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I am a conscientious, creative QA professional with over twenty years’ experience in the mobile tech industry. I’ve enjoyed roles within a wide range of companies, development frameworks and team dynamics. My primary role throughout has been to ensure the exceptional quality of award-winning products. I pride myself on my communication skills and have enjoyed leading QA on multi-platform mobile apps, games and websites, from proof of concept to internationally recognised titles for clients such as The AA, Namco, Penguin Random House, Glastonbury Festival and the BBC. I am a strong team player and enjoy building close working relationships with colleagues and clients, whilst maintaining my ability to objectively argue on behalf of the team and company, managing client expectations and problem solving in an approachable, professional manner.…I am a conscientious, creative QA professional with over twenty years’ experience in the mobile tech industry. I’ve enjoyed roles within a wide range of companies, development frameworks and team dynamics. My primary role throughout has been to ensure the exceptional quality of award-winning products. I pride myself on my communication skills and have enjoyed leading QA on multi-platform mobile apps, games and websites, from proof of concept to internationally recognised titles for clients such as The AA, Namco, Penguin Random House, Glastonbury Festival and the BBC. I am a strong team player and enjoy building close working relationships with colleagues and clients, whilst maintaining my ability to objectively argue on behalf of the team and company, managing client expectations and problem solving in an approachable, professional manner.

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I am a conscientious, creative QA professional with over twenty years’ experience in the mobile tech industry. I’ve enjoyed roles within a wide range of companies, development frameworks and team dynamics. My primary role throughout has been to ensure the exceptional quality of award-winning products. I pride myself on my communication skills and have enjoyed leading QA on multi-platform mobile apps, games and websites, from proof of concept to internationally recognised titles for clients such as The AA, Namco, Penguin Random House, Glastonbury Festival and the BBC. I am a strong team player and enjoy building close working relationships with colleagues and clients, whilst maintaining my ability to objectively argue on behalf of the team and company, managing client expectations and problem solving in an approachable, professional manner.…I am a conscientious, creative QA professional with over twenty years’ experience in the mobile tech industry. I’ve enjoyed roles within a wide range of companies, development frameworks and team dynamics. My primary role throughout has been to ensure the exceptional quality of award-winning products. I pride myself on my communication skills and have enjoyed leading QA on multi-platform mobile apps, games and websites, from proof of concept to internationally recognised titles for clients such as The AA, Namco, Penguin Random House, Glastonbury Festival and the BBC. I am a strong team player and enjoy building close working relationships with colleagues and clients, whilst maintaining my ability to objectively argue on behalf of the team and company, managing client expectations and problem solving in an approachable, professional manner.

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I am a conscientious, creative QA professional with over twenty years’ experience in the mobile tech industry. I’ve enjoyed roles within a wide range of companies, development frameworks and team dynamics. My primary role throughout has been to ensure the exceptional quality of award-winning products.

I pride myself on my communication skills and have enjoyed leading QA on multi-platform mobile apps, games and websites, from proof of concept to internationally recognised titles for clients such as The AA, Namco, Penguin Random House, Glastonbury Festival and the BBC. I am a strong team player and enjoy building close working relationships with colleagues and clients, whilst maintaining my ability to objectively argue on behalf of the team and company, managing client expectations and problem solving in an approachable, professional manner.

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QA Lead / Lead QA at Matchbox Mobile

May 1, 2025 - Present

Leading QA and managing the release process across multiple projects, covering mobile, web-mobile integrated systems, voice (Alexa) and AR technology solutions, with responsibility for test strategy, execution and delivery.

Lead QA (Consultant) at Self-employed (Matchbox client: P97)

May 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025

Lead QA for a configurable, single-codebase solution for a suite of Pay-at-the-Pump loyalty apps; performed end-to-end and integration testing across a Flutter app, backend APIs, a legacy admin portal and a central CMS.

QA Technician with lead responsibilities at MAG Interactive

November 1, 2022 - December 1, 2023

QA Technician with lead responsibilities for mobile titles with international distribution; collaborated with on-site and remote developers to direct product quality and refine QA processes.

QA Technician, Lead Test and Test Management at Matchbox Mobile

July 1, 2014 - September 1, 2022

QA Technician, Lead Test and Test management roles, often with sole responsibility for quality across multi-tiered solutions for clients such as Namco, US Cellular, Microsoft and The AA; responsibilities included estimation, design feedback, scripted/exploratory testing, and managing the release process.

QA Lead at Monitise-Create

February 1, 2014 - July 1, 2014

QA Lead, responsible for test planning and execution on the first market release of the Premier Inn HUB app for Android and iOS, from project initiation to delivery. Worked continuously with developers to diagnose, fix and retest frontend and API issues. Daily Agile stand-ups and monthly retrospectives.

QA Technician at Ribot Ltd

March 1, 2011 - December 1, 2013

QA technician with sole responsibility for functional/regression testing, design feedback and developer reports on products for clients such as Android UI and Channel 4 television, within fast paced one-two day test cycles.

Freelance/Contract QA Analyst at Matchbox Mobile

June 1, 2011 - September 1, 2013

Freelance and contract QA roles. Communication skills were essential for daily stand-ups and one-to-one client meetings. Experience debugging and diagnosing client/server issues, latterly on the Hotels.com and Met Office apps. Both Scrum and Waterfall were practiced.

Lead Tester at Future Platforms

June 1, 2009 - March 1, 2011

Lead Tester working within a challenging Agile environment, responsible for the quality of award-winning apps such as The Official (Orange) Glastonbury App, Last Minute Hotels, Windows Messenger, BBC Bitesize. Close collaboration with developers, product owners and the CEO.

Lead Vodafone Embedded QA Technician at Glu Mobile

September 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009

Lead Vodafone Embedded QA Technician role requiring diplomacy between Glu, Vodafone and Babel, contracted to provide Vodafone certification for Glu ports. Identified potential certification fails before submission.

QA Technician/Vodafone Embedded Lead at Babel Media Ltd

August 1, 2004 - September 1, 2008

QA Technician/Vodafone Embedded Lead: responsible for quality across PlayStation, X-Box and PC. Extensive mobile experience and leadership in Vodafone Embedded testing; Java Verified program involvement.