- Rubenoid SolutionsAbout meMay 2022 - Today (2 years and 11 months)Leeds, UKI'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 SolutionsUAT ManagerNovember 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 SocietyTest Process ConsultantDecember 2018 - March 2019 (3 months)Skipton BD23, UKContract. 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).
- Bachelor of ArtsUniversity of Leeds1981BA (Hons), History
- Post-graduate Diploma, Computing and Communications EngineeringLeeds Polytechnic1989Post-graduate Diploma, Computing and Communications Engineering
- Master of Science in Software EngineeringScrum Alliance2013Certified Scrum Master, Software Development
- 10 'O' Levels and 4 'A' LevelsSt Wilfrid's RC High School, Featherstone197710 'O' Levels and 4 'A' Levels
- National Police VettingNPPV22021