Mr Stephen P Platten
Principal Consultant
I am Open to Podcasting, Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Speak, Mentor
I am an award winning (European Software Testing awards, TESTA) tester and QA, with a passion to the best version of myself:
"The best manager, tester, and coach I can be, to be "The Stoic Tester."
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 93%
Activity
achieved:
Awarded for successfully passing the MoT Advanced Certificate in Test Automation
earned:
MoT Advanced Certificate in Test Automation
earned:
Ascend to leadership roles by mastering strategic skills in automation strategy creation, planning and execution
awarded Mark Winteringham for:
2.5.2 of MoT Advanced Certificate in Test Automation
earned:
2.5.2 of MoT Advanced Certificate in Test Automation
Contributions
Explore the parallels between the lessons Stephen learnt in the RAF and his current work.
I'm super excited to anounce our 2026 Ambassadors!!
Make sure to follow them on the MoTaverse.
And the 2026 Ambassadors of the MoTaverse are...........
- Ady Stokes
- Ben Dowen
- Cassandr...
Stephen did a talk called "Stoicism & Software Testing: Ancient Philosophy Meets Modern Methods"
Earlier in the MoTaverse he did a 404 talk on the topic, which I enjoyed watching. I wanted t...
I'm a fan and advocate of Stoicism an ancient Greek philosophy
