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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
The whole-team quality approach image
The whole-team quality approach
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Barry Ehigiator for:
The whole-team quality approach image
The whole-team quality approach
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Barry Ehigiator for:
The whole-team quality approach image
The whole-team quality approach
The whole-team quality approach image
The whole-team quality approach
What happens when you explore My Reports? image
What happens when you explore My Reports?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
Couldn't resist featuring your MoT song on the MoT homepage! 😃 image
Couldn't resist featuring your MoT song on the MoT homepage! 😃
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
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In 2021 I was hired as Customer Support for FR market in the company I work for. During the process, I was told that new systems will come, to reduce manual work and modernize the infrastructure, w...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rodolphe HENRY for:
What happens when you explore My Reports? image
What happens when you explore My Reports?
Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective? image
Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective? image
Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective? image
Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective? image
Had an awesome call with Clare Norman, during which she shared a powerful reflection: Are we sharing our testing insights with the right audiences? Perhaps we need to make formal cohorts of qual...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective? image
Had an awesome call with Clare Norman, during which she shared a powerful reflection: Are we sharing our testing insights with the right audiences? Perhaps we need to make formal cohorts of qual...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering  image
It's been 1.5 years being part of MoT. I was part of MoT meet-ups, social gathering and events like TestBash and MotaCon. The more we explore, the more we see and understand. That's where the curio...
MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering  image
MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering  image
MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering  image
MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
commented on:
"Ministry of Testing shine bright
Where bugs and codes (coats?) take flight." 

Now that's an excellent use of AI-gen... image
""Ministry of Testing shine bright Where bugs and codes (coats?) take flight." Now that's an excellent use of AI-generated music! 😃"
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Clare Norman for:
Great to talk on a call today! I'm glad we covered so much and explored many ideas together. Excited for what those i... image
Great to talk on a call today! I'm glad we covered so much and explored many ideas together. Excited for what those ideas might become.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Thanks for continuing to share your STEC portfolio. Was cool to read Module 3's reflections and learnings, particular... image
Thanks for continuing to share your STEC portfolio. Was cool to read Module 3's reflections and learnings, particularly your tester skills plan. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found! image
Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found!
Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found! image
Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found! image
Maybe Moltbook could learn from Community as a Service?
Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found! image
Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found! image
Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found!
The curb-cut effect image
The curb-cut effect
Alt Text Health Check image accessibility report #3 image
Alt Text Health Check image accessibility report #3
New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research image
New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research
Are bugs and incidents inevitable with AI coding agents? image
Are bugs and incidents inevitable with AI coding agents?
Poland’s energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware image
Poland’s energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
Signal president warns AI agents are making encryption irrelevant image
Signal president warns AI agents are making encryption irrelevant
These artists are on a mission to make photography more accessible image
These artists are on a mission to make photography more accessible
Good Leadership Is About Asking Good Questions image
Good Leadership Is About Asking Good Questions
Agent Skills – how to create and test them image
Agent Skills – how to create and test them
STEC: Module 3 - The secret skill set of software testers image
STEC: Module 3 - The secret skill set of software testers
The Dorodango Technique: Agents in Agents Driving Scripts image
The Dorodango Technique: Agents in Agents Driving Scripts
When you outsource testing to the AI, you lose the ability to understand your system image
When you outsource testing to the AI, you lose the ability to understand your system
The Second Signal Leaders Ignore: Explaining Away What Feels Off image
The Second Signal Leaders Ignore: Explaining Away What Feels Off
Don’t automate everything, review everything image
Don’t automate everything, review everything
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
registered for:
Don’t automate everything, review everything image
Software Testing Live: Episode 06
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
My direction of travel 2026 image
When i first pondered goal setting, following a link that Nataliia Burmei posted on LinkedIn about using AI as a quality engineer, that pulled me into the Motaverse, where i was greeted by a messa...
My direction of travel 2026 image
My direction of travel 2026
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Jane D'Cruze for:
My direction of travel 2026 image
My direction of travel 2026
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Nataliia for:
My direction of travel 2026 image
My direction of travel 2026
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
My direction of travel 2026 image
My direction of travel 2026
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
Re-introducing myself.  Past and Present. image
One of the goals I highlighted in my recent memory post was to share a little bit more about myself and so I thought the best way to do this would be to (re)introduce myself in a memory post! I ...
Re-introducing myself.  Past and Present. image
Re-introducing myself. Past and Present.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Neil Taylor for:
Re-introducing myself.  Past and Present. image
Re-introducing myself. Past and Present.
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