Phil Read

Phil Read has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Phil began their career at Firstplus Financial Group, where they served as a Senior Avaya Analyst for almost 10 years. Phil then joined barclaycard as an Infrastructure Technician, responsible for managing desktop estate, supporting network infrastructure, and incident reporting in an ITIL environment. Phil later transitioned to roles as a Test Analyst and Test Automation Engineer at barclaycard. Phil then worked at 118118Money as a Test Automation Engineer (QA Analyst) before joining Flex Systems as a Senior Test Automation Engineer and eventually progressing to the role of Lead Test Automation Engineer. Currently, Phil is employed at Bipsync as a Senior QA Engineer.

Phil Read obtained a postgraduate degree in Computing from the University of Wales, Cardiff in 1997-1998. Prior to that, they completed a degree in Marine Biology at Swansea University from 1993 to 1996. In addition to their formal education, Phil has also obtained certifications including the Barclays Digital Driving Licence from Barclays and the Certified Agile Tester certification. No specific information is available regarding the dates or institutions where these certifications were obtained.