Gary Hawkes | Activities
awarded MoT Athens for:
Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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In TWiQ today, Aj raised the idea of self-service infrastructure and it got me thinking about how that is related to platform engineering. Something I realise I don't know enough about, but a recen...
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Changing the conversation changes the future
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Changing the conversation changes the future
awarded TWiQ — This Week in Quality for:
Changing the conversation changes the future
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Changing the conversation changes the future
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Changing the conversation changes the future
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Changing the conversation changes the future
awarded Abby Bangser for:
Changing the conversation changes the future
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TWIQ 139 - Models and Negative Testing
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5.7.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.7.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
awarded Ady Stokes for:
5.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
5.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
awarded Kat Obring for:
5.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
awarded Lisa Crispin for:
5.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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"How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?"
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Inspired by my manager who explained I 'monkey-barred' to a new job (before I was a tester I was a baker) and couldn't really transfer a lot of skills with me. I looked at him baffled because not o...
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AMA about how baking a cake is the same as developping software
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
AMA about how baking a cake is the same as developping software
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Nice one for taking on the "create a Moment during TWiQ challenge". 🏆
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This Week in Quality
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. Good to see and hear from you.
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TWiQ challenge was accepted, nice one!
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TWIQ 139 - Models and Negative Testing
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Changing the conversation changes the future
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TWIQ 139 - Models and Negative Testing
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Changing the conversation changes the future
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In TWiQ today, Aj raised the idea of self-service infrastructure and it got me thinking about how that is related to platform engineering. Something I realise I don't know enough about, but a recen...
earned:
TWIQ 139 - Models and Negative Testing
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TWIQ 139 - Models and Negative Testing
contributed:
I'm not great a diagraming and modelling, and using negative testing better. So its got me thinking!
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Live experimentation, technical glitches, and community challenges along the way
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Gary Hawkes: All roads lead to quality
awarded Ishalli Garg for:
Great masterclass on The product-led approach to Quality. Really enjoyable and useful!
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The product-led approach to Quality: What I learnt working side-by-side with testers and engineers
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High value activities: The faces of quality
awarded Kat Obring for:
5.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Today's This Week in Quality had the hosts with their cameras on for the very first time! ... And since I could see them, I was extremely convinced that they could see me as well. Cue lots of emoti...
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Can you see me now?
awarded Heleen Van Grootven for:
Can you see me now?
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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