Simon Tomes
Community Lead at Ministry of Testing
he/him
I am Open to Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Write, Teach, Speak, Mentor, Podcasting
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.
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Activity
earned:
This Year In Quality - Amazing Episode
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Great to co-host the final TWiQ episode of 2025 with you. This Year in Quality was a lot of fun! 🎉
earned:
What is TYiQ? Wrong answers only – Ep 117 (End-of-year special)
contributed:
Join the community for a playful look back at the year in quality, with quizzes, stats, and wrong answers only
commented on:
"So glad you were there, Preeti! Thanks for being part of This Year in Quality. 🎉"
Interests
advocacy
all-things-community
asking-questions
bug
bugs
bugs-in-the-wild
charters
coaching
coaching-testers
community
conferences
conference-speaking
continuous-learning
design
diversity
drumming
events
experimentation
exploratory-testing
heuristics
leadership
memes
mentoring
mot-stec
music
oracles
podcasting
process-improvement
product-development
product-management
public-speaking
quality-strategy
space-duck
space-seagull
systems-thinking
team-enablement
testbash
testbash-brighton
testing
writing
Contributions
Join the community for a playful look back at the year in quality, with quizzes, stats, and wrong answers only
Today's episode of TYIQ was super fun. Something different - where it started with Christmas theme based Lovely names and throughout the episode gained so much knowledge about MoTaverse facts and...
What happens when you have 99 seconds to look at someone's MoT profile?
Well, first of all, I can't believe I missed calling out that Nadja has an unlimited professional membership! Secondly, th...
A two-panel comic by @beetlemoses.
The top panel shows a green chrysalis hanging from a tree branch in a forest.
The bottom panel shows the interior of the chrysalis, reimagined as a messy DI...
What happens when you have 99 seconds to look at someone's MoT profile?
Motion warning: Lots of rapid web page scrolling.
What happens when you have 99 seconds to look at someone's MoT profile?
What happens when you have 99 seconds to look at someone's MoT profile?
EDIT: Oops, Olly was actually sharing thanks for Viv Richard's recent article (not the other way round as I share in the ...
