I am a highly experienced Manager within the Software Development industry, who has successfully led teams of Business Analysts, Quality Analysts and Project Managers to achieve the objectives set out for them, to the highest possible standards.I have extensive experience in software testing, test management and quality management. I have been solely responsible for the establishment and day to day management of QA departments, and I have additional experience in project management and business analysis. My skills have been developed in the Broadcast and Media, Financial Services, and Estate Agency industries.I have been recognised as a successful leader of people, managing teams of between 5 -30 people. This includes teams who are co-located, teams based in different locations within the U.K. and off-shore teams.I thrive within a leadership role, helping to review current working practices, recommending and implementing improvements within all areas of the business and assisting anyone to play their part in enabling the team to meet our strategic objectives.I am outgoing and enthusiastic and have the ability to build excellent working relationships using my interpersonal skills. I have a strong commitment to ensure that quality software is developed and implemented in our customer's environments and will always work alongside the rest of the project team to ensure that this happens within the confines of the project budget/timeline.Specialties: Test management, test strategy, quality management, department testing vision and strategy, testing, hands-on testing, Stakeholder management, Business Analysis, People Management and Project management.