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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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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...
That time I got the chance to be a speaker at one the legendary MoT London Meetups. image
A short story... Three weeks ago, I uploaded a contribution abstract to the MoT website. Two weeks ago, industrial action by underground staff caused a delay in the London Meetup 5.0. A few da...
My 1st Talk at MoT PH Meetup image
Back in July 2023, I finally faced one of my biggest fears, which was speaking in front of a crowd. I became a speaker at a Ministry of Testing Philippines meetup, and it was both nerve-wracking an...
Hello, my name is Olly image
Hi! I'm coming from Bournemouth, United Kingdom. I'm a Senior QA I'd love to meet others who are into user experience, risk, team dynamics I'm coming to TestBash 2025 as an attendee I'...
Princess??? image
When you begin your STEC journey, but notice that one of the MOT creatures looks like your dog, Princess.
An AI Testing Agent walks into a bar… image
An AI Testing Agent walks into a bar… …and gets tricked into rewriting the menu. (Prompt Injection) …and leaks the secret cocktail recipe. (Sensitive Data) …and installs a shady bar plugin. (Sup...
Meetups inspire quality people to unite image
What quality conversations happen in-person? Get a sense of what's going on in the MoTaverse with this week's MoTaverse Weekly
Hello, my name is Madhuri Mittal image
About Me: I’m coming from: London, UK My role is: QA Engineer (open to work) I’d love to meet others who are into: accessibility, exploratory testing, AI, quality coaching I'm coming to TestBas...
Another great 99 secs talk delivered by Eamon in London MoT meetup 5.0 image
Eamon is always up and ready to deliver great talk . He talked about Google Vs Chatgpt search which was amazing
Bug Hunt Challenge and cool rewards  image
Bug hunt is one of the favourite task in tester's life and it doubles the fun if rewarded. Enjoyed the Bug hunt challenge at London MoT Meetup 5.0.
Mark Dordel: Quality is about conversations image
Turn conversations into visible testing through shared runbooks that raise quality
The 6 most common digital accessibility bugs and how to fix them image
Everyday accessibility testing your whole team can do
5 signals that show test automation is shifting towards developers image
Testing is shifting in a way where quality is increasingly everyone's responsibility
Thanks for sharing lots of helpful things in the chat during today's This Week in Testing.   image
Thanks for sharing lots of helpful things in the chat during today's This Week in Testing.  
Bug's guide to conference curiosity image
I love going to tech conferences. I keep an open mind and fill my brain with ideas. I plan my day and don’t plan. Either works. I check to see if it’s ok to speak to someone who is by them...
Christian talking about GitHub Actions image
Christian presents GitHub Actions, does some live coding and encourages a discussion.
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