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Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
He/Him
Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering
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Superpowers:
- making you feel guilty eating your own food
- walking in a manner that makes passers by say "Aaaah...how old is he?" without fail
- Tracking his mummy wherever she moves...unless ...
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Superpowers:
- making you feel guilty eating your own food
- walking in a manner that makes passers by say "Aaaah...how old is he?" without fail
- Tracking his mummy wherever she moves...unless ...
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Wow what an absolute privilege it was to stand up on stage at TestBash (MoTaCon) 2025. It was my first time speaking on such a big stage and in front of great peers in the Testing and Quality Comm...
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Loved being able to hear Jenny Bramble's discussion on Testing in Production. Her talk was inspiring, thought-provoking, and very goth as she guided us through the wrong and right ways to test in p...
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Another wonderful meet up in Auckland where we learnt about Spark NZ's adoption journey to AI in testing.
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Ship it, I've marked these accessibility bugs as low priority."
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Learn more about Threat Modelling with Richard Adam's talk from TestBash UK 2022.
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It's been a wonderful thing watching Dalbir grow within the MoTaverse over the past year.
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Stu + Beat Boxing + 99 second talk.
What's not to love?
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Eamon is here to break boundaries and is actively looking to do 99 "99 second talks".
I think this was number 9, or 10?
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I mean, I saw it straight away. You can see it straight away. Why didn't they see it straight away?
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Good things happen to those who get on the 99 second stage.
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Tom working his Game.
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Jarsto van Santen on the 99 second stage at MoTaCon 25.
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Madhuri Mittal took to the 99 second MoTaCon stage.
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Cause, we know he'd appreciate it. :)
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Demi Van Malcot is on stage here at MoTaCon 2025.
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Isabel Evans on stage doing her thing at MoTaCon 2025.
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Mariem SAFI joined us on stage with a pre-recorded 99 second talk
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Olekansandr Romanov was there with us in digital 99 second talk digital spirit.
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Strengths:
- eats bugs
- loves routine
- abhors chaos
- alerts her people to anything out of the ordinary
Weaknesses
- eats bugs
- loves routine
- abhors chaos (Don't try to give Judy a h...
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Solve stubborn bugs faster by breaking things on purpose, questioning your assumptions, and thinking your way to clarity.
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"No there's a profile piccie!!"
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Gary Hawkes takes to the 99 second talk stage
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One of the Gary's
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Gary Hawkes takes to the 99 second talk stage
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Often when we test we end up checking something twice. Perhaps you're in a regression testing zone, working through a checklist, and forget to mark something up as 'passed'. There's that moment of ...
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A template you can use to help pitch MoT Professional Membership to your managers. Adjust as you feel necessary.
Thanks to Jonny for nudging and collaborating on this.
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Spotted this bug whilst taking out some cash from a cash machine.
However, the service worked seamlessly. Card goes in, PIN number entered, service selected. Cash pops out.
Zero issues. Job...
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Ever been writing automated tests with an AI code assistant, only to have it completely forget the framework you're using? Or start generating tests that don't match your page object patterns? Yeah...
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Based on a discussion earlier in the year (2025) about all the things AI will replace. I pointed out a few things it couldn't replace or do. This image was created so I could share it and prompt so...
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Sharp. Focused. Unstoppable.
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I just love all things Judy, "Judy love"'s Qs.
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This Week in Boundary Testing
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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. 😃
Join
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Thanks for introducing yourself on an introductions thread. I'm glad folks get to meet you!
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I loved your Leading with Quality podcast, and being a true advocate for our profession. So many powerful points, I take this talk and play it to senior leaders and just say...this! 🙏
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"Very good points on letting go. It took me many years to thinking recognition is for getting praise for my ideas an initiatives, but the biggest victories are when the people around you take you initiatives and treat them as their own. When you think a..."
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Explore how to lead without boundaries by embracing emergent strategies, building community, and creating space for quality to thrive.
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Discover how Monzo built a fun and practical quality coaching model that helps every team own and improve quality
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Curiosity killed the chat - Ep 109
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Discover how curiosity shapes conversations about AI, teamwork, new tools, and the value of recognising every contribution.
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Thank you Gary for joining This Week in Quality, sharing your amazing way to communicate the power of community to your company and leadership, your work to gather insights from each MoTaCon talk and share to people in your organisation. You are a powerful link between MoT community and business out there. Well done.
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Thanks for participating in the chat during TWiQ.
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Thanks for joining the stage at This Week in Quality. It worked! Thanks for amplifying the importance of folks participating in the MoTaverse.
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Got this businesscard from Mark Benson at TestBash, truly living up to his Creative Technologist label. Complete with five test cases to figure out and a hidden easter egg that can only found after...
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Some mornings start with coffee ☕, but today mine began with a copy of “The Testing Planet – October Edition” by the Ministry of Testing—and it turned out to be one of the most refreshing reads I’v...
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"This serves as a good reminder to you all. Your genAI history is forever. There is no Chatcognito." — Martin Hynie
Key points:
- AI chatbot logs and prompts are increasingly being treated as d...
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30/09/25, Brighton, UK.
Barry Ehigiator creates an immersive experience for the Leading With Quality participants.
At this points folks were tasked with reflecting on their experience of tr...
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