Gavin Lock Email & Phone Number

*** Please do NOT contact me with possible roles at this time - thank you ***An experienced, flexible and proactive tester, certified to ISEB Intermediate level with a background in software development. Extensive experience in testing large applications in the areas of trading (equities & derivatives, oil & metals, electricity) and customer service (billing & appointments). Has worked on both large and small projects either as part of a test team or as a sole tester - planning, managing and executing the test phase alone. Testing has included new systems as well as enhancements, refactoring and redesign of existing systems for both client/server and web apps.Flexible and adaptable to changing project requirements and possessing excellent written and verbal communication skills, used effectively to provide positive and constructive feedback during the project lifecycle. Not afraid to question and clarify in order to help steer the project in the right direction when necessary.A focused tester with a creative thought process able to propose solutions to functional problems and provide suggestions for better application design.Comfortable working in both the traditional Waterfall environment as well as in more agile test approaches using exploratory/ad-hoc testing and checklists.Specialties: Test plan and test script production, test case design and execution, test estimation and risk assessment.

Listed skills include Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Manual Testing, and 39 others.