Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
He/Him
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
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Achieving one or more Community Stars in five or more unique months
Events
Thu, 1 Oct 2026
Previously known as TestBash, MoTaCon is the new name for our annual conference. It's where quality people gather.
Grow your testing skills at TestBash Spring, a Ministry of Testing software testing conference happening on the 23rd of March 2023.
Functional test automation is a wonderful way to frequently and expeditiously execute regression testing. However, the test scripts that we write are limited to the few assertions we’ve considered
Contributions
Gary Hawkes takes to the 99 second talk stage
We were so close. The limit for the number of people on stage is 10. We got to 9. Next time we need to try for 11 to see what happens. 😃
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Discover how curiosity shapes conversations about AI, teamwork, new tools, and the value of recognising every contribution.
Celebrate the quality community’s creativity and courage as folks share lessons, ideas, and stories in just 99 seconds.
I've listened to Demi hosting TWiQ a number of times and she has always had very interesting things to say. So I wasn't go to miss her talk on Starting Continuous Quality. It was brilliant, loads o...
It was awesome to meet Gary Hawkes in person. Lot of talks and exchange of ideas made my day!
Found a bug !! Inspired by Gary's article I hugged it and now it is going to Jira :D
It's common place during TestBash/MOTacon that you uncover stunning talent. But it is rare for that talent to show itself in 2 gifted singers.
Get your tissues out, this is a clip of Tom and my...
What a brilliant turn up at 7am for a social run by Brighton beach. I am so happy we did it. We talked, we aligned, we met new people, we discussed work, kids. We showed up for each other. Love it....
Our tense selfie at MoTacon 🤔....no not Gary Shannon...
Our workshop prompt:
Act as a world leading Quality Lead who has deep insight in the quality aspects for the delivery of software product.
I need you to help produce a list of measureable met...
