Pride in Testing

June 23, 2021

A panel discussion about LGBTQIA+ Inclusion and Diversity in the Testing Community

Join our guest panel as they discuss all things Pride, Diversity and Inclusion. We discuss everything from promoting safe spaces for colleagues and creating applicant and interview proceses that champion diversity, to starting those all important conversations about Pride in the workplace.

Guest Panel

Callum Akehurst-Ryan - Senior Tester at Improbable

Callum Akehurst-Ryan

Senior Tester at Improbable

Callum (he/him) has over 13 years of testing experience across multiple domains from finance to public safety.  For all of these he has been an out member of the LGBTQIA+ community. Using his background in psychology, Callum engages teams with quality narratives surrounding human factors; providing insights on how individual and diverse users will engage and experience their products in different ways.

In his spare time, he advocates for diversity and inclusion within engineering and he’s also a kick-ass Dungeon Master.

You can find him on Twitter: @cakehurstryan or on his blog: https://callumakehurstryansblog.wordpress.com/

Caz Henderson - Lead QA Tester at Improbable

Caz Henderson

Lead QA Tester at Improbable

Caz Henderson (she/her), a Lead QA Tester at Improbable has worked in Testing for 20+ years. Caz is the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Pride in St Neots, a local charity promoting and celebrating the LGBTQIA+ Community.

You can find Caz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolineannhenderson/

Jasper McGuire - Software Test Manager

Jasper McGuire

Software Test Manager

Jasper McGuire (he/him) has been a Tester for over 20 years, for which he has been a Test Manager for six years. Jasper currently works for a mortgage servicing company where he manages testing of production software. Jasper has also been an out member of the community in his Testing career.

Phoebe Blair - Client Services Administrator & Social Media Executive at Thompson Alexander

Phoebe Blair

Client Services Administrator & Social Media Executive at Thompson Alexander

Phoebe Blair (she/her), Client Services Administrator and Social Media Executive at Thompson Alexander has worked in the Recruitment Industry for two years, and specifically in Testing Recruitment for over 18 months. Phoebe is also the Head of Social Media for Pride in St Neots, her local community.

You can find Phoebe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phoebeblair/

Useful Resources

https://callumakehurstryansblog.wordp...

https://queer-code.org

https://twitter.com/TARecruit

https://twitter.com/queercoders

https://www.facebook.com/PrideInStNeots/

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