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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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Mind the QA of the gaps
awarded Shawn Vernier for:
Mind the QA of the gaps
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Mind the QA of the gaps
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"I'm guilty! I'm jumping across gaps all the time 🤚. But what I try to do is focus on influencing responsibilities that can act on knowing who should fill the gap or those who probably should own that responsibility. I make it explicit, "I will help wit..."
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Shift from treating AI as a "single source of truth" to using it as a "clarity booster" for human-led ideas.
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Stop delegating your thinking: Using 5 whys to check AI documentation
awarded Cristina Carrageis for:
Stop delegating your thinking: Using 5 whys to check AI documentation
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Modernise your design strategy with mobile-first and keyboard-centric approaches that create more resilient, accessible, and user-friendly software.
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Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
awarded Scott Kenyon for:
Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
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You Ship It, You Own It.
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Lessons learnt from gardening
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Outdoor Gym - Basic Accessibility Test Failure
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Engineering Leaders Shape How Change Reaches Customers
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Why showing up helps quality professionals acknowledge their continuous learning journey
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One to one interactions spark community curiosity and confidence
awarded Chris Pratt for:
One to one interactions spark community curiosity and confidence
awarded Simon Tomes for:
One to one interactions spark community curiosity and confidence
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"I found this chat really reassuring 🤗. As much as I loved MoTacon and felt it was the best experience of my professional life so far, I had moments where I was overwhelmed. So its great to hear people like Chris also share they felt that too. I'm also ..."
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Evolve from executor to orchestrator by integrating AI and holistic product insights to accelerate quality in high-stakes engineering environments.
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Pranav Pandit - Orchestrating AI driven quality engineering
awarded Pranav Pandit for:
Pranav Pandit - Orchestrating AI driven quality engineering
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Pranav Pandit - Orchestrating AI driven quality engineering
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"Great conversation. Engineering often get look at as the sole responsibility for shipping faster. But when we step back we realised that engineering can only go as fast as every process from Product to the customer will allow.
I think Quality Engineer..."
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How is friction helping and not helping software engineering and testing teams?
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Friction has a complex relationship with quality
awarded Jesper Ottosen for:
Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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AI guardrails: Non-negotiable safety or overly cautious "slowdowns"?
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Speed without guarded verification is risky business
awarded Charles Penn for:
Speed without guarded verification is risky business
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Speed without guarded verification is risky business
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Outdoor Gym - Basic Accessibility Test Failure
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And MoTographer goes to London, again! Cheeky! 😃
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The morphing MoTaverse
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
The morphing MoTaverse
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99 Second Talks – Day 1 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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Loving the family-style portrait with the Solirius gang 🤩
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Big smiles everyone!!
awarded Ayesha Saeed for:
Big smiles everyone!!
awarded Hippo Digital for:
Big smiles everyone!!
awarded Cameron Browne for:
Big smiles everyone!!
awarded Ramen Space for:
Big smiles everyone!!
awarded Ben for:
Big smiles everyone!!
awarded Joely Roberts for:
Big smiles everyone!!
awarded Jessie Harrigan for:
Big smiles everyone!!
awarded MoT London for:
Big smiles everyone!!
awarded Rowan for:
Big smiles everyone!!
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