President of the Digital Transformation Committee at TestPro. Advised clients on how to apply best practice, leverage the latest technology and “work smart” in order to continuously deliver quality products, reducing the time to market and increasing return on investment.

TestPro was founded to put quality at the centre of software engineering. We help clients ensure they build software right, with quality and reliability to minimise risk, maximise ROI and protect their reputations.As Managing Partner, I provide leadership across all of our technical and consultancy services such as TestPro.AI, Automation & RPA and Managed Services. I am particularly focused on the TestPro Digital Transformation Board, providing clients advice with thought leadership and best practice, to ensure quality is embedded throughout the customers digital transformation journey.

Avsolutions.org.uk is dedicated to empowering businesses with innovative technology solutions. Our team of experts leverages the latest advancements in artificial intelligence to provide robust security measures, streamlined software applications, and optimized customer management systems, ensuring that our clients stay ahead in the competitive digital landscape. Whether you're looking to fortify your cyber defenses, develop scalable SaaS products, or enhance your CRM capabilities, Avsolutions.org.uk is here to transform your vision into reality.

TradrLab is a code-free trading analytics platform that utilises A.I to help you trade faster, smarter and more efficiently.Built by Traders, for Traders. TradrLab brings over 80 years of combined trading experience to build serious tools for serious traders.

Achievements: Developed and presented the business case for setting up the Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE) within Informa, when implemented, it will achieve a cost saving of $2M over 18 months. Roles & Responsibilities: • Creating and presenting, to C-Suite, business case for the setup of a centralised testing practice• Advising and implementing technical and organisational changes to increase quality of software development• 3rd party supplier selection and management• Responsible for the test delivery of the IT portfolio• Managing distributed team (12 FTE)• Single point of escalation for all testing related issues• Stakeholder management (Business GPOs, Architects, C-Suite)• Testing representative at Steerco, programme board and IT leadership forums• Running workshops (Improvements, Innovation, Supplier evaluation)• Mentoring test managers and programme test managers• Interviewing new staff

Achievements: Set up the test function from scratch and provided leadership for the stabilisation of the ERP platform, this in turn was a direct factor in the increase in share price. I also received commendation from the CEO for the exemplary work done on the SUSE Divesture initiative. I was trusted member of the senior leadership team.Roles & Responsibilities: • Member of the senior leadership team representing testing in all leadership forums• Setting up the TCoE from scratch (team set up, organisation structure, engagement model)• Stakeholder management (C-suite, VP Sales, VP Finance, Business GPOs)• Managing a team of 200 test professionals in USA, India and Singapore • Managing testing budget of $10M• Single point of escalation for all testing related issues and initiatives• Investigating and investing in testing innovation and emerging technologies• Testing oversight of multi SaaS, multi-vendor testing engagements• Driving the setup of the automation framework• Supplier management• Testing representative at steering committees, programme boards and IT Leadership meetings• Giving guidance, advice and support to all IT programmes• Reviewing test strategies• Key decision making at quality gates and go/no go meetings• Mentoring test managers and program test managers• Interviewing new staff

Achievements: Worked with COO in order to set up the test practice for Zurich General Insurance and also started to implement the Waterfall to Agile transformation using BDD techniques. Optimised and improved the testing function within Zurich which had a calculated saving of approx. $1.5M. I supported and led all the testing phases for the policy and claims handling applications within Zurich.Roles & Responsibilities: • Defining and delivering the testing and QA roadmap for UK GI• Single point of escalation for all testing related issues initiatives• Testing representative at steering committees and programme boards• Managing testing budget of approximately £5M• Managing offshore 3rd party suppliers• Managing a test team of 70 FTE• Responsible for the test delivery of programmes in the general insurance division• Review and approval of test strategies • Decision maker in quality gates and go/no go meetings• Investigation and implementation of Devops principals• Mentoring test managers and program test managers• Interviewing new staff

Achievements: Managed all the testing for a multi-million dollar portfolio ($2M) for Quilter (the client). I was considered as the “go to” person regarding testing matters within the organisation.Roles & Responsibilities:• Overall accountable for all testing phases within the portfolio including SIT, UAT, OAT, Performance testing and Security testing.• Providing guidance and governance on testing phases for the testing portfolio• Estimating testing effort across the portfolio• Writing and reviewing test strategies and test plans• Identification and implementation of testing improvements such as automation.• Managing budgets between $0.5M - $2M• Managing offshore 3rd party suppliers• Representing testing services in steering board meetings• Key stakeholder in go/no go gate meetings• Mentoring test managers and program test managers• Interviewing new testing staff

