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Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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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
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awarded Emily O'Connor for:
Via the MoT Slack: QA Leaders this one’s for you.  image
Via the MoT Slack: QA Leaders this one’s for you. 
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awarded Mariem SAFI for:
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awarded Ben Dowen for:
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awarded Judy Mosley for:
Used MoTaverse LinkedIn Profile banner. image
Used MoTaverse LinkedIn Profile banner.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
"It's as creative a job as done by any journalist or by any investigator or any detective. So it needs tools. It need... image
"It's as creative a job as done by any journalist or by any investigator or any detective. So it needs tools. It needs techniques. It's it needs awareness of the context in which you are working." STEC Module 12 Lesson 2.  
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Chit chats at TestBash image
12/09/24. TestBash Brighton. Cool to chat with Sarah and Aafke. Sarah and I first met in person at TestBash 2023, so it was great to see her again. There's always plenty of opportunity for meeti...
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Simon Tomes
contributed:
Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 26 image
Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Thank you for being awesome
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Simon Tomes
awarded Hanisha Arora for:
Hiring for an SDET role, shared in the MoT Slack.  image
Hiring for an SDET role, shared in the MoT Slack. 
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Simon Tomes
contributed:
How to break a broken test: MoT Weekly – Issue 515 image
Is testing ever complete? Find out what's been happening in the testing, tech and quality engineering MoTaverse and join events to enrich your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.
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Simon Tomes
contributed:
23 language shifts every quality engineer can adopt today image
The words we use every day matter, let's tweak them!
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But how are we gonna test this? Ep 88 image
A lively hour of AI insights, accessibility updates, and classic quality conundrums
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Simon Tomes
awarded Scout Burghardt for:
Keen to see dedicated areas on The Club for MoT courses.  image
Keen to see dedicated areas on The Club for MoT courses. 
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contributed:
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The Three Mindsets of a Quality Engineer image
How curiosity, humility, and empathy can shift your role from inspecting for quality to shaping a culture of quality, one interaction at a time.
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awarded Conor O'Neill for:

Conor O'Neill's company, iPipeline, is looking for a Group Leader, Quality Management. Bromley, England.
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Conor O'Neill's company, iPipeline, is looking for a Group Leader, Quality Management. Bromley, England.
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Simon Tomes
awarded vishnudevi for:
Via Introductions Thread – Q2 2025. image
Via Introductions Thread – Q2 2025.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Atmaram Naik for:
Atmaram gives positive reviews of our contribution process. 
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Atmaram gives positive reviews of our contribution process. 
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Simon Tomes
awarded Stu Day for:
Stuart Day shares positivity for TestBash. image
Stuart Day shares positivity for TestBash.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Eamon Droko for:
Eamon shares a tip from Rahul's talk from TestBash.
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Eamon shares a tip from Rahul's talk from TestBash.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Scout Burghardt for:
Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt,  answered R... image
Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt,  answered Rosie's call to support the message that MoT is an awesome place to learn about testing.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt,  answered R... image
Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt,  answered Rosie's call to support the message that MoT is an awesome place to learn about testing.
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Simon Tomes
awarded James Wadley for:
Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt,  answered R... image
Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt,  answered Rosie's call to support the message that MoT is an awesome place to learn about testing.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
On Slack Rahul reported a trend showing up on his profile page before it has gone live. Awarded him a bug badge via T... image
On Slack Rahul reported a trend showing up on his profile page before it has gone live. Awarded him a bug badge via The Club
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Simon Tomes
awarded Shneha Paudyal for:
Shneha Paudyal grateful for Simon introducing her in person at the MoT London Meetup: Hi Simon, Thanks! Yeah, I enjoy... image
Shneha Paudyal grateful for Simon introducing her in person at the MoT London Meetup: Hi Simon, Thanks! Yeah, I enjoyed updating my profile.And thanks for introducing me to Parveen! The chat was really helpful. She shared some great tips on building my profile, standing out more, and staying active on LinkedIn. It was a great conversation, and I really appreciated the opportunity.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Ady spotted a bug on cert sales page (curators not listed). image
Ady spotted a bug on cert sales page (curators not listed).
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Simon Tomes
awarded Richard Adams for:
Richard Adams donated mot stec fee to scholarship fund.
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Richard Adams donated mot stec fee to scholarship fund.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Angela Cortes for:
Angela shares Alessandra's post positively. 
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Angela shares Alessandra's post positively. 
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Simon Tomes
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
"Most testers take random courses, hoping to boost their skills and profile but only end up with minimal results. But... image
"Most testers take random courses, hoping to boost their skills and profile but only end up with minimal results. But what if there was a platform designed exclusively for your growth as a tester. One that helps you level up and stand out? 🚀 Welcome to the Ministry of Testing, the world’s most vibrant and purposeful community for software testers."
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Simon Tomes
awarded Liz Daffen for:
Liz Daffen gives a positive shout-out about London Meetup. image
Liz Daffen gives a positive shout-out about London Meetup.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Conor O'Neill for:
Conor O'Neill shouts out MoT Gloucestershire Meetup on LinkedIn with photos. image
Conor O'Neill shouts out MoT Gloucestershire Meetup on LinkedIn with photos.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Stu Day for:
Stu Day talks positively about the MoT community.
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Stu Day talks positively about the MoT community.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Michael Close for:
Thank you all for contribution today, it's been another interesting week in testing. image
Thank you all for contribution today, it's been another interesting week in testing.
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Simon Tomes
awarded Stefan Papusoi for:
Stefan Papusoi reported spam. Simon took it off The Club. image
Stefan Papusoi reported spam. Simon took it off The Club.
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