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I am a Senior Test Assurance Lead with 20+ years' experience delivering secure, large-scale, and mission-critical systems across Defence, Government, and regulated commercial environments. I lead federated and multi-national testing programs and implement Agile/SAFe/DevSecOps test strategies to give senior stakeholders auditable confidence for release decisions.\n\nI excel at evidence-driven TSR/TCR & CAB assurance, ensuring operational readiness and smooth CI/CD integration, with a focus on automation-first testing, risk-based release assurance, and collaboration with CABs and governance boards to enable timely, safe deployments.…I am a Senior Test Assurance Lead with 20+ years' experience delivering secure, large-scale, and mission-critical systems across Defence, Government, and regulated commercial environments. I lead federated and multi-national testing programs and implement Agile/SAFe/DevSecOps test strategies to give senior stakeholders auditable confidence for release decisions.\n\nI excel at evidence-driven TSR/TCR & CAB assurance, ensuring operational readiness and smooth CI/CD integration, with a focus on automation-first testing, risk-based release assurance, and collaboration with CABs and governance boards to enable timely, safe deployments.

GARI JAMES WORNER

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I am a Senior Test Assurance Lead with 20+ years' experience delivering secure, large-scale, and mission-critical systems across Defence, Government, and regulated commercial environments. I lead federated and multi-national testing programs and implement Agile/SAFe/DevSecOps test strategies to give senior stakeholders auditable confidence for release decisions.\n\nI excel at evidence-driven TSR/TCR & CAB assurance, ensuring operational readiness and smooth CI/CD integration, with a focus on automation-first testing, risk-based release assurance, and collaboration with CABs and governance boards to enable timely, safe deployments.…I am a Senior Test Assurance Lead with 20+ years' experience delivering secure, large-scale, and mission-critical systems across Defence, Government, and regulated commercial environments. I lead federated and multi-national testing programs and implement Agile/SAFe/DevSecOps test strategies to give senior stakeholders auditable confidence for release decisions.\n\nI excel at evidence-driven TSR/TCR & CAB assurance, ensuring operational readiness and smooth CI/CD integration, with a focus on automation-first testing, risk-based release assurance, and collaboration with CABs and governance boards to enable timely, safe deployments.

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I am a Senior Test Assurance Lead with 20+ years’ experience delivering secure, large-scale, and mission-critical systems across Defence, Government, and regulated commercial environments. I lead federated and multi-national testing programs and implement Agile/SAFe/DevSecOps test strategies to give senior stakeholders auditable confidence for release decisions.\n\nI excel at evidence-driven TSR/TCR & CAB assurance, ensuring operational readiness and smooth CI/CD integration, with a focus on automation-first testing, risk-based release assurance, and collaboration with CABs and governance boards to enable timely, safe deployments.

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English

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Welsh

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Work Experience

Test Manager at Pegasus (Five Eyes)

June 1, 2023 - Present

Lead Test Manager for a Five Eyes, multi-national federated capability. Accountable for test strategy, delivery, and assurance governance across national infrastructures. Defined and implemented a modern DevSecOps-aligned test approach. Led full-stack integration testing across application, performance, network, and cyber layers. Established feature-based incremental assurance models. Authored and Governed Test Strategy. Led Face-to-Face (F2F) and distributed cross-nation testing. Implemented test evidence traceability frameworks for audit and release assurance.

Test Manager at Welsh Assembly Government

July 1, 2021 - June 1, 2023

Test owner for a national bilingual digital platform built on .NET and Azure. Delivered end-to-end functional, non-functional, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), UAT and OAT testing. Embedded automation and CI/CD-aligned regression. Provided data-driven test reporting using Power BI and Azure DevOps. Supported senior stakeholder assurance and release decisions.

Test Manager at Novia Financial Services

January 1, 2021 - July 1, 2021

Test Manager / Test Lead at Optimum Credit Capgemini (Welsh Government, SC) / Confused.com

January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2021

Earlier roles (2012–2021) spanning Optimum Credit, Capgemini, and Confused.com, leading testing activities, introducing automation-first test strategies, and contributing to microservices re-architecture and governance.