Simon Baker Email Address

Test Manager and National Grid and Global IS

Welcome to National Grid, providing New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts with natural gas and electricity for homes and businesses.

ISTQB Qualified Test Professional, with over of 20 years’ experience in Test Management and Planning, Leadership, Technical Testing, Analysis and Consultation. Proficient in the delivery of robust test process and governance, ensuring a focused, high-quality approach and delivery across private and public sector clients and projects. Exceptional ability to quickly get up to speed, understand and start delivering on large, complex projects. Client endorsed and demonstrable key stakeholder identification, engagement and management, with the confidence and diplomacy to negotiate and communicate at all levels. Experienced in the management of manual and automation test, development, technical and consultancy teams and resources, ranging in sizes from 2 up to 20 plus, located on and offshore and across multiple sites and time zones. Well versed in the various, software development and test life cycles, project and test methodologies and infrastructures, with experiences gained on many varied, challenging and diverse projects. Underpinning the above, I possess solid analytical and practical skills, with hands-on experience of functional, non-functional and technical test execution.