Program Manager Oracle R12 Upgrade, Balfour Beatty- Program Manager for the CSUK Oracle R12 Upgrade (Finance, HR, Payroll)- Key player in the successful upgrade of all Oracle applications within the business- Management of on shore and off shore team totaling 120+ resources.- Overall responsibility for the successful delivery of the program- Stake holder management at Senior Executive level- Risk and issue management, maintaining the RAIDs log, including creation of mitigation plans- Reporting to senior stake holders and preparation of Steering committee documentation- Planning and tracking of all program activities (Design & Build, Testing and Data Migration)- Managing program financials- Chairing program board meetings- Key decision maker in Go No Go meetings- Recruitment and mentoring of new project managers

Supporting the bussines developement effort for Tech Mahindra in the Iberia regieon

- Program level test manager for the credit card migration program- Key player in the successful migration of 4 credit card portfolios- Responsible for System Integration Test (SIT), User Acceptance Test (UAT), Performance Test (PT) phases and 3rd Party Interfaces in the program- Stake holder management - Risk and issue management, including creation of mitigation plans- Reporting to senior stake holders and preparation of Steering committee documentation- Chairing UAT board meetings- Decision maker in Go No Go meetings- Supporting business in performing testing sign off process- Co-ordination of on shore and off shore team totaling 100+ resources.- Planning and tracking of all testing during the program- Reviewing and advising on test strategies and test plans- Creating complex reports in Quality Center- Recruitment and mentoring of new test managers- Supported business development activities in Spain

- Participated, as the roaming expert, in the following roaming projects:- Roaming Replicator- Clearing House Replacement- Home Routing- Performing investigations and analysis on increasing roaming revenues- Co-ordination and planning of roaming testing (TADIG and IREG) to meet roaming agreement targets- Assist in user acceptance testing- Maintenance of roaming documentation (AA14, IRA, FF14)- Roaming expert for all roaming projects from conception to launch: - Reviewing and writing documentation such as Business requirements, Solution Strategy, Solution Architecture, Test Strategy, Go Live Strategy.- Project impact assessment- Costing of solutions- Planning and co-ordination of small project teams- TADIG Test Leader- Supervision of TADIG testers- Single point of contact for TADIG issues - Company wide contact on TADIG documentation (TD57, TD60, AA14)- Co-ordination and planning with IREG team- Follow up of issues with clearing house and foreign operators- Senior Operations Analyst- Monitoring of roaming, rating and mediation application- Incident management (from detection to resolution)- Fault management (from detection to resolution)- Crisis management- Continuous improvements of monitoring and processes- Performing 24x7 on call- Member of Project Board.- Training and coaching new team members.

- Functional Team Leader of 5-7 Business Analysts for the INTransit project. INTransit is a rating system for subscribers performing international roaming.- System Test Leader 5 –7 System Testers for the INTransit project.- Functional responsible for INTransit system, involving requirement management and analysis and change request management and analysis.- Chairing client meetings.- Demonstration of the INTransit system to potential new clients.- Responsible, along with the development team lead, for the delivery of INTransit from pre-sales to go live with client.- Responsible for designing and reviewing test scripts for the INTransit system.- Expert in TAP3 (TD57, TD32, TD60) file structure.

Country: Spain, April 1998 – September 1999 Role: Senior AXE Designer- Function Design, Block Design, Unit Design and Basic Testing of several blocks of code in the Flexible Numbering Register and HLR for Number Portability, GPRS and File Input/Output Services.- Code inspections.- Writing test scripts.- Designing of market corrections.- Support and training of team members.- Planning and organizing team member’s work.Country: Sweden, January 1998 – April 1998Role: Senior AXE Designer- Function Design, Block Design, Unit Design and Basic Test of blocks of code in the Short Message Service subsystem.- Code inspections.- Support and training of team members.Country: Switzerland, January 1997 – January 1998 Role: Technical coordinator- Project Manager- Technical Expert in the Application Modularity VPN area.- Writing high level design documents.- Change request management.- Performing quick studies, pre-studies and feasibility studies.- Troubleshooting.- Support to function testers and designers.- Costing of technical solutions.- Member of expert task force team.- Emulator dump creation and debugging.Country: United Kingdom, October 1994 – December 1996 Role: Team Leader- Team Leader of 10 designers.- Deputizing for line manager- Mentoring new members of the team.- Recruitment of graduate and experienced candidates.Country: United Kingdom, October 1992 – December 1994Role: AXE Designer- Designing and coding of HLPLEX software blocks.- Writing of high level design documents, Function Specifications, Function Frameworks, Implementation Proposals and Implementation Sketches.- Function testing of Analogue and Attendant services.- Function test support.- Troubleshooting.- Design Maintenance.