James Dutton

James Dutton has a diverse work experience in the field of quality assurance and testing. James is currently working as a Lead QA Tester at CyberOwl since October 2021. Before that, they worked as an Automation Tester at Interact Software from March 2020 to October 2021.

Prior to their role at Interact Software, James worked at SteamaCo as a QA Engineer from April 2019 to March 2020. In this role, they implemented various QA processes to improve software quality. James introduced a Jira addin called Test Management for Jira (TM4J) and developed a test automation suite using Python, pytest, and Selenium WebDriver.

James also has experience at Invenias Limited, where they held the positions of Lead QA Engineer from October 2013 to March 2019 and QA Engineer from January 2013 to September 2013. In these roles, they played a key role in the planning process for testing new features and implemented software tools for test case management and issue tracking.

Before their time at Invenias Limited, James worked as a Test Engineer at Sophos from July 2011 to December 2012. In this role, they were responsible for running, maintaining, and improving the Anti-Virus automation test suite. James also collaborated with developers and other engineering teams to enhance test coverage and provide testing support.

James started their career as an Engineering Intern at Sophos from July 2009 to July 2010. Here, they gained experience in manual test execution, defect reporting, and writing development code and NUnit tests.

Furthermore, James had a brief role as a Software Engineer/Developer at LRD Systems Ltd in July 2007. However, additional details about this position are not provided.

Overall, James Dutton has a strong background in QA engineering and testing, with experience in implementing QA processes, test automation, and using various software tools.

James Dutton attended Lymm High School from the year 2000 until 2007. After completing their secondary education, they enrolled at The University of Manchester where they pursued a bachelor's degree in Software Engineering with Industrial Experience. James studied at the university from 2007 to 2011 and successfully obtained a BSc (Hons) in Software Engineering. Their focus of study during this time was in the field of Computer Software Engineering.