Simon M.

Simon M. has a diverse work experience spanning over several decades. Simon started their career in 1980 as a Design Manager, Team Lead, and Principal Engineer at GPT Ltd. Simon then worked as the Head of Development at Intercom Communications (Nottingham) Ltd. from 1991 to 1994. Simon went on to become a Hardware Design Team Leader at Simoco Europe Ltd (formerly Mobicom Ltd) from 1995 to 2000.

In the year 2000, Simon joined TTPCom as a Senior Baseband Design Engineer, and later became a Principal Design Engineer. During their time at TTPCom, they contributed to the integration and maintenance of software applications into customer release builds.

Simon joined Motorola Inc., Integration & Customer Applications in 2006 as a Senior Staff Engineer, specializing in the integration and maintenance of SW applications. Simon then moved to Motorola in 2007, where they served as the Release Test Team Project Manager, responsible for managing the test activities and delivering 3G dual-mode Layer1 & Protocol Stacks to end customers.

In 2008, Simon joined Broadcom Inc. as a Senior Staff Engineer, focusing on software development, build, test, release, test automation, and CI. Simon successfully implemented a CI/CD system based on Last Known Good code and improved the reporting system for nightly regression tests.

Simon worked at Sepura multiple times. In 2014, they served as a Software Release, Build and Test Engineer on a fixed-term contract. In 2015, they took a sabbatical and undertook several training courses to improve their skills, including designing a personal/family website. From 2017, they worked as a DevOps Engineer, responsible for architecting, developing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity.

Overall, Simon M. has gained extensive experience in software development, testing, release management, and CI/CD throughout their career.

Simon M. started their education in 1974 at High Pavement 6th Form College, where they pursued a degree in Mathematics and Physics, completing this program in 1976. Later, from 1976 to 1977, they attended People's College, Nottingham (Night School), where they obtained their A Levels in Mathematics and Physics. Simon then continued their education at Nottingham Trent University from 1977 to 1980, focusing on Electrical & Electronic Engineering.

Throughout their career, Simon M. also obtained several certifications. Notably, in 2022, they obtained the MBCS certification from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. In 2008, they acquired the Prince 2 Practitioner certification. Additionally, they completed various online courses on platforms such as Udemy, including 'Jenkins, From Zero To Hero: Become a DevOps Jenkins Master' in 2020, 'The Complete Node JS Developer Course' in 2016, 'The Complete Web Developer Course 2.0' in 2016, and 'Learn Devops: Continuously Deliver Better Software' in 2016. Simon also completed several other online courses, such as 'Robot Framework Test Automation - Level 1 ( Selenium )', 'Selenium Webdriver Automate 10 commercial Sites - Basics C1', 'The Web Developer Bootcamp', 'Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Programming', 'Learning Python for Data Analysis and Visualization', 'Python for Data Structures, Algorithms, and Interviews!', and 'Complete Python Bootcamp' in 2016. Furthermore, they hold certifications in Software Testing from Brainbench, although the specific dates and institutions for these certifications are not provided.