Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
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I am Open to Write, Mentor, Meet at TestBash 2025, Speak
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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Leaders start Marketing Your Manual Testers In Your Organisation image
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Blog about transforming the bias around manual testing so automated and manual testers are given equal respect
I can hear you, Gary. Can you hear me? image
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For those following along with Gary Hawkes' microphone woes on the This Week in Testing stage, you'll be pleased to know he's resolved the issue. 🎉 We ran a live test session on Crowdcast and ev...
Performance reviews are like marmite Ep 98 image
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Explore why performance reviews divide testers, uncover lessons from bug hunts, and experiment with AI tools that speed up delivery.
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I had a wonderful chat with Gary Hawkes about his journey over the years with testing and now quality engineering and I absolutely love how it felt like his story was that all roads have led to qua...
Leadership in Quality image
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Leadership do not come with the title. It's an art, style and capability to do it. Anyone can extend their hand, raise voice to lead who has a strong feeling and willingness to take the ownership a...
Leading with quality actions, not titles Ep95 image
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Tune in for real stories of testers stepping up, driving change, and building quality-first cultures
I'm MoT music legend 🏆 image
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Judy Mosley recently launched MoT Music League..I joined her an I enjoyed it A LOT! We submitted songs, we shared what we like and we had much of fun ✨ Thanks everyone who joined our league 🫰 ...
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It was great talk about testing boxes - Black Box, White box and Grey box. Each technique have their own significance and can be used for software testing ensuring to deliver quality product. ...
Hello my name is Gary Hawkes image
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About me: I'm coming from: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK My role is: QA Lead I'd love to meet others who are into: Leadership and anyone into improving software quality, however they do it I'm c...
Testing inside the boxes and beyond Ep 93 image
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Testing meetups, community memories, and finding your voice — the This Week in Testing crew shares insights, inspiration, and reflections from around the globe.
12 things we learned when we questioned the existence of test case management image
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Is the future of test case management at risk? Let's go exploring.
How do you document feedback on your documentation? Ep 91 image
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Oleksandr, Demi, Judy, Lukas, Gary, Milan & Susanne explore the art of documentation, feedback loops, test automation, and the value of community conversation.
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