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Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
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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

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Early start for the event team image
The MoTaCon (nee TrstBash) event team were on site from 7am getting everything ready. Hope you enjoyed the day?
Whoop whoop! Glad to be at MoTaCon image
Glad to finally be immersed into some of the brilliant minds in the Testing space here at MoTaCon
Started the workshop with meeting the awesome Ben Dowen. image
Thanks for all the morning debriefing and support.
It's not everyday that you get to meet a testing mermaid image
So, get clicked when you find her :)
Meeting folks whom you have known through their work finally in real life is a different feeling image
Cassandra H. is an amazing tester, and I am glad to finally meet her in person. thanks, MoT.
Met Scott Kenyon after my workshop image
Thanks Scott for meeting, attending my workshop, sharing your feedback and helping throughout the day. It was great meeting you.
Met Nadja in real life at leading with quality  image
Tea breaks are good. You get to meet great folks.
Epic Test Quest with Christine Pinto image
Always good to take a pic with the awesome Christine Pinto
Hanging out with some of the Co-op crew image
Catching up with Simon, Mark and Nic from Co-op, discussing MoTaCon plus bonus items of pub encounters this week, including over-friendly newly weds and unusual deposits.
99-second talk: We know - We do - We care - We’ll be back! image
Yesterday I gave my first 99-second talk at my first MoTaCon on disaster management! When things have gone completely wrong, remember:- We know: Share the facts, without speculation but als...
MoTacon lean coffee image
Talking about Devs writing tests and pair testing during lean coffee at MoTacon 2025.
Community Talents image
Community Talents
Community Talents image
Community Talents
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
contributed:
Community Talents image
It's common place during TestBash/MOTacon that you uncover stunning talent. But it is rare for that talent to show itself in 2 gifted singers. Get your tissues out, this is a clip of Tom and my...
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
contributed:
Community Talents image
It's common place during TestBash/MOTacon that you uncover stunning talent. But it is rare for that talent to show itself in 2 gifted singers. Get your tissues out, this is a clip of Tom and my...
Congratulations on your first 99s talk image
Congratulations on your first 99s talk
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Nicola Sedgwick for:
Thanks for your quality radar workshop at leading with quality event. It was incredibly powerful and I have a mountai... image
Thanks for your quality radar workshop at leading with quality event. It was incredibly powerful and I have a mountain of takeaways.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Thanks for an amazing workshop on Prompt Engineering. I've got a lot of takeaways to process. image
Thanks for an amazing workshop on Prompt Engineering. I've got a lot of takeaways to process.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Kulas Angeles for:
Thanks for an amazing talk, one of the most powerful I've watched. I've taken so much from it. image
Thanks for an amazing talk, one of the most powerful I've watched. I've taken so much from it.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Brilliant talk, notes taken, you smashed it! image
Brilliant talk, notes taken, you smashed it!
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Thanks Ben for giving me a little nudge to do my first 99 sec talk image
Thanks Ben for giving me a little nudge to do my first 99 sec talk
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
For organising the MoT Run and looking after everyone image
For organising the MoT Run and looking after everyone
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
commented on:
Thanks for bringing us together Nat and for a lot of you holding back your usual run times to keep talking with us pl... image
"Thanks for bringing us together Nat and for a lot of you holding back your usual run times to keep talking with us plodders 🙏"
TestBash Runners! Pre conference morning run. Love it image
TestBash Runners! Pre conference morning run. Love it
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
contributed:
TestBash Runners! Pre conference morning run. Love it image
What a brilliant turn up at 7am for a social run by Brighton beach. I am so happy we did it. We talked, we aligned, we met new people, we discussed work, kids. We showed up for each other. Love it....
Rosie and The Main Gary image
Rosie and The Main Gary
Rosie and The Main Gary image
Rosie and The Main Gary
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
contributed:
Rosie and The Main Gary image
Our tense selfie at MoTacon 🤔....no not Gary Shannon...
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
contributed:
Rosie and The Main Gary image
Our tense selfie at MoTacon 🤔....no not Gary Shannon...
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Amazing talk Demi. Well done!!! image
Amazing talk Demi. Well done!!!
Unlocking AI Potential image
Our workshop prompt: Act as a world leading Quality Lead who has deep insight in the quality aspects for the delivery of software product. I need you to help produce a list of measureable met...
Unlocking AI Potential image
Unlocking AI Potential
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
contributed:
Unlocking AI Potential image
Our workshop prompt: Act as a world leading Quality Lead who has deep insight in the quality aspects for the delivery of software product. I need you to help produce a list of measureable met...
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
achieved:
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Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Barry Ehigiator for:
Thanks for thought provoking talk. Its always a success if you get a lot of questions, you got us all thinking. image
Thanks for thought provoking talk. Its always a success if you get a lot of questions, you got us all thinking.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Ash Coleman Hynie for:
Thanks for an amazing talk. The discussions all proved that we are all in this together and have the same problems de... image
Thanks for an amazing talk. The discussions all proved that we are all in this together and have the same problems dealing with AI.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Nicola Sedgwick for:
An amazing talk that has been a real light bulb moment of, OMG Why aren't we doing this?! image
An amazing talk that has been a real light bulb moment of, OMG Why aren't we doing this?!
Notes: Embedding a Culture of Quality using the Quality Radar by Speaker: Nicola  Sedgwick image
Embedding a Culture of Quality using the Quality Radar Note: You can't improve what you can't see Each of the "elements" of the quality radar requires deep thinking Our field is filled wit...
We can no longer mention the T word image
That moment we had the last week in testing.
Speaking at Test Up North #1 & First MoT meetup in Leeds! image
I had the amazing opportunity to speak at the inaugural Test Up North conference in Leeds yesterday which was followed up by the MoT Leeds meetup. Of course, I had to represent MoT London and Op...
Annette Tran: Shifting to sharing the load image
Spread quality ownership through collaboration and curiosity
Power pairing our people process: How we moved to a collaborative QA Engineer and QA Analyst model image
Pairing QA Engineers and Analysts isn't just a process tweak, it's a cultural shift that transforms siloed testing into a collaborative, balanced and business-aligned effort.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
is Open to CV Reviews
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
is Open to Podcasting
We've implemented Open To Podcasting thanks to your feedback! image
We've implemented Open To Podcasting thanks to your feedback!
Hello, my name is Anand Karia! image
Here's a little about me for those I'll meet at TestBash in a couple of weeks. I’m coming from: London UK My role is: Test Manager, Test Lead, Test Engineer I'm coming to TestBash 2025 as an: ...
Hello, my name is Zoltan Ertekes image
Hello, fellow testers! I'm joining you from Sheffield, UK. (originally from Hungary, Budapest) I work as a Quality Engineer (QE) at Capgemini. I'm absolutely thrilled to be at TestBash! It's b...
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Leo Donnelly for:
Fantastic achievement Leo! Well done, may you gain even more success as a result. image
Fantastic achievement Leo! Well done, may you gain even more success as a result.
Hello, my name is Joanna Negler image
👋 About Me: I’m coming from: Denver, Colorado USA My role is: QA Manager I’d love to meet others who are into: all aspects of software testing, continious improvement, and/or movies 🎥 I'm comin...
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