Gary Hawkes | Activities
awarded Gokul Konda Sudarsan for:
From testing to Quality Leadership
awarded Athanasia Kalogirou for:
From testing to Quality Leadership
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Post-MoTacon social: karaoke!
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One song to summarise a Post MoTacon karaoke
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Meeting Susanne Abdelrahmen at MoTacon 2026
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Catching up with Gary at Motacon
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Maturity models and frameworks
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LWQ 2026 - Resetting the Quality Engineering conversation
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One song to summarise a Post MoTacon karaoke
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Post-MoTacon social: karaoke!
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Leading with Quality
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Let's Mature This Conversation: Growth by Intention
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Story telling workshop through lego
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Tree roots are the standard of the quality
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Gary + Adam
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Cheers to MoTaCon 2026
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First arrivals at the pre-pre-social
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MoTaCon pre pre meetup
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I'm in Brighton
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Meeting Susanne Abdelrahmen at MoTacon 2026
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MoTacon 26 here I come
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Post-MoTacon social: karaoke!
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Post-MoTacon social: karaoke!
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MoTacon 2026 - thoughts of 2025
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Post-MoTacon social: karaoke!
awarded Melissa Fisher for:
Thanks for that fantastic workshop on Quality Management Systems. It did provoke a lot of discussion around the Continuous Improvement and I think a number of people had a light bulb moment including myself of "we need to do something about that".
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Thanks Heleen for giving your all in the Post MoTacon Karaoke. You were amazing, it was great to see over LWQ, MoTacon and the Karaoke. But you also put so much into the community, I wanted to give you a star to show my respect for everything you do.
awarded Heleen Van Grootven for:
Thanks Heleen for giving your all in the Post MoTacon Karaoke. You were amazing, it was great to see over LWQ, MoTacon and the Karaoke.
awarded Gianni Au for:
Thanks Gianni for giving your all in the Post MoTacon Karaoke. It was great to meet you and sing alongside you. Loved your energy!
awarded Christian Verwiebe for:
Thanks Christian for giving your all in the Post MoTacon Karaoke. It was great to meet you.
awarded Nadja Schulz for:
Thanks Nadja for organising the Karaoke and just putting so much into each day. It was great to be alongside you at LWQ, MoTacon and the karaoke.
awarded Richard Adams for:
Thanks so much for your RCA workshop. Lots of people on the table were very impressed with the final exercise you put together.
awarded Richard Adams for:
Thanks Richard for giving your all in the Post MoTacon Karaoke.
awarded Andrew Morton for:
Thanks Andrew for giving your all in the Post MoTacon Karaoke. It was great to finally meet you in person.
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Thanks Ady for giving your all in the Post MoTacon Karaoke and ensuring everyone was supported and having fun.
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Thanks Ady for giving your all in the Post MoTacon Karaoke and ensuring everyone was supported and having fun.
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Keeping it Joyful
awarded Jorunn Mjøs for:
Thanks for coming along to the karaoke and taking part. It was great to meet you, and as I said at the time, you do have a lovely voice 🎤
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One song to summarise a Post MoTacon karaoke
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Meeting Susanne Abdelrahmen at MoTacon 2026
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Post-MoTacon social: karaoke!
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Post-MoTacon social: karaoke!
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Meeting Susanne Abdelrahmen at MoTacon 2026
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One song to summarise a Post MoTacon karaoke
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Meeting Susanne Abdelrahmen at MoTacon 2026
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I just want to give a shoutout to Susanne. My first "gig" with the MoTaverse was a LwQ podcast in 2025 with Rosie that started from a comment I added to Rosies LinkedIn post asking for help around ...
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One song to summarise a Post MoTacon karaoke
thanked contributors on:
Over the many (many!) years I've attended MoTaCon, and it's previous incarnations, I've always found that the day after is a strange combination of tiredness and feeling reinvigorated.MoTaCon for m...
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The MoTaCon Effect
awarded David Williams for:
The MoTaCon Effect
Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
He/Him
Head of Engineering who came from QE. Admirer of all humans (with a special affinity for testers). I love to bring out the best in people and help them grow. I have a very tactical view of delivery and love working to find the sweet spot so that processes are a balance between effort and value. Music nut.
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