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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.

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Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Jessica Mosley for:
Quality people are truth tellers image
Quality people are truth tellers
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Quality people are truth tellers image
Quality people are truth tellers
Quality people are truth tellers image
Quality people are truth tellers
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
Quality people are truth tellers image
A great conversation on friction, influence and showing up authentically
Quality people are truth tellers image
Quality people are truth tellers
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Jessica Mosley for:
Quality people are truth tellers image
Quality people are truth tellers
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Quality people are truth tellers image
Quality people are truth tellers
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid image
I've been enjoying listening to Managing Engineers podcast with Neil Younger and Si Jobling. They have an episode on metrics and I'm always looking for metric inspiration, so I thought I'd capture ...
🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid image
🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid image
🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Neil Younger for:
🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid image
🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid
Walk through the door, don't just open it image
Walk through the door, don't just open it
Member joined AI Chapter chapter image
Member joined AI Chapter chapter
The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team image
The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team
The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team image
The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team
Member joined AI Chapter chapter image
Member joined AI Chapter chapter
The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team image
The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134 image
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
If AI Trains Mostly on AI Text, Where Does New Knowledge Come From? image
If AI Trains Mostly on AI Text, Where Does New Knowledge Come From?
Rethinking the AI Gold Rush: Industry Leaders Warn of the “Agentic Paradox” image
Rethinking the AI Gold Rush: Industry Leaders Warn of the “Agentic Paradox”
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Thanks for sharing your STEC collection in the Buddies channel on the Slack. I like how it's a nice way to inspire fo... image
Thanks for sharing your STEC collection in the Buddies channel on the Slack. I like how it's a nice way to inspire folks to do something similar to support their learning. 
STEC Portfolio - Module 2: What Do Software Testers Do? image
STEC Portfolio - Module 2: What Do Software Testers Do?
STEC Deep Dive: Fresh Eyes, New Insights image
STEC Deep Dive: Fresh Eyes, New Insights
Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC) reflections image
Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC) reflections
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134 image
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC) reflections image
Thoughts and reflections about the lessons included in the Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC)
Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise image
Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise image
Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter image
Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
This is how testing is shifting to developers image
This is how testing is shifting to developers
This is how testing is shifting to developers image
This is how testing is shifting to developers
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
10 ways to test iOS apps across different states and lifecycle stages image
Master the testing of iOS app states to prevent data loss, crashes, and unexpected behaviour.
10 ways to test iOS apps across different states and lifecycle stages image
10 ways to test iOS apps across different states and lifecycle stages
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Boris Dobretsov for:
10 ways to test iOS apps across different states and lifecycle stages image
10 ways to test iOS apps across different states and lifecycle stages
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
How Does Your Mobile Application Handle Internet Connection Issues? You Might Be Surprised… image
Testing a mobile application? Have you thought about connection latency issues?
How Does Your Mobile Application Handle Internet Connection Issues? You Might Be Surprised… image
How Does Your Mobile Application Handle Internet Connection Issues? You Might Be Surprised…
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ashutosh Mishra for:
How Does Your Mobile Application Handle Internet Connection Issues? You Might Be Surprised… image
How Does Your Mobile Application Handle Internet Connection Issues? You Might Be Surprised…
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
Where Am I And Where Is My Test Data? Enhancing Testability Of Location Services image
Uncover the challenges and strategies for testing mobile applications that use location services
Where Am I And Where Is My Test Data? Enhancing Testability Of Location Services image
Where Am I And Where Is My Test Data? Enhancing Testability Of Location Services
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ash Winter for:
Where Am I And Where Is My Test Data? Enhancing Testability Of Location Services image
Where Am I And Where Is My Test Data? Enhancing Testability Of Location Services
Case Study: How Eneco Upgraded from Manual QA to Automated Testing with Maestro image
Case Study: How Eneco Upgraded from Manual QA to Automated Testing with Maestro
Built on Scar Tissue - Part 1: The QA Job Nobody Built AI For image
Built on Scar Tissue - Part 1: The QA Job Nobody Built AI For
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
Thanks for accepting the challenge of answering Micro Call for Insights questions.  image
Thanks for accepting the challenge of answering Micro Call for Insights questions. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded James Pearce for:
Thanks for accepting the challenge of answering Micro Call for Insights questions.  image
Thanks for accepting the challenge of answering Micro Call for Insights questions. 
The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team image
The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team
Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣 image
Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
Walk through the door, don't just open it image
Walk through the door, don't just open it
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