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Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
he/him

Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.

MoTaverse Team
Chapter Lead
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Emily O'Connor for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Eamon Droko for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Christine Pinto for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Jesse Berkeley for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Susanne Abdelrahman for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Mariem SAFI for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Lisa Crispin for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Tom Game for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Gary Shannon for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Callum Akehurst-Ryan for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Bug of the MoTaverse for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference. The one and only! We are grateful you are everywhere. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Oleksandr Romanov for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Nadja Schulz for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Gary Hawkes for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Stu Day for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Scout Burghardt for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Space Duck for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference. Yep, I know you're a fictional character, yet we're big fans of what you represent. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Space Seagull for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference. Yes, I know you're a fictional character, but we love your work! 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Cassandra H. Leung for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Veerle Verhagen for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Daniel Billing for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Elisse for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Deborah Sherwood for:
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and in... image
Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
How do we cope with the increase in scope? image
How do we cope with the increase in scope?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
How do we cope with the increase in scope? image
Susanne Abdelrahman reality checks the growth in responsibility for QA/quality folks. She also shares a helpful car analogy during her conversation with Rosie Sherry. Susanne Abdelrahman: Wh...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Melissa Fisher for:
Thanks for sharing a job advert in the MoT Slack.  image
Thanks for sharing a job advert in the MoT Slack. 
Low-code test automation tools: First impressions and recommendations for beginners  image
Evaluate the pros and cons of low-code automation tools through a tester’s hands-on experience selecting a solution
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
Thanks for encouraging Team MoT to make certificates visible on profiles.  image
Thanks for encouraging Team MoT to make certificates visible on profiles. 
MoTaverse shines bright: Another record-breaking month for community stars! image
MoTaverse shines bright: Another record-breaking month for community stars!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
MoTaverse shines bright: Another record-breaking month for community stars! image
We just broke another record. In June 2025, the MoTaverse awarded 934 community stars. That's up nearly 21% from May! And this meant more stars for the same number of members. 171 in both June and ...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Emily O'Connor for:
Thanks for spotting an incorrect link on MoTaverse Weekly.  image
Thanks for spotting an incorrect link on MoTaverse Weekly. 
The Green Room before MoT Tunis image
Myself, Mariem and Ben in the Green Room before MoT Tunis Online. Simon Tomes appears to be there in spirit!
The Green Room before MoT Tunis image
The Green Room before MoT Tunis
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
The Green Room before MoT Tunis image
Myself, Mariem and Ben in the Green Room before MoT Tunis Online. Simon Tomes appears to be there in spirit!
Measuring Commercial Impact at Scale at Canva image
Measuring Commercial Impact at Scale at Canva
Zero Trust Begins with Zero Shared Secrets image
Zero Trust Begins with Zero Shared Secrets
Do Androids dream of inlining links? image
Do Androids dream of inlining links?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
How we've created a successful FinOps practice at Datadog image
How we've created a successful FinOps practice at Datadog
When life needs my attention... image
There are so many important things that need my attention, and there are so many awesome things happening in the Ministry of Testing community! What's a Tester to do?
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