Mr Stephen P Platten
Principal Consultant
I am Open to Podcasting, Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Speak, Mentor
I am an award winning (European Software Testing awards, TESTA) tester and QA, with a passion to the best version of myself:
"The best manager, tester, and coach I can be, to be "The Stoic Tester."
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 98%
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 98%
Activity
earned:
Joined MoT Leeds chapter
earned:
MoT Leeds
joined:
The MoTaverse exists to advance the quality engineering and software testing industry in a fun, safe, professional and forward-thinking way.MoT Leeds Chapter events exist as a way to bring people together to gather and learn about all things quality.
registered for:
Leeds Chapter summer social
achieved:
Awarded for successfully passing the MoT Software Quality Engineering Certification
Contributions
Explore the parallels between the lessons Stephen learnt in the RAF and his current work.
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...
Stephen did a talk called "Stoicism & Software Testing: Ancient Philosophy Meets Modern Methods"
Earlier in the MoTaverse he did a 404 talk on the topic, which I enjoyed watching. I wanted t...
I'm a fan and advocate of Stoicism an ancient Greek philosophy
