David Cowper

Software Quality Assurance Professional

Summary
During the last twelve years I have been active in most areas of requirements analysis & software
quality assurance in R & D IT environments with particular emphasis on mobile devices/handsets.

I have gained significant telecommunications experience.

Recently I have also gained experience of testing SW applications that are specifically intended for
downloading & installing onto mobile devices.
Industries as diverse as finance, media, medical, fashion, gaming & social networking, are developing
& enhancing these “apps” for their customers to use on all the many smart-phones & PDA’s.

I am accustomed to & I have the ability to adapt quickly to different environments & technologies.

I have a talent for keeping people (including myself) & teams (internal & external) working in concert
toward common goals.
I enjoy building professional relationships with people in all functions.

I have become an experienced test manager & defect manager.

In future roles I am keen to gain further experience of test team start-up, mentoring, training &
leadership.
To this end, I can perform the function of a test manager/leader or assist a test manager/leader.
I can support a project by writing test plans/strategies & by scheduling tasks, resources, etc.

I am also accustomed to working at any level in a team as a test analyst/engineer giving me vital
hands-on experience.

Key Skills : -

System Testing : Functional & Non-Functional : 12 ys

Integration Testing : 4 ys

Agile including Sprint & Scrums : 1 yr

Customer Facing incl Close Working Involvement : 3 years

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For NW Providers, Prime Contact for Device Vendors : 2 ys

Test Team Start Up, Mentoring, Training & Leading : 2 ys

Producing Test Plans/Strategies : 1 yr

Task/Resource Scheduling using MS Office Project : 3 ys

Analysing Requirements & Producing Test Specs : 10 ys

Defect Management using JIRA, HP Mercury Quality Center, Bugzilla : 6 ys

.

Specialties
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ClearCase/ClearQuest, DOORS & Change : 2 ms

Set up & maintain subscribers on VAS portal : 3 ms

2G/3G/HSDPA Mobile Devices incl

Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry & Apple iPhone : 8 ys

GIS / LBS using Cell ID : 2 ys

Video Streaming & Mobile TV (MPEG, DVB-H, DTV) : 3 ys

Embedded SW : 3 ys

Anite, R&S CMU200 : 2 ys

IMS, VoIP, SIP, LTE : 1 yr

HSDPA EtoE : 5 ms

3GPP Conformance using ORGA/COMPRION :1 yr

RF Testing using SATIMO : 3 ms

Experience
Defect Manager at Motorola

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September 2010 - Present (3 months)
Responsibility for issues, mostly defects, raised on an Android PDA, both internally and by a
customer who is one of the largest mobile NW providers.

Align and add value to issues on internal JIRA 4.1, and customer’s Quality Center 9.0, tracking
systems.

Efficiently progress issues through their life cycle. Hence, much cross-function involvement.

With customer representatives and internal team managers, perform triages to prioritise issues and
negotiate/plan which SW releases will contain which fixes.

Act as a point of contact for the customer and for internationally placed technical account
managers.
Organise and hold regular review conference calls with these and other personnel.

The PDA runs under Android 2.1 Eclair and is moving to Android 2.2 Froyo.

Director at Cowper Consultancy Ltd.

September 1997 - Present (13 years 3 months)
1 recommendation available upon request

Main Point of Contact to the Customer UAT at Vodafone

May 2010 - August 2010 (4 months)
Responsible for all testing scenarios of a financial system that comprises of a downloadable
application onto Windows Mobile 6, back office database services, and a secure financial database.
(MS SQL Server)

Test resource scheduling/planning.

Using JIRA, managed issues (mostly change requests and defects) raised internally and by the
customer.

Regularly met with customer representatives to review/prioritise outstanding issues and plan which
fixes should go into which software builds.
Ensured that fixes went into builds as agreed with the customer.
(sprint planning/reviewing)

Main Point of Contact between the development/support teams and the customer UAT teams in the
UK and Europe.

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 Maintained a log of UAT environment issues and owned these issues through to a mutually
satisfactory conclusion.

To perform queries on databases, executed SQL “select” statements on MS SQL Server 2008
Management Studio.

