Speaking & Writing

I write and present about leadership, software engineering, and testing. Below is a curated list of my public speaking engagements, published articles, and appearances.

Engineering Leadership

Talks

• How We Rescued A Mammoth Integration Project – Agile on the Beach (2025). Watch on YouTube
• Return of the Rockstars (Closing Keynote) – Agile On the Beach (2024). Watch on YouTube
• My Team Is High Performing But Everyone Hates Us – Newcrafts (2024) & Lean Agile Scotland (2023) & QCon London (2019). Watch on YouTube
• You Built It, Now Support It – Agile on the Beach (2023), Lean Agile Scotland and flowcon 2025. Watch on YouTube
• Squads Assemble: Keeping Engagement High When Teams Go Remote First – Agile on the Beach (2023). Watch on YouTube
• Why Is Everything So Slow? – Lean Agile Scotland (2022) & Agile on the Beach (2022). Watch on YouTube
• Incrementally Improving Performance of Engineers and Teams – Agile on the Beach (2021). Watch on YouTube
• Scaling the Team at Bloom & Wild – reDevelop Conference. Watch the video here.

Writing

• Measuring and Optimising How Engineering Teams Deliver – Published on InfoQ (2022).
• The Changing Shape of Mobile Apps – Interview with Computer Weekly.

Software Quality Engineering

Talks

• The Good Testing, The Bad Testing and The Ugly Testing – Agile On the Beach & Lean Agile Scotland. Watch on YouTube.
• Check This: Test Automation, A Development Manager’s View (Opening Keynote) – Agile & Automation Days. Watch on YouTube.
• Testing Your Emotions – Agile In the City London & Agile Testing Days.
• How I Lost My Job As a Test Manager – Testcon Moscow. Watch on YouTube
• Up and Away? How Moving Into Software Management Gave Me a Different View Of Testing – UKSTAR London & Nordic Testing Days. Watch on YouTube

Training and Workshops

• Mobile Testing Training Lessons – Published on The Ministry of Testing Dojo.
• The Mobile Tester: Your Place On The Team – EuroSTAR Conferences.
• The Current State of Mobile Testing – EuroSTAR Conferences.

Writing

• A Tester’s Guide To Managing Your Manager – Published in Testing Trapeze magazine.
• Top Browser Plugins For Testing – Ministry of Testing.
• Testing Your Emotions – Method&Tools (Fall Issue).
• Left To My Own Devices: Mobile Device Test Strategy – Testing Circus (June 2014).
• Reach Out Beyond the Software Testing Community – Testing Circus (January 2014).
• Understanding Your Mobile User – The Testing Planet.
• Get Out and Test – The Ministry of Testing.
• Beyond the Smartphone: Testing for the Developing World – Published in [Testing Experience](http://www.testing