Suman Bala
Quality Engineering Manager
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I am Open to Write, Teach, Mentor, Speak, CV Reviews, Podcasting
Suman Bala is a Test Architect with a passion for improvement in quality processes and is a strong believer in Test Automation. She feels proud of how people’s perspective has changed regarding testing throughout her career. She is striving to instil the idea that quality is everyone’s responsibility as opposed to merely laying it at the feet of QA. She is a co-organiser for the Ministry of Testing Bucks meet-up. She is a mentor and coach at work and within the wider testing community. She is co-designing and delivering the “Software Testing Bootcamp” sponsored by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

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Activity

Suman Bala
Suman Bala
earned:
<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/testbash-sessions/99-second-talks-day-2-testbash-brighton-motacon-2025" rel="noopener nofollow">99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025</a> image
99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
Suman Bala
Suman Bala
earned:
<div>Thank you, Suman, for sharing your experiences with the 2 SQEC modules! Love the stories and enthusiasm!</div> image
Thank you, Suman, for sharing your experiences with the 2 SQEC modules! Love the stories and enthusiasm!
Suman Bala
Suman Bala
earned:
<a href="" rel="noopener nofollow">17.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate</a> image
17.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
Suman Bala
Suman Bala
earned:
<a href="" rel="noopener nofollow">17.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate</a> image
17.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
Suman Bala
Suman Bala
earned:
<a href="" rel="noopener nofollow">17.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate</a> image
17.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate

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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025 image
  • Cassandra H. Leung's profile
  • Stu Day's profile
  • Suman Bala's profile
  • Elizabeth Zagroba's profile
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  • Diana Dromey's profile
  • Ady Stokes's profile
  • Simon Rigler's profile
  • Neil Taylor's profile
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  • Louise Woodhams's profile
  • Andrew Morton's profile
  • Marie Cruz's profile
  • Richard Adams's profile
  • Eamon Droko's profile
  • Philippa Jennings's profile
  • Dalbir Sehmbi's profile
  • Luke Lattimer's profile
  • Thiago Ferreira's profile
  • Emily O'Connor's profile
  • Sharaphadeen Arilesere's profile
  • Ayesha Saeed's profile
  • Nicola Furniss's profile
  • Preeti's profile
  • Gavin Clark's profile
  • Aaron Pinto's profile
  • Paul Reinheimer's profile
  • Sahabi Choudhury's profile
  • Vanessa Zettler's profile
  • Brijesh Goda's profile
  • Deniz Demirci's profile
  • Dapo Abdul's profile
  • Simon Long's profile
Celebrate the creativity and courage of testers and quality engineers as they share stories, lessons, and ideas in just 99 seconds.
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  • Suman Bala's profile
  • Parveen Khan's profile
  • Antonella Scaravilli's profile
  • Richard Adams's profile
  • Jesse Berkeley's profile
  • Padma Tatavarty's profile
  • Ayesha Saeed's profile
  • Trang Nguyen's profile
  • Swati parwal's profile
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  • Mark Benson's profile
Most conferences end when you walk out the door. hashtag#MoTaCon doesn’t. It lingers. - In the conversations that turn into ideas. - In the ideas that turn into experiments. - In the people w...
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  • Suman Bala's profile
  • Rahul Parwal's profile
  • Swati parwal's profile
Totally a luck by chance to meet someone who also has a Jaipur connection. It was wonderful meeting you and seeking feedback from you. I was surprised to see how quickly you were finding new ...
They just kept turning up!  image
  • Suman Bala's profile
  • Ady Stokes's profile
  • Simon Rigler's profile
  • Elly Gausden's profile
  • Louise Woodhams's profile
  • Richard Adams's profile
  • Eamon Droko's profile
  • Jesse Berkeley's profile
  • Chris Grubel's profile
  • Emily O'Connor's profile
  • Nicola Furniss's profile
  • Preeti's profile
  • Aaron Pinto's profile
  • Vanessa Zettler's profile
02/10/25. It's Thursday. The time is 16:03. It's Day 2 of MoTaCon. And I've never seen the 99-Second Talks queue grow so quickly. And even after this photo more people turned up. Such is the...
Lovely meeting Rahul in person! image
  • Suman Bala's profile
  • Rahul Parwal's profile
I have been following Rahul on LinkedIn for sometime now. Finally get to meet him in person!
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  • Suman Bala's profile
  • Ben Dowen's profile
  • Maryam Zafar's profile
Talking about Devs writing tests and pair testing during lean coffee at MoTacon 2025.
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Suman came ‘home’ to Leeds to speak at Test Up North conference. She pointed out the push back when asking developers to think about testing
STEC is complete 🎉: 19 modules, 59 voices, and a jam packed portfolio to show your growth image
  • Cassandra H. Leung's profile
  • Beth Marshall's profile
  • Jenny Bramble's profile
  • Lisa Crispin's profile
  • Suman Bala's profile
  • Mark Winteringham's profile
  • Dan Ashby's profile
  • Janet Gregory's profile
  • Lena Nyström's profile
  • Elizabeth Zagroba's profile
  • Jenna Charlton's profile
  • Melissa Eaden's profile
  • Maaike Brinkhof's profile
  • Ash Winter's profile
  • Hilary Weaver's profile
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  • Jesper Ottosen's profile
  • Louise Gibbs's profile
  • Parveen Khan's profile
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  • Simon Tomes's profile
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  • Ady Stokes's profile
  • Christine Pinto's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Aj Wilson's profile
  • Lewis Prescott's profile
  • James Wadley's profile
  • Brittany Stewart's profile
  • Melissa Fisher's profile
  • Joyz Ng's profile
  • Scott Kenyon's profile
  • Marie Cruz's profile
  • Emna Ayadi's profile
  • Ben Dowen's profile
  • Veerle Verhagen's profile
  • Rosie Sherry's profile
  • Mirza Sisic's profile
  • Richard Adams's profile
  • Julia Pottinger's profile
  • Rahul Parwal's profile
  • Callum Akehurst-Ryan's profile
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  • Karen Tests Stuff's profile
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Eighteen months, 19 modules, and 59 amazing contributors later, the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certification is complete! Looking back, my favourite part has been seeing so many community m...
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  • Hilary Weaver's profile
"One thing to keep in mind is that it can be anything. It doesn't have to be the test, but anything that you're automating. It needs to be worth the time that you're putting into it and the mainten...
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  • Suman Bala's profile
  • Nicola Lindgren's profile
  • Mike Harris's profile
Examples of how to test different sites and apps, along with the test heuristics applied, the reasoning and tool ideas. Nicola Lindgren, Mike Harris, Suman Bala, Philip Wong, and Shawn Shaligram
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Boost your career in software testing with the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate. Learn essential skills, from basic testing techniques to advanced risk analysis, crafted by industry experts.
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