Set up and maintained subscribers on VAS (Vodafone Application Service) CCP (Customer Care
Portal).
1 recommendation available upon request

IT Consultant at Study Leave

November 2009 - April 2010 (6 months)
To keep my knowledge current, I am continually researching and studying topics such the following
:-

Concepts and methodologies such as: V-Model, Waterfall Model, Agile software development
including SCRUM.

Open source (OS) testing tools such as Selenium IDE, including installing and using.

Internet concepts including: TCP/IP (Transport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol),

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), DNS (Domain Name System),
Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM).

Media and Broadcasting including: MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group), MP3, DVB (Digital
Video Broadcasting).

Mobile SW platforms including: Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry OS, Android, Maemo,
Mac OS X iPhone.

Telecoms technologies specified in 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) releases including:
UMTS, UTRAN, HSDPA, W-CDMA, Femtocell, Beamforming,
HSDPA, HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat-Request), AMC (Adaptive Modulation & Coding),
HSPA+ (Evolved High-Speed Packet Access), MIMO,
OFDMA (Orthogonal FDMA),
LTE (Long Term Evolution) which is a stepping stone to 4G (4th Generation),
All-IP Network, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem),
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), VoIP,
FMC (Fixed Mobile Convergence), VCC (Voice Call Continuity),
GAN (Generic Access Network).

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 Other radio technologies including: Wi-Fi, WiMAX.

Test Manager at Badoo

August 2009 - October 2009 (3 months)
Created and maintained a Test Plan (including: scope, approach, test stages, resource schedule,
impacts, risks, etc.).

Started up, mentored and lead a team of two test analysts plus many (available on demand)
testers.

Analysed customer requirements on wire-frames. From these wrote the basis for the creation of
manual test cases.
The test cases are also written to guidelines provided by Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Reviewed
these test cases.

Verification to Java standards in readiness for Java VeriSign certification of the mobile application
under test.

Using a customer survey, selected 2G and 3G devices for testing that are the most popular
representatives of families of devices.
The families are distinguished by OS version, edition, feature pack, screen size and colour depth.

The Java J2ME mobile application under test provides social networking using LBS (Location
Based Services).

Organised and planned field testing scenarios for GIS (Geographical Information System) using
Cell ID.

The app is installed onto mobile SW platforms such as Symbian 60, Windows Mobile and Mac OS
X for Apple iPhone.
2 recommendations available upon request

Senior Test Analyst at Vertu

May 2009 - June 2009 (2 months)
Functional system testing of all software on 2G/3G/HSDPA mobile devices (UE) running under the
Nokia Series 40 software platform, including :
• testing all applications such as SAT (SIM Application Toolkit), SMS, MMS, WAP Browser, live
video streaming (Mobile TV), Bluetooth, Contacts, Calendar, Games, Camera and GIS/GPS,
• flashing software releases onto the handsets using the Nokia tools : Fast Trace and Phoenix.

Processed test cases and recorded the results of testing using Mercury Quality Centre 9.0.

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 Entered and progressed defects/faults using Synergy Change, including retesting and regression
testing any application or any other functionality of a device, then updated the defect.

Test Co-ordinator at Belgacom

May 2008 - October 2008 (6 months)
Reviewed and verified test results produced by the test team.
Tested all applications on 2G and 3G mobile devices, including SAT (SIM Application Toolkit),
SMS, MMS, WAP Browser, live video streaming (Mobile TV), Bluetooth, Contacts, Calendar,
Games, Camera and GIS/GPS.

Validated the devices against test servers.

Confirmed interoperability with previously launched devices.

Using foreign SIM’s, verified functionality of mobile devices under IREG (International Roaming
Expert Group).

The mobile devices tested were HW/SW combinations not yet on the market but intended for the
portfolio.
These 2G/3G/HSDPA mobile devices were phones, smart-phones and PDA’s.
The vendors included Apple, HTC, Huawei, LG, Nokia, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.
The mobile software platforms included Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry and OS X
for Apple iPhone.

Defect/fault/incident management using Mercury Quality Centre 9.0 including :

reviewing, confirming, then converting, new incidents to open defects/faults,
retesting and regression testing any application or any other functionality of a device, then updating
the defect.

