99 Second Talks - TestBash UK 2023

I've been in the software testing & quality world since 1997 and love it. I'm a senior leader, a coach, international speaker, workshop facilitator, writer & founder of Quality Talks.

Senior Technical Leader and Test strategist. Author and creator of "Would Heu-risk it?" (card deck and book), avid blogger, speaker and workshop facilitator.

An experienced, community focused tester. Loves training, mentoring and helping teams with testability. Co-organiser: Leeds Testing Atelier, co-author: Team Guide to Software Testability.

Gwen Diagram is a technology professional from Leeds who specialises in testing.  She is an avid automation evangelist with a focus on testing complemented by repeatable build processes with monitoring. She has had varied roles throughout her career including Scrum Master at a Start Up, Engineering Manager at a bank and DevOps kid at a large Financial Services organisation. She is currently the Head of Engineering at Glean in Leeds.

As a strong believer in making the tech industry as open and punk as possible, she co-organises a twice yearly free day long testing conference called the Leeds Testing Atelier.  She speaks regularly at local meet-up groups, Agile Yorkshire and Leeds DevOps, duels with creative types at events like the Tech Off, speaks internationally at conferences such as Nordic Testing Days in Tallinn and was the closing keynote at Agile on the Beach in Falmouth, UK in 2018.

Outside of work, you will usually find her hanging around a Natural History Museum somewhere in the world marvelling at how incredibly excellent dinosaurs are, feeding pigeons or ducks or obsessing over transport.

Hi, I'm Gem. I'm a ex-tester (though always a tester in my heart), and founder of SelfCare Backpack. I help people, especially those in tech, with their self care and mental health. I'm a trainee therapist, and offer talks and workshops all around building up a little toolbox (or backpack) or self care for when you need it.

Freelance IT consultant and accessibility Advocate. I curate the Essentials Certificate STEC, and co-run the Ministry of Testing Leeds. MoT Ambassador. I teach, coach, and give training.

An amateur poker player, a devout Las Vegas Raiders fan and a Software Tester, what more do you need from a person!! :)

South African / British QA. Conference speaker, MoT London Meetup host, blog writer and bug smasher! Currently a Senior QA Lead at Moneybox in London.

Over 10 years experience as a software tester, specialising in mobile app testing. Manual, exploratory, automation, and accessibility testing. Improving QA discipline processes and reporting.

I'm the program lead in software testing apprenticeships for the BPP education Group. international speaker, accessibility, communication & neurodiversity advocate & co-run MoT Leeds meetup

I explore the world of software development and testing. Join me as I continue my adventures, discovering the wonders of quality.

Specialising in exploratory and accessibility testing. I am an advocate for people with disabilities, and a self-proclaimed nerdy geek with a quirky Australian sense of humour.

Passionate about creating quality software products and improving processes along the way.

Severely sight impaired. Accessibility advocate. Experienced Tester.