TESTING FOR ALL - Key Persons
Alexander has recently graduated from UCL, where he read History with a particular focus on the relationship between art and politics in a global historical context. Alexander has worked to spread the word about TFA and its mission through press coverage, social media and TFA's blog during his time as Marketing & PR intern.
Alka is an experienced COO / CFO with 20 years in the Financial Services sector. Alka has worked at successful start-ups and established asset-management firms providing finance and business leadership. Alka is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Job Titles:
- Communications and Operations
Charlotte brings operations, communications and change management experience from both the start-up and enterprise worlds. She has worked across the technology, non-profit, education and energy sectors.
Dan has over 10 years experience in managing Customer Service teams from small companies to multinational ecommerce giants. He has successfully grown teams at pace which provide both a great experience to the team, but most importantly to the customer by putting them at the centre of everything.
A software engineer with over 20 years experience, Darren has developed systems in a wide variety of domains. Among others, Darren has written software for major high-street banks, insurance companies, warehouse automation, e-commerce and early stage startups.
Darren has spent many years crafting customer experiences with global brands and start-ups. He volunteers with organisations focusing on education, is an early adopter of technology, and has been involved with the internet since 1995.
David is an experienced CFO/FD with over 20 years of finance and international business leadership expertise. He has held senior roles in the transport, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and technology sectors. David is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Renée is a GP, medical writer for National Press and GP Media, and resident GP for BBC Radio London. She spent 20 years in National Press publishing before qualifying as a doctor with two distinctions in 2010.
Estelle has 20+ years of HR experience, predominantly in FinTech, IT, and Banking. She has transformed small teams into high-performing, world class talent acquisition and people operations teams through her love of mentoring and creative leadership.
Jack takes technical leadership roles in organisations of all sizes, from start-ups to established, FTSE 50 companies. Jack enabled Testing For All to build a state of the art tech platform, with deep automated testing that enables us to release several times a day, every day.
Engineer by training, and scientist by education, James has successfully founded technology company Cloudreach that scaled to operate in 9 countries with over 500 staff. James has a long term interest in genomics and diagnostic testing.
After working in Product Management for several years Jess moved to software engineering to combine the two skills. Jess has a frontend focus but enjoys working across the stack and has developed web applications for major high-street retailers, media corporations, health e-commerce start ups and Google's brand team.
An Entrepreneur and Strategy professional with experience working on scalable engagements with EY, Sainsburys Group Strategy and Advention Business Partners. Kelly has advised large medical diagnostic players in new test launches in the UK.
Luka has been working in software engineering since 2011. Recently, he has headed projects and designed scalable architecture in Buyerdeck and Europos. These experiences led him to fall in love with programming even more and go full-stack.
Sophie is currently a student of History and French at the University of Cambridge and she has had experience in journalism in the past. She has brought her passion for all forms of writing to her role as marketing and PR intern with Testing For All.
Vanessa has 20+ years professional and academic background in theatre, film and & the wider leisure industries as well as project management experience across a range of sectors, including criminology and criminal justice.