Stuart Pratt Email & Phone Number

Isle Of Man

Douglas, Isle Of Man, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for defining, planning, communicating and executing the release process• Responsible for the overall proficiency and running of the QA department• Controlled the delivery of fixes, updates and new content through the development branches, multiple test environments and to live• Conducted releases for multiple platforms including PC, Mac, iOS, Android and web• Ensured delivery against Project commitments & quality targets • Defined, promoted and established the automated test strategy for desktop client, mobile and web• Responsible for informing governing bodies and auditors of change management procedures• Ran the recruitment process, including the hiring and managing of external test teams• Worked with other project managers, customer services, dev ops, security, marketing and finance to schedule and determine release content• Accountable for tracking and reporting of all metrics including their analysis for the prediction of project outcomes

Guildford, United Kingdom

- Overall responsibility for the testing effort of a multi-platform AAA franchise including the management of a geographically distributed QA team of over 100 employees- Planning and scheduling the entire test coverage including the contribution of supporting teams internal and external to the business- Effective resource control and task prioritisation to match current and future project status- Developing and implementing processes to drive test efficiency, productivity, and quality- Identifying, tracking and reporting of metrics to stakeholders to increase status awareness- Recognising, analysing and mitigating possible risk - Communicating to all levels of the business - Working to budget and to schedule within a high pressure environment- Hiring, motivating and developing talent within a highly dynamic and evolving team- Creating and presenting training sessions for EU QA employees- Providing on-site consultation and support for internationally dispersed teams

Guildford, United Kingdom