Gary Hawkes | Activities
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TWiQ, camera, action: Vibe mapping high value activities - TWIQ Ep 138
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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AMA Answer: How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Can MoTaCon be part of the MoTaverse Festival? 🤔We currently have the following satellite events happening during MoTaCon week:
28 Sep - Leaders Dinner - London with TestMu AI: thanks to TestMu AI ...
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Is MoTaCon secretly a festival now?
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Is MoTaCon secretly a festival now?
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Is MoTaCon secretly a festival now?
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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A hot-takes episode on AI dependency, community knowledge sharing, silos, and why exploratory testing matters more than ever as software teams move faster.
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Thanks for joining the hot takes conversation during TWiQ. Great to hear your hot takes and reflections.
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This Week in Quality
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Upon my AMA about how baking a cake is the same as developping software moment Gary Hawkes asked "How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?". Immediately...
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AMA Answer: How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?
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AMA Answer: How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?
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AMA Answer: How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?
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AMA Answer: How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?
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How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?
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Upon my AMA about how baking a cake is the same as developping software moment Gary Hawkes asked "How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?". Immediately...
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"I've configured things you people wouldn't believe. IIS settings on multiple local builds. I watched Test pipelines glitter in the dark near the QA Release gate. All those moments will be lost in ...
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I've Configured Things You Wouldn't Believe
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I've Configured Things You Wouldn't Believe
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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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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Collaborating to make the music better
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AI Prompt Template - Review a Story to improve Quality
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Collaborating to make the music better
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Collaborating to make the music better
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Collaborating to make the music better
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Collaborating to make the music better
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Customer advocacy in an AI-saturated quality space
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Who cares for the customer?
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Who cares for the customer?
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Who cares for the customer?
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Who cares for the customer?
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Who cares for the customer?
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Who cares for the customer?
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Collaborating to make the music better
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"Thanks Rosie! 😁"
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Collaborating to make the music better
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Hello Mr Trombonist!
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Collaborating to make the music better
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Collaborating to make the music better
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Collaborating to make the music better
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I had a gig on Saturday with my band Jazz Division in a gorgeous setting in Norfolk supporting The Brain Tumour Charity and Mind. Something came out of this that I thought was relevant to how we co...
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I had a gig on Saturday with my band Jazz Division in a gorgeous setting in Norfolk supporting The Brain Tumour Charity and Mind. Something came out of this that I thought was relevant to how we co...
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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