Gary Hawkes | Activities
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LGBTQIA+ Pride Month ā Visibility matters: You are not alone
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Call for Insights turns 45
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What an AI-Enabled Engineering Organisation Looks Like When It Is Working
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Every question you ask during testing is the seed of the next one.
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The Learning Lollipop Model
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The Learning Lollipop Model
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The Learning Lollipop Model
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The Learning Lollipop Model
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The Learning Lollipop Model
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The Learning Lollipop Model
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Empowering the team through a QA Academy
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Empowering the team through a QA Academy
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Uncover the steps to create a successful community of practice
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Empowering the team through a QA Academy
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Empowering the team through a QA Academy
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What an AI-Enabled Engineering Organisation Looks Like When It Is Working
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Earlier this year I had 8 weeks to deliver a project and the pressure started to hit.Ā I spent an awful lot of my time giving feedback and felt like the bottleneck.Ā We don't often talk a...
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Together, We Find Solutions
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Together, We Find Solutions
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Together, We Find Solutions
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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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"Agree with Ash, love the organic format, its my favourite style of conversation - unscripted, unrehearsed and uninhibited. Simon is a master steering the conversation. A pleasure and honour to be a part of š"
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Call for Insights turns 45
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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A few months ago, running 10k felt like something very distant (literally speaking). Not me! I could list every reason why I shouldn't do it: no time, no fitness, no experience, no idea where to ev...
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What my first 10k taught me about showing up in the MoTaverse
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What my first 10k taught me about showing up in the MoTaverse
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Writing is a great way to get stuff out of your head and into the world. And in a world where misinformation and AI slop dominates our feeds, writing is more important than ever.
Writing can info...
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10 things to write about in the MoTaverse
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10 things to write about in the MoTaverse
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10 things to write about in the MoTaverse
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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On the 15th of January 2026 myself and Ujjwal Kumar Singh joined a call and pressed record. We were curious to see what would happen. A few weeks later Iād done the same with Neil Taylor and Clare ...
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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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