Having graduated from Staffordshire University (1988) with one of the first IT degrees in the country, I have been in IT and particularly the testing arena for 34 years, including 18 years as a freelance test consultant and 13 years for Sopra Steria, as Test Practice Director. I am now very happy to say that I am QAT Architect for 2i.

In that time I have worked in most industry sectors, on a wide variety of projects for many different clients including Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce Jet Engines, Boeing, PowerGen, Barclays Bank, BarclayCard, Britannia Building Society, Yorkshire Water, Tesco, Vodafone, various government departments, a challenger bank, and many others.

In summary, I am a career testing professional with a lifetime obsession with testing and quality, not to mention an insatiable curiosity and learning addiction. I have presented at UKSTAR, Scottish Testing Group, and many internal company conferences. I will be presenting at EuroSTAR in 2024.

I am a certified psychotherapist and hypnotherapist. I have also done impromptu street hypnosis. I used to play bass in several bands, including an Irish folk band and a trash metal band. I take part in off-road motorcycle rallies on my 1200cc BMW that weighs 250kg – not a practical rally bike! I also used to train and ride horses (a lot!), but my horse is now retired.