Worked for Hitachi Capital UKPreviously at William Hill in Leeds, Openbet in Chiswick, Manheim Car Auctions in Rothwell & HML in Skipton

Test Manager for 10 years, leading teams of 4-20 people at various times, and acting as a virtual manager for hundreds in the testing community, creating and implementing Testing Best Practice, improving its efficiency and quality.The key steps in the development of the role were as follows:- Created the first dedicated testing team in the division and grew it from 5 to 20 due to demand for its services Expanded the service to include the creation and maintenance of test environments by a small team of technical specialists, improving efficiency by reducing reliance on other areas.Broadened its scope to cross-divisional and defined testing standards alongside test delivery.Created the test community and its associated career path.Provided expertise to several Test Improvement Initiatives and Reviews, both internally and externally managed. Managed upgrades to TestDirector and the move from TD to Quality Center.Managed the implementation of Harvest into the Division and introduced Software Configuration Management standards.

Set up and ran the Year 2000 Programme Office, its processes and procedures, acted as Project Assurer for the Infrastructure elements of the Programme, tracking progress, risks and issues and reporting on these to the Programme Office and created the Test Environment for the Model Office testing Prior to the Year 2000 Programme:-Worked as a Senior Operator before moving into Operations Support as Team Leader responsible for the Operations Acceptance Testing, Implementation and Support of application changes. Became expert in the Bank's full processing cycle and was Incident Controller on many occasions during that time