Tall. Likes brass bands. Over twenty years as a tester, so you'd think I'd know what I was doing by now. Co-organiser of NottsTest.

Quality assurance was the best unintended career I could have ever asked for! Development was always my plan and the focus of my schooling -- however, opportunities came in quality assurance that were too good to pass up, and I am not sorry I took them. Working for a high-quality deliverable can be challenging, and watching a smooth delivery and adoption is very gratifying.

Varuna is a technical tester who's worked on award-winning projects across a wide variety of technology sectors, including retail, travel, financial, and the public sector, and worked with various web, mobile, and IoT technologies. Varuna is a passionate advocate of shipping quality code to production using agile practices. When not working, Varuna likes to get her hands dirty experimenting with her culinary skills. Most of her weekends are spent in cookgraphy—cooking plus photography!

I am working as a Principal consultant at Thoughtworks from the past 14 years prior to which I was at Capgemini and Siemens Apart from helping my clients deliver high quality software, I have also built the QA function within their organisations including recruiting and career progression. I represented GDS to co-create the DDAT QA job family which is now part of UK government departments Within Thoughtworks, I run the QA community in UK and also a Global Community Lead for Thoughtworks QA community worldwide. As part of these roles, I lead conversations on revising and rebuilding the QA job profiles and the recruitment process globally. I also lead the career progression at Thoughtworks globally having recently revised the archetypes and competencies for career pathways. I spend time mentoring QAs at Thoughtworks Over the years I have been a trainer multiple times for Thoughtworks University training over 200 graduates, along with revamping the course material Recently I have also co-created an onboarding guide for new joiners to help them assimilate in Thoughtworks

I really enjoy testing and to work with it as a profession is something I never could dream of could be such a perfect fit. I am down to earth-guy and I never quit learning and finding new information about all the systems around us. I am all in to System Dynamics and Metal 🤟

I started breaking software everywhere, and people said, "Good job!" I said, "Stop, you're making me blush... okay, carry on." Now, I'm still testing things I shouldn't—like a rebel without a cause.

Gleb Bahmutov is a JavaScript ninja, image-processing expert, and software quality fanatic. Sr Director of Engineering at Mercari US.

I break things...

QA Leader with 7+ years optimizing testing across entertainment, eCommerce, and FinTech. Expert in human-centered quality assurance and efficient test automation strategies.

Life is short! Don't waste it reading my MoT profile.

Hey, I'm Melissa! I transform Quality Engineering teams through approaches, techniques, tools and overall quality mindset. I enjoy discussing all topics, so feel free to reach out.