Gary Hawkes | Activities
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Achievement unlocked: Engineering team receives my first full team presentation
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Awesome job Susanne! I learned a lot from "Influence, from the other side of the table", love the way you think. 🤜
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Well done for hosting "Influence, from the other side of the table". Great job! 👏
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Influence, from the other side of the table
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Practices I Abandoned with Agents: An Ode to Test-Driven Development
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Achievement unlocked: Engineering team receives my first full team presentation
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Ash Winter shared three things he loves about testing. The last triggers smugness mode!
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Three things I love about testing
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Three things I love about testing
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Three things I love about testing
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Achievement unlocked: Engineering team receives my first full team presentation
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Achievement unlocked: Engineering team receives my first full team presentation
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Achievement unlocked: Engineering team receives my first full team presentation
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Achievement unlocked: Engineering team receives my first full team presentation
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Achievement unlocked: Engineering team receives my first full team presentation
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Achievement unlocked: Engineering team receives my first full team presentation
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So after weeks of discussions with the Exec Team and my leads, today I finally presented a full team restructure to the team. I've been at Ito 8 years, so the team know me well and I've always been...
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So after weeks of discussions with the Exec Team and my leads, today I finally presented a full team restructure to the team. I've been at Ito 8 years, so the team know me well and I've always been...
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Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn’t mean it’s any good.
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Roundtable: AI did the work. Did anyone do the thinking?
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Roundtable: AI did the work. Did anyone do the thinking?
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Are Test Management Tools Becoming Obsolete?
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How does a wasp in the bathroom link back to QE?
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I am all set to attend not just the MotaCon but the whole MotaCon Festival. It's just 1 month to go and My checklist status looks like:1. Hotel to Stay - Booked2. Train tickets - Sorted3. Ready to ...
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I am all set for MotaCon Festival 2026
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I am all set for MotaCon Festival 2026
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I recently had the opportunity to record a Call for Insights with Simon Tomes.We had an excellent conversation talking about how we as individuals (and as a team) can find ourselves in a situation ...
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Engaging in Quality Conversation
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Engaging in Quality Conversation
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Engaging in Quality Conversation
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Thinking back to a call in Feb where a CITo/CTO forgot he was not muted and said 'AI can do the software testing - we can save a fortune!"
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"AI is great!" says CTO who last touched code in the 90s
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"AI is great!" says CTO who last touched code in the 90s
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The overwhelm of AI and risks associated with it is real, so I thought I'd have a go at pulling some data together to create lists and helpful tools to help us all explore AI Risks better.
The AI R...
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AI Risk Deck: Discrimination & Toxicity
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AI Risk Deck: Discrimination & Toxicity
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Curious but sceptical: exploring AI as an engineering manager
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Curious but sceptical: exploring AI as an engineering manager
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Curious but sceptical: exploring AI as an engineering manager
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Curious but sceptical: exploring AI as an engineering manager
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Explore how AI can support your decisions, research, and communication as an engineering manager, without replacing human connection
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Curious but sceptical: exploring AI as an engineering manager
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Curious but sceptical: exploring AI as an engineering manager
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Curious but sceptical: exploring AI as an engineering manager
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Curious but sceptical: exploring AI as an engineering manager
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Joined Accessibility Chapter chapter
Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
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Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering. Recently promoted to Head of Engineering (Jul 2026).
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