Based on open defects/faults, produced reports (including risks, etc.) recommending (or not)
devices for launch.

Performed the role of prime contact (champion) for Huawei, LG, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and when
needed, other vendors.
Investigating and answering queries from these device vendors, meeting with their representatives
when necessary.

When needed, RF tested mobile devices using a SATIMO StarLab Antenna Measurement system
in combination with an R&S CMU200 device tester.

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Test Manager at Elektrobit
November 2007 - May 2008 (7 months)
Created Test Plan & Automation Project Schedule.

Input to main project schedules.

Used Sprint Planning which is a planning methodology in Agile Software Development.

Started up, mentored & lead a team of six to eight test engineers.
Started up & organised a test lab/facility.

Analysed customer requirements on Telelogic DOORS & Infineon PICS (Protocol Implementation
Conformance Statement).
From these sources, wrote the basis of test-cases.
Reviewed these test-cases.

Planned, scheduled, performed the design work & lead the development of :
• ATC-SAT IPC Test Tool;
• Test automation using adaptors written in C++ & TTCN-3 scripts for :
.....Setting up data calls using combinations of Coding Schemes & Time Slots,
.....Energy consumption measurement,
.....Satellite GPS Assistance Data using a simulated satellite environment.

The mobile device under test was multi RAT: GPRS/2G, WCDMA & GMR-3G (Geo-Mobile Radio
Specs 3G). When the satellite is utilised, IMS uses SIP to set up VOIP calls.

Used Telelogic Synergy Change for fault creation and progression.

Used R&S CMU200 device testers in conjunction with the R&S remote-control program CMUgo.
Used Infineon tools: Phone Tool, Calibration Tool, Mobile Analyser.
1 recommendation available upon request

Mobile Device / PC Application Tester at Good Technology

July 2007 - November 2007 (5 months)
Functional/non-functional testing sychronized application resident as Windows PC client & mobile
device client.
The application enables enterprise intranet & MS Office applications available on PC network, to be
accessed & used on hand-held's.

3G/HSDPA mobile devices used included : -

• Palm Treo 750, HTC Hermes & HTC Kaiser, Symbol MC35, all under Windows Pocket PC 5.0
(WM5);

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 • Samsung i600 series (Black Jack) under Windows Pocket PC 5.0 Smartphone.

Testing included : -
• Creation of users & user management performed on the PC client;
• Hard re-sets & initialisation of devices including installation of ROM’s;
• OTA download of & subsequent set-up of device clients.
• RSS/ATOM feed reader/aggregator application including OPML libraries.
• GIS ( Geographical Information System ) / GPS ( Global Positioning System ).

Test Cases were run on TestTraq. Faults were created & progressed on ProjectTraq.

Used most of the facilities in MS Outlook.

Used MS “Mailstorm” and “Oldriver”.

Pre-Conformance and Application Test Analyst at Samsung

July 2006 - July 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Wrote & amended Test-Specifications. Organised using ClearCase.

Worked to a Test Strategy that included the testing phases of Acceptance Testing, Eligibility
Testing, Feature Testing & Regression Testing.

Installed embedded software on UE’s using OptiFlash software.

Tested 3G prototype mobile devices (UE’s) including functional testing of all applications.

Using foreign SIM’s, verified functionality of mobile devices under IREG (International Roaming
Expert Group).

Tested RSS/ATOM feed reader/aggregator application including OPML libraries.

The major part of my testing was SIM/USIM & SAT/USAT pre-conformance testing.

Used public network SIM/USIM cards & ANITE, R & S & ORGA SIM/USIM cards in the UE’s under
test.

During testing used : -

• Scripts based on 3GPP specifications on ORGA (Comprion) IT3 Test Platform for :
SIM/USIM testing including electrical & protocol testing,
SIM Application Toolkit SAT/USAT testing.
• ANITE SAS.

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 • Rhode & Schwartz Universal Protocol Tester.

Raised error reports using TeamTrack & ClearQuest.

