Proven leadership in orchestrating high-performing test teams across the full QA lifecycle, including requirements analysis, strategic test case design, results interpretation, and rigorous defect management.
Over 20 years’ experience of leading test and release across multi-billion-pound digital transformation projects.
Transition leadership across multi-vendor, multi-stakeholder environments
Strong governance, risk management, stakeholder influence, and cross-functional team leadership
End-to-end QA and Test Management across system, integration, UAT, regression and warranty phases
Azure cloud-based testing, Java microservices, mobile platform testing (iOS, Android), SQL
Automation exposure: Selenium IDE, integration with CI/CD pipelines
Expertise in high-volume public sector environments (DEFRA, Cleveland Police, NHS) and complex private sector transitions (financial services, telecoms).
Proven leadership in orchestrating high-performing test teams across the full QA lifecycle, including requirements analysis, strategic test case design, results interpretation, and rigorous defect management.
Skilled in navigating complex stakeholder landscapes, fostering collaboration, mentoring and supporting internal teams, third-party vendors, senior management, and customers to drive delivery excellence.
Expertise in industry recognized testing models such as Agile (Scrum and Kanban), ‘V’ model, Waterfall and Risk-based testing.
Experience in Azure platforms, Java microservices, Jira, D365 F&O, D365 CRM, DevOps CI/CD, SQL, Selenium and a wide breadth of enterprise tools and test frameworks
Pragmatic automation advocate, comfortable leading hybrid manual/automated environments focused on business outcomes
