Successfully led world-leading VideoManager EX Evidence management solution and Body-Worn cameras QA for 10 years working closely with leadership as Edesix grew from multi-million startup, through transition after purchase by Motorola.Responsible for quality of portfolio of integrated public safety software and hardware products in whole lifecycle, from pre-release development to end-of-life. Balanced high-level, longer-term business roadmap goals with short-term release details.10 years’ experience managing global remote distributed teams (5 team members, 2 timezones).Work with global teams in US, Israel, India and Malaysia to find alignment, leverage shared resources.Business-minded; Pragmatic, used to problem-solving balancing need to deliver outcomes to customers for contract dates, and evaluating risk during development.Both Product Owner and Scrum Master in QA Team. Led the spread of Scrum through R&D, used to creating and managing Backlogs and Product Backlog Items, Sprints, and dealing with Impediments. Modernised department to learning organisation promoting self-development in team.Defined cross-team release processes; organised buy-in across R&D and Product Managers, to ensure Deliverables of quality were continued.Background as Java Developer. Over 6 years' experience Java Development (OO, TDD, JMock).Team developed automated test suite (Java, Playwright).Successfully use mix of empowerment, delegation, and encouragement according to different strengths and weaknesses and mindset of the team members. Confident building rapport with different personalities and cultures. Every staff member is different, and requires to grow in different ways. Strong bonds with the team resulting in staff satisfaction, retention and better performance. Used to hold weekly 1:1s with team. Identifying primary concerns, providing performance feedback, highlighting the importance of their role to the project, potential career development.Responsible for interviewing/identifying every team member over the 10 years, identifying appropriate compensation and bonuses. Including creating staff development programmes for onboarding, and aligning it with team goals, while project deliverables continued, creating Work Experience opportunities, identifying staff in other departments.