Lee Hawkins

Lee Hawkins

Portarlington, Victoria, Australia
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About

Helping software development teams to improve their testing.
https://www.drleeconsulting.com.au https://therockertester.wordpress.com/

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Experience

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    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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    Victoria, Australia

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    Melbourne, Australia

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    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Education

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    First class Honours Degree in Pure Mathematics in 1992. PhD completed early 1996 titled "Macdonald Modules for Weyl Groups"

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Website maintenance

    Speak Easy

    - 3 years 9 months

    Science and Technology

    Speak Easy is a voluntary program designed to increase diversity in tech conferences through dedicated conference spots, mentoring and events.

    I was a volunteer with this program, co-ordinating and maintaining the program website at http://speaking-easy.com/

  • The Vegan Society Graphic

    Proofreader

    The Vegan Society

    - Present 3 years 7 months

    Animal Welfare

    Proofreading of written content including the Vegan Society magazine "The Vegan", blog posts, press releases, website copy, handbooks and role descriptions.

  • The Vegan Society Graphic

    Web Researcher

    The Vegan Society

    - Present 3 years 2 months

    Animal Welfare

    Assisting The Vegan Society in making improvements to its web presence, in areas such as accessibility, green website development, user testing, etc.

Publications

  • Is Talking About Scaling Human Testing Missing The Point?

    Tea-Time With Testers magazine

    An article based on some recent publications about the way Google tests software (this article was originally a blog post at https://therockertester.wordpress.com)

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  • Podcast: Conversations on Exploratory Testing

    Simon Tomes (TestBuddy)

    Chatting with Simon Tomes (from TestBuddy) on the topic of Exploratory Testing

    Other authors
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  • Cultivate Your Credibility with Oracles and Heuristics

    TestBuddy

    A guest blog post for TestBuddy on oracles and heuristics

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  • Speaker: DDD Nights meetup (Melbourne)

    DDD Melbourne

    Presented a lightning talk on "Testing is NOT dead!"

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  • The Case Against Detailed Test Cases (part one)

    A joint blog post with Paul Seaman on the topic of detailed test cases, focusing on the fallacy of test planning being aided by the creation of such artifacts.

    Other authors
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  • Podcast: "Careers in Software Testing" podcast

    The Business of Testing

    I recorded a podcast with Johan Steyn for his "Careers in Software Testing" podcast, talking about my journey in the software testing industry and the future of testing.

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  • Speaker: TestBash Australia 2018

    Ministry of Testing

    Co-presented a track session at the TestBash Australia 2018 conference in Sydney, "A Spectrum of Difference: Creating EPIC Software Testers" based on our work with EPIC Recruit Assist to teach software testing to a group of young adults on the autism spectrum, through the EPIC TestAbility Academy

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  • Podcast: talking neurodiversity with the Super Testing Bros

    Super Testing Bros / Ministry of Testing

    I recorded a podcast with the Super Testing Bros in New Zealand, talking about our presentation at TestBash Australia and our experience of running the EPIC TestAbility Academy.

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  • A Spectrum of Difference: Creating EPIC software testers

    Testing Trapeze

    A joint article with Paul Seaman describing our experience of putting together and running a software testing training programme for young adults on the autism spectrum through EPIC Assist. More details of the programme are available at http://epicassist.org/au/epic-testability-academy/

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  • Speaker: CAST 2017, Nashville, US

    Presented a track session "A Day in the Life of a Test Architect" and a lightning talk (on my volunteer work teaching software testing to young adults on the autism spectrum) at the CAST 2017 conference at Grand Opryland Resort, Nashville

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  • Speaker: Australia/New Zealand Testing Board Special Interest Group in Software Testing (Melbourne)

    Co-presented at the ANZTB SIGIST in Melbourne, "A Spectrum of Difference: Creating EPIC Software Testers" based on our work with EPIC Recruit Assist to teach software testing to a group of young adults on the autism spectrum, through the EPIC TestAbility Academy

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  • Speaker: Travelport Locomote (Melbourne)

    Co-presented a "lunch and learn" session at Locomote's offices titled "A Spectrum of Difference: Creating EPIC Software Testers" based on our work with EPIC Recruit Assist to teach software testing to a group of young adults on the autism spectrum, through the EPIC TestAbility Academy

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  • Speaker: Seek (Melbourne)

    Co-presented a "brown bag" session at Seek's St Kilda Road offices titled "A Spectrum of Difference: Creating EPIC Software Testers" based on our work with EPIC Recruit Assist to teach software testing to a group of young adults on the autism spectrum, through the EPIC TestAbility Academy

