should check out his profile and goals for 2026. He's brought a lot and has plenty more to give back to the testing and quality co...
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We wrapped up our first year of Ambassadoring, reflected on it, explored some ideas on how we can improve it. As time came to the end, I was saying thank you and wasn't sure how to say goodbye,...
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Ujjwal and I had a good old chat. During the convo I shared some thoughts about the MoTaverse star system. Look out for your weekly community stars digest email. It's a good proxy to better und...
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Ujjwal and I had a lovely chat. We talked a lot about how to contribute and how to encourage people to get involved.
2026 Goal setting and sharing  - TWiQ Episode-119 image
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We have always been sharing goals in our organisation at the start of the year. It is a great initiative by MoT team to share and talk about individual goals here. This gives us opportunity and spa...
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Discover how testers are using public goals, badges and community support to grow their skills, gain confidence and make progress in 2026
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