David Lees

David Lees has a strong background in test automation, with experience in designing and implementing automation frameworks using various tools and technologies. David has worked as a Senior QA Automation Engineer at KeyedIn Solutions, where they designed and implemented automation frameworks using Katalon Studio and later replaced it with a framework using C# and Playwright.

Prior to that, they served as a Lead QA Engineer at Westfield Health, where they designed and implemented an automation test framework using Katalon Studio and managed a test team. David also wrote the test strategy and process documentation.

David has also worked as a Test Automation Engineer at Lowell Group, where they designed automation frameworks for testing web-based systems using Visual Studio, Selenium/C#, and Ranorex/C#. David also gained experience in API testing using Ready!API.

In addition, they have worked as a Test Automation Consultant at SQA Consulting Limited, Senior Test Automation Engineer at Hermes, and Automation Specialist at HBM-nCode, TVS, BJSS, and AdvancedLearning. In these roles, they designed and implemented automation strategies and frameworks using tools like Selenium, Appium, TestComplete, QTP/UFT, and VBScript. David also provided analysis and recommendations for test automation tools and trained manual testers in using automation frameworks.

Overall, David Lees has extensive experience in test automation and has demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing automation frameworks using a variety of tools and technologies.

David Lees completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Software Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University from 2000 to 2001. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (hons) degree in Technology Management from the University of Sunderland, where they studied from 1993 to 1997. In addition to their formal education, David holds several certifications including "Administering Windows NT 4.0", "Foundation certificate in software testing" from ISEB, "Mercury Interactive – Introduction to WinRunner 7.0", "Mercury Interactive – Using Test Director 7.2", "PRINCE2 overview", "Progress Software – 4 GL Essentials", and "Progress Software – Developing Webspeed Applications 3.1".