Senior Test Assurance Lead with 20+ years’ experience delivering secure, mission critical systems across Defence, Government, and regulated commercial environments, including leadership of testing and assurance for the Five Eyes (FVEY) community. Currently operating as Pegasus Test Manager, accountable for coordinating and governing the Pegasus Test Capability (PTC), providing evidence based assurance for high risk, multi national change. Proven specialist in federated testing and Agile / DevSecOps aligned strategies, delivering Systems Integration Testing (SIT), interoperability, performance, and configuration assurance across complex environments. Recognised for leading cross nation test coordination and establishing low overhead, secure test models, positioning testing as a strategic risk management and assurance control that enables confident Deployment and Release Approval decisions for FVEY mission critical capabilities. I have led testing across large, cross-border programmes, defined incremental assurance models, and implemented end-to-end test strategies that integrate application, performance, network, and cyber considerations. I am known for pragmatic leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and delivering auditable test evidence for audits and releases.

GARI JAMES WORNER

Senior Test Assurance Lead with 20+ years’ experience delivering secure, mission critical systems across Defence, Government, and regulated commercial environments, including leadership of testing and assurance for the Five Eyes (FVEY) community. Currently operating as Pegasus Test Manager, accountable for coordinating and governing the Pegasus Test Capability (PTC), providing evidence based assurance for high risk, multi national change. Proven specialist in federated testing and Agile / DevSecOps aligned strategies, delivering Systems Integration Testing (SIT), interoperability, performance, and configuration assurance across complex environments. Recognised for leading cross nation test coordination and establishing low overhead, secure test models, positioning testing as a strategic risk management and assurance control that enables confident Deployment and Release Approval decisions for FVEY mission critical capabilities. I have led testing across large, cross-border programmes, defined incremental assurance models, and implemented end-to-end test strategies that integrate application, performance, network, and cyber considerations. I am known for pragmatic leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and delivering auditable test evidence for audits and releases.

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Senior Test Assurance Lead with 20+ years’ experience delivering secure, mission critical systems across Defence, Government, and regulated commercial environments, including leadership of testing and assurance for the Five Eyes (FVEY) community.

Currently operating as Pegasus Test Manager, accountable for coordinating and governing the Pegasus Test Capability (PTC), providing evidence based assurance for high risk, multi national change.
Proven specialist in federated testing and Agile / DevSecOps aligned strategies, delivering Systems Integration Testing (SIT), interoperability, performance, and configuration assurance across complex environments.

Recognised for leading cross nation test coordination and establishing low overhead, secure test models, positioning testing as a strategic risk management and assurance control that enables confident Deployment and Release Approval decisions for FVEY mission critical capabilities.

I have led testing across large, cross-border programmes, defined incremental assurance models, and implemented end-to-end test strategies that integrate application, performance, network, and cyber considerations. I am known for pragmatic leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and delivering auditable test evidence for audits and releases.

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Experience Level

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Language

English
Fluent
Welsh
Fluent

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.
Lead Test Manager at Pegasus (FVEY) – Five Eyes, multi-national federated capability
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 and distributed cross-nation testing; implemented test evidence traceability frameworks for audit and release assurance.

Education

ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Software Testing at Cardiff
June 1, 2009 - April 22, 2026
Scrum Master Certified at Softbear
July 1, 2012 - April 22, 2026
SAFe Scaled Agile Framework Practitioner at Bath
March 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026
ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Software Testing at Cardiff
June 1, 2009 - April 22, 2026
Scrum Master Certified at Softbear
July 1, 2012 - April 22, 2026
SAFe Scaled Agile Framework Practitioner at Bath
March 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026

Qualifications

ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Software Testing
June 1, 2009 - April 22, 2026
Scrum Master Certified
July 1, 2012 - April 22, 2026
SAFe Practitioner
March 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026
Security Clearance (SC)
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
ISTQB/ISEB Foundation Software Testing
June 1, 2009 - April 22, 2026
Certified Scrum Master
July 1, 2012 - April 22, 2026
SAFe Scaled Agile Framework Practitioner
March 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026
ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Software Testing
June 1, 2009 - May 7, 2026
Scrum Master Certified - Softbear
July 1, 2012 - May 7, 2026
SAFe Scaled Agile Framework Practitioner
March 1, 2021 - May 7, 2026

Industry Experience

Government, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other, Financial Services

Experience Level

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Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner

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