Lewis Prescott

Lewis Prescott has a diverse work experience spanning various roles in quality assurance (QA) engineering and leadership. Lewis is currently serving as a Quality Engineering Lead at Islacare since April 2023. Prior to that, Lewis worked at Cera as a QA Lead from May 2021 to April 2023.

Lewis gained valuable experience as a QA Automation Lead at Cancer Research UK (CRUK) from September 2019 to May 2021, where they trained QA professionals in JavaScript (ES6) for UI testing using Cypress and worked on Proof of Concepts (POCs) for API testing using TypeScript (Mocha & Supertest), Mobile automation (Appium & WD.io), and AWS Lambda testing (Pytest & Moto).

Before joining CRUK, Lewis served as a Senior QA Engineer at ASOS.com from November 2017 to August 2019, where they worked on projects such as GDPR and collaborated with third-party integrations. Lewis also worked at DrEd Online Doctor as a QA Engineer from February 2017 to November 2017, where they performed functional automation using the Jasmine framework, JavaScript, and Protractor, as well as API testing using Node.js (http).

Lewis gained leadership experience as a QA Lead at Voyanta from March 2016 to February 2017, managing a small team of automation and functional testers. Lewis handled test strategy in an agile environment, coordinated test activities, trained team members, and analyzed testing requirements.

Prior to that, Lewis worked as a Senior Test Analyst at The Test People - Centre4 Testing from July 2014 to March 2016. Lewis started their professional career at Skillsarena Corporate as a Business Solutions Support from October 2012 to June 2014, where they were involved in various aspects, including data analysis, product testing, training and talent management consultancy, customer service, and project management.

Lewis has an early work experience as an Interviewer at Smaller Earth from September 2011 to June 2014, where they marketed opportunities at career fairs, conducted face-to-face interviews, and advertised through blogging and social media. Lewis also worked at Sainsbury's as a Deli Assistant from November 2007 to April 2012, displaying time management skills, attention to detail, and effective teamwork.

Overall, Lewis Prescott has a diverse background in QA engineering and leadership, with experience in training, automation, API testing, project management, and team coordination.

Lewis Prescott completed their Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Psychology from the University of East Anglia from 2009 to 2012. Before that, they pursued A levels in Psychology, Sociology, Sport, and PE at The Sixth Form College in Colchester from 2007 to 2009. Additionally, Lewis obtained several certifications, including "ABM Introduction in Business Mentoring" from ILM in March 2023, "ISTQB - Certified Tester Foundation Level" from ISEB in September 2014, "AWS Certified Developer – Associate" and "AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner" from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in April and March 2021 respectively, "The Economics of Startups" from Jolt.io in August 2019, and "Programming in C#" (Microsoft Certified Professional) from Microsoft (exact date not provided).