David Garratt

Dynamic and hands-on leader with extensive Quality Engineering expertise, driving innovation through QE, DevOps, and AI. Proven track record in diverse industries, excelling in team development, strategic planning, and complex problem-solving. Exceptional communicator with strong analytical skills, quick to adapt and learn.

Senior Manager, Quality Engineering Practice Lead (North of England) - Accenture Led QE services as Head of Test for clients, enhancing test efficiency and quality.

• Defined QE Strategy and executed this strategy across Energy (Fuel) and Financial Services - Created and implemented tailored QE services - Supported and developed QE personnel, improving team performance - Innovated automation and technology stack, integrating GenAI - Deployed QE tools across a range of infrastructure (Azure, AWS, On-Prem) and technologies (GitHub Actions, K8/Docker) - Collaborated with sales teams on prospects and client engagements - Grew the QE Practice from under 20 to over 200 professionals - Integrated automated and traditional testing for efficient, comprehensive services - Established an innovation lab incorporating AI and robotics for fuel testing - Mentored and coached the team, developing them into highly skilled quality engineers Vice President, Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (Lead SDET) - Barclays (2018-09 - 2020-06) Owned the Test Strategy for Barclays Digital.
• Drove innovation across the development and test space - Acted as an influencer across Barclays, presenting on development and test best practices - Served as Design Authority for Test Automation - Product Owner for the primary Test Automation Framework at Barclays - Defined test approach for mobile testing - Led and mentored a large team of Test Automation engineers, several of whom advanced to more senior SDET roles - Championed and executed the migration of test tooling and execution to a cloud provider (AWS), increasing execution capacity fivefold - Advocated for alternatives to front-end based testing, enabling earlier defect detection and greater efficiency - Promoted the adoption of Service Virtualisation, significantly reducing testing noise and environment-related test failures Senior Test Manager - MBNA Bank of America (2014-05 - 2018-09) Introduced DevOps-integrated testing services.
• Defined the automated test strategy and approach - Delivered automated testing solutions, reducing manual testing efforts - Mentored test leads in automated and non-functional testing - Shaped testing and service transition strategies - Upskilled the manual test team with Test Automation skills, significantly enhancing their capabilities - Achieved rapid regression testing execution, enabling Agile delivery - Enhanced software quality, reducing post-release defects Change and Test Manager - Maintel Datapoint (2013-05 - 2014-05) Oversaw all test and change activities, managing a team of testers and change analysts. Test Manager - MoneySuperMarket (2011-09 - 2013-05) Led QA, defect, and release management for the MoneySuperMarket Deals channel.

Test Environment Management Team

Lead - Bank of America (2007-01 - 2011-09) Led environment managers, managing appraisals and workflow.

• Oversaw 12 integrated 3-tier environments and a 100-desk test lab facility - Provided technical testing services