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Ady Stokes
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STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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"Great talk Stephen, love how you translated the model into a testing framework. My grandad was in the army and always taught me to take pride in my work. Mentioning discipline builds confidence really made me think of him. Thank you"
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Quality in the RAF and what it taught me about testing - Discipline, risk and assurance across domains
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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I'm super excited to anounce our 2026 Ambassadors!!
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Thank you for reporting accessibility bugs in a cert and advising the fix!
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Clare Norman - The art of activating quality people
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Master the art of quality coaching by learning how to facilitate activation sessions that empower developers to own automation and identify wobbly code
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