2 recommendations available upon request

HSDPA End to End Test Analyst at Vodafone

February 2006 - June 2006 (5 months)
End to end testing of HSDPA which included the following : -

• Functionality including various:

.....Subscriber level and Network level QOS enforcement,
.....Subscriber level SGSN Policy Mapping enforcement,
.....Application Access including FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WAP, VPN, streaming and email;

• Performance including various multi-user scenarios for:

.....Session activation,
.....Upload/Download throughput (including cell-edge),
.....latency (using TPing);

• Mobility including various scenarios for 2G/3G/HSDPA handovers;

• Stress including various multi-user scenarios with various loads of active and inactive users using
Teleca SITT (Scalable Intensive Test Tool);

• Billing for Post-Paid including verification that S-CDR and G-CDR are closed after various
volumes of download;

• Adult Content Filter (ACF);

• Traffic Mixture Throughput including combinations of users of HSDPA and 3G and 2.5G;

• Regression testing of 3G devices over HSDPA for voice, SMS, MMS, FTP and HTTP.

DRM User Acceptance Test Analyst at Vodafone

January 2006 - February 2006 (2 months)
UAT (User Acceptance Testing) of DRM ( Digital Rights Management ).

This DRM is a solution from CoreMedia.

The above testing included the production of : -

• Project Estimate,

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 • Test Plan (including Scope, Risks, Assumptions, Interfaces, Environment & Timeframes),
• Test Specification,
• Test Cases from analysis of requirements,
• Progress Reports,
• Project Exit (including Execution Summary, Defect Summary & Outstanding
Issues/Risks/Impacts).

Throughout the above testing there was particular focus on VRDJ (Vodafone Radio DJ) which
incorporates the Sony Net Services StreamMan into the “Vodafone Live!” WAP page and the
Vodafone PC internet page.

3G UE Application System Test Analyst at Sony NetServices

July 2005 - September 2005 (3 months)
Used and aligned User Requirements Specifications with other documents.

Used Mercury Test Director to write test cases based on analysis of User Requirements
Specifications for a new 3G version of Sony StreamMan.

Used the above test cases to test the new 3G version of Sony StreamMan on a number of
prototype Symbian and non-Symbian 3G User Equipment with USIM’s from the network providers
of various EU countries.

Prior to the testing, installed the new 3G version of Sony StreamMan on a number of prototype
Symbian and non-Symbian 3G User Equipment.

Downloaded and streamed from test servers, test codec files supplied by Warner, Universal and
BMG, to a number of prototype Symbian and non-Symbian 3G User Equipment with an Austrian A1
USIM.

Installed and used PVPlayer by Packet Video and RealPlayer, on the above handsets.
1 recommendation available upon request

2G/3G Device/UE Accreditation Test Analyst at O2

April 2004 - April 2005 (1 year 1 month)
Special responsibility for Non–O2 Portfolio device accreditation.
Including planning & leadership of Tesco Mobile device accreditation.

Produced Executive Summaries for devices indicating where customer experience may be poor &
any risks to the O2 network.

Testing included IOT, Applications, Multimedia, Messaging, SAT, SIMLock & Security and Data

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 Connectivity.

Using foreign SIM’s, verified functionality of mobile devices under IREG (International Roaming
Expert Group).

Devices tested included wireless cards, car-kits, BlackBerry’s, smart-phones & PDA’s including
Palm.
Operating systems included Symbian & Windows Mobile (Pocket PC).

Used an Aspects Smart Station 2 to test the SIM Application Toolkit.

Updated & ran scripts on Anite test equipment.

Built, installed and tested JAVA MIDP device profiles on 4thpassMAS (Mobile Application System)
test & live platforms.
Allocated test JAVA content to the device profiles for device testing.

Recorded & processed test results & faults on Project Place & Test Director.

Wrote a Friendly User Test document.

2 recommendations available upon request

3G Device/UE System Tester at Orange

February 2004 - March 2004 (2 months)
# Installed embedded software onto Sony Ericsson 2G/3G devices using a Sony Ericsson Flash
Station.

# The embedded software included all applications including SAT (SIM Application Toolkit), MMS
(Multimedia Messaging), WAP, DRM & COD, SyncML, Bluetooth, Contacts, Games (including
JAVA), Camera & RealOne Player.