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  • Speaker: LAST (Lean, Agile, Systems Thinking) 2017 (Melbourne)

    Co-presented a track session titled "A Spectrum of Difference: Creating EPIC Software Testers" based on our work with EPIC Recruit Assist to teach software testing to a group of young adults on the autism spectrum, through the EPC TestAbility Academy

    Other authors
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  • EPIC TestAbility Academy - The story so far

    Women Testers magazine

    An article (co-authored with Paul Seaman) about the work we're doing in teaching software testing to young adults on the autism spectrum via EPIC Recruit Assist

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  • Speaker: Cambridge Exploratory Workshop on Testing

    Presented a short talk at the third CEWT (with the theme "Why We Test and What is Testing (anyway)?")

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  • "Testing is Dead"​ (Again) Thanks to DevOps

    Women Testers magazine

    An article sharing my thoughts around some of the "testing is dead" arguments coming out of talk about DevOps and such (from my blog post on the same topic).

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  • Speaker: STARWest, Anaheim, US

    Presented a track session "A Day in the Life of a Test Architect" at the STARWest conference at Disneyland California.

  • Transforming a test manager into a test leader

    Software Testing News

    An article on the differences between test management and test leadership appeared in the May 2016 edition of Software Testing News magazine (http://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/). I co-authored this article with Rajesh Mathur and Paul Seaman.

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  • Speaker: Test Engineering Alliance Melbourne meetup

    A presentation on "Growing Testing Skills using the Agile Testing Ecosystem" at TEAM meetup #8 in Melbourne.

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  • Tester's FAQs on Certification

    Testing Circus

    An article answering some common questions about testing certifications appeared in the January 2016 edition of Testing Circus magazine. I co-authored this article with Rajesh Mathur and Paul Seaman.

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  • Speaker: Agile Testing & Test Automation Summit, Melbourne, Australia

    Presented a track session on growing testing skills using the Bach/Bolton "Agile Testing Ecosystem" at Unicom's Agile Testing & Test Automation Summit in Melbourne.

  • Speaker: Test Engineering Alliance Melbourne meetup

    Presented a review of my experience of attending the Nordic Testing Days 2015 conference at the very first TEAM meetup.

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  • Speaker: Nordic Testing Days, Tallinn, Estonia

    Presented a track session on growing testing skills using the Bach/Bolton "Agile Testing Ecosystem" at the Nordic Testing Days conference in Tallinn.

  • Webinar on Business Value of Testing

    Unicom Conferences

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  • Speaker: HCMC Software Testing Club conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Presented a track session detailing the success story of offshoring a testing team in China during the HCMC Software Testing Club conference in Ho Chi Minh City.

  • Expectations and Realities of Let's Test

    Testing Trapeze

    An article about my experience of attending and presenting at Let's Test in Stockholm was published in the June 2014 edition of Testing Trapeze magazine.

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  • Speaker: Let's Test, Stockholm, Sweden

    Presented a track session detailing the success story of offshoring a testing team in China during the Let's Test context-driven testing conference in Stockholm.

  • Speaker: OZWST, Sydney

    Presented an experience report about developing a context-driven testing team in China as part of the workshop's theme on "Collaboration".

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  • Speaker: KWST, Wellington NZ

    Presented an experience report about developing a context-driven testing team in China as part of the workshop's theme on "Lighting the way: Educating others and ourselves about software testing".

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Organizations

  • Epic TestAbility Academy (ETA)

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    Working with EPIC Recruit Assist (a division of EPIC Assist) and Paul Seaman, ETA provides people on the autism spectrum the opportunity to learn software testing. Our aim is to find our participants employment in the IT sector using the skills and network of EPIC Recruit Assist. Working with Paul Seaman, we have developed a 12-week syllabus and gathered the resources required to deliver our classes. My services, along with Paul's, are provided at no charge. EPIC Recruit Assist are covering the…

    Working with EPIC Recruit Assist (a division of EPIC Assist) and Paul Seaman, ETA provides people on the autism spectrum the opportunity to learn software testing. Our aim is to find our participants employment in the IT sector using the skills and network of EPIC Recruit Assist. Working with Paul Seaman, we have developed a 12-week syllabus and gathered the resources required to deliver our classes. My services, along with Paul's, are provided at no charge. EPIC Recruit Assist are covering the other costs (such as room hire). The program seeks to help people not considered "mainstream" to find entry into an IT career. We aim to help shine a light on the benefits of workplace diversification along with the skills and general benefits diversification can bring.

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