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Mark Wilson

Quality Assurance and Test Manager
  • Suggested rate
    €700 / day
  • Experience8-15 years
  • Response rate100%
  • Response time1 hour
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Leeds, United Kingdom
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
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Mark in a few words
Professional consultant for over 30 years at senior level in both private and public sectors, working
exclusively in assurance and quality.
• Expertly devised, operated and improved test management and governance controls, most latterly leading UAT on behalf of over 2,000 users at Humberside Police.
• Has significant senior level Test Consultant experience, including functional and non-functional software testing, hardware asset testing and functional UAT.
• Has successfully expedited many high-value projects using both agile and waterfall life cycles.
• Devises and uses metrics to make measurable improvements.
• Assiduous attention to detail yet instinctive creator
Creative and unconventional, I’ve worked for over 30 years in senior roles with blue-chip clients, exclusively in in the field of IT Quality Assurance. Seeking opportunities with major clients to devise and improve QA processes, and test complex products better.
Experience
  • Rubenoid Solutions
    About me
    May 2022 - Today (2 years and 11 months)
    Leeds, UK
    I'm currently looking for opportunities to help high-profile organisations build systems better through focus on quality, QA and Testing. But I'm also enjoying more of my parallel career in music and have a new website and a re-vamped solo act.
  • Marjolo Solutions
    UAT Manager
    November 2021 - April 2022 (5 months)
    Successfully completed the UAT and Scenario Testing of a migration from a legacy to a new Record Management System for a major (2000 user) public sector client (Humberside Police). A key aspect of my approach was production of test scripts/packs and a Scenario Test Specification. I also successfully prioritised the business processes and concentrated the UAT on the high-traffic/highly configured areas, with very good defect detection rates. Because I was also the manager of defect resolution I was able to expedite the rapid correction and re-testing of the defects. I formed strong relationships with the client (both ranking and rank-and-file officers) and I believe the "soft" side of my skills was crucial in delivering a successful outcome.
  • Skipton Building Society
    Test Process Consultant
    December 2018 - March 2019 (3 months)
    Skipton BD23, UK
    Contract. Making UAT more effective and efficient by defining a formal process for Digital UAT and producing all the artefacts required to create a process from scratch. I tested the process and rolled it out for the monthly release i.e. I successfully used the process I'd created to test the digital output of this very successful financial institution (£20bn savings; £1 .5bn mortgages; £271M profit).
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Education
  • Bachelor of Arts
    University of Leeds
    1981
    BA (Hons), History
  • Post-graduate Diploma, Computing and Communications Engineering
    Leeds Polytechnic
    1989
    Post-graduate Diploma, Computing and Communications Engineering
  • Master of Science in Software Engineering
    Scrum Alliance
    2013
    Certified Scrum Master, Software Development
  • 10 'O' Levels and 4 'A' Levels
    St Wilfrid's RC High School, Featherstone
    1977
    10 'O' Levels and 4 'A' Levels
Certifications
  • National Police Vetting
    NPPV2
    2021