Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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I am Open to Write, Teach, Speak, Mentor, CV Reviews, Podcasting, Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Review Conference Proposals

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. πŸŽ“ MoT-STEC qualified.

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MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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99 Second Speaker
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TestBash Brighton 2025 Attendee
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Cert Shaper
Author Debut
A beginner's guide to mobile testing
99 and Counting
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Found at 404
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Into the MoTaverse
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AMA Initiate
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Certificates

MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate image
Awarded for: Passing the exam with a score of 100%

Activity

What is time blindness? image
What is time blindness?
I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133 image
I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133
It was a nice experiment to organise London Chapter gathering differently image
It was a nice experiment to organise London Chapter gathering differently
I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133 image
I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133
This is what a human tech community looks like when ... image
This is what a human tech community looks like when ...

Contributions

I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133 image
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A lively chat about influence without authority, from asking better questions and telling clearer risk stories to navigating stakeholders, careers, and community visibility.
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This month we did something differently. Instead of hosting London chapter at host company, we gathered in a pub. As you see from the photo, there were not many people, but this is a case of qualit...
The Community's Guide to Personas image
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What are personas? How does using personas in testing help? How do I get started with personas? All these questions answered and more.
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One of the big things about ADHD is time blindness. Heleen Van Grootven explains how time blindness impacts her approach to working. This is a snippet from her excellent Call for Insights: Finding ...
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... a new member joins, steps up on the This Week in Quality (TWiQ) stage and says hi.Welcome, Ibekwe. Thanks for introducing yourself. πŸ˜ƒΒ Lovely to also see all the welcome messages coming in ...
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A pessimist, optimist and realist are talking about writing. After agreeing they could write about things that worry us it was time to explore more ideas of things to write about.Optimist: Getting ...
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It’s easy to get lost in everything AI. And tonight at the London Chapter casual catchup was no exception.Β We talked about AI a lot. Like most of every conversation came back to AI. But I’m gl...
Three principles for AI Agent Configuration image
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How do we set up AI agents that are secure, reliable and trustworthy? Start with some principles.
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If you didn't write it, do you own it? The role of AI Guardrails in code quality.
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