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Louise Gibbs

Louise works as a Senior QA Analyst at MandM Direct, an online sportswear and fashion retailer. Her main involvement has been testing updates made to the website and checkout and developing the automated test suite.

Before this, she worked at Malvern Panalytical, a company that developed scientific instruments for a variety of industries, most notably pharmaceuticals. She was involved in testing the software used to carry out automated particle imaging and raman spectroscopy to identify particles in a mixed sample.

Louise graduated from Bangor University with a degree in Computer Science for Business. Her first job after university was as a software tester for Loyalty Logistix, a company that produced Web, Mobile and Desktop applications that allowed members of the Automotive industry to run Loyalty schemes for customers.

Testing with Feature Toggles

Testing with Feature Toggles

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