# My testing included individual functional testing of all applications on Sony Ericsson, Motorola &
Nokia (Symbian) prototype 2G/3G devices.

# My testing included IOT such as MMS and video calls between different prototype 2G/3G
devices.

# Performance Tested prototype Novatel Wireless 2G/3G dual mode card with associated PC
software.

# Used the Orange 3G network in conjunction with Orange 3G enabled SIM cards and USIM cards

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 in the prototype 3G devices & prototype Wireless cards.

# Used the Tektronix UMTS field test logging tool.

3G Platform End to End Tester at Hutchison 3G

August 2003 - November 2003 (4 months)
# In the NOC (Network Operations Centre) end-to-end testing of a live 3G UMTS platform.

# Used NEC E606 handsets to confirm that customer requirements such as MMS (Multimedia
Messaging Service) and UMS (Unified Messaging Service) were available and functioning correctly.

# Recorded the results of these tests on Excel spreadsheets from which weekly network
performance statistics were produced.

GPRS EDGE Symbian Device System Tester at Nokia Mobile Phones

May 2002 - June 2003 (1 year 2 months)
Functional & non-functional testing of Symbian devices (European tri-band & American dual-band).

Raised error reports & progressed them through their life cycle.

Wrote & maintained Test-Specifications based on user requirements.

Installed embedded software (core and variant, for European and American continents) onto the
devices using Phoenix software in conjunction with FPS-8 Flash Prommers.

Functional testing of all applications & non-functional testing for power management, stress, volume
& memory.

Used public network SIM cards (UK & Finnish) & Nokia Gemplus test network SIM cards in the
devices.

Tested American variants such as AWS & Cingular on the Nokia Gemplus test network.

Using foreign SIM’s, verified functionality of mobile devices under IREG (International Roaming
Expert Group).

Installed on the devices & used Nokia “Field Test Display” software.

• Used PC (WINDOWS NT) in client server relationships,

• Utilised Nokia resources such as Nokia IOT facilities, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, Microsoft
Outlook, & Internet Explorer.

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GPRS Wireless Data Module Integration/System Tester at Siemens
April 2001 - October 2001 (7 months)
# Testing of embedded software written in C++ loaded on a GPRS module using tools ZOC and
MIT. MIT (Multiple Interface Test-tool) is an automated testing tool developed by Siemens.

# Installation of embedded software onto GPRS modules using WinSwap.

# The embedded software included the SAT (SIM Application Tool) which can maintain a dialogue
using special AT commands with PDA's or lap-top PC's. ZOC and MIT above are used to simulate
the TE.
Used Frontline Serialtest Spy to monitor the protocol.

# The above involved the use of DSB’s (Development Support Boards). The SIM card and GPRS
module under test are attached to the DSB. The DSB is linked to the PC which has the above test
tools loaded.
The DSB is also linked to an air interface antenna or a test network which can simulate the air
interface and MSC.

# Used WinFaxPRO and “PPP Monitor” which is an in-house Point to Point Protocol Analyser.

# Used the Nethawk GPRS field test logging tool.

GPRS VLR/HLR Interface Tester including UAT & FAT at Lucent Technologies
June 2000 - March 2001 (10 months)
Test Specification and Test Script writing based on requirements and system documentation, using
a simulation tool called MGTS. This included the definition of Mobile Application Protocol (MAP)
messages.
Many of these messages had CAMEL components which are necessary for IREG (International
Roaming EG).
MAP is a part of GSM and is used in GPRS. It is layered on the TCAP layer of SS7.

As part of factory acceptance testing used MGTS to simulate a Visitor Location Register (VLR)
generating the above messages which were sent to Home Location Registers (HLR) set up for test
purposes.

The environment was UNIX (SOLARIS), SUN and PC (WINDOWS NT).

During testing : -
• Used PC (WINDOWS NT) and Exceed in client server relationships,
• Utilised resources such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Mail, Internet and
Intranet as business information tools via Netscape Communicator.

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Nokia V5 Access Node Component & Integration Tester at Cambridge Consultants
January 2000 - May 2000 (5 months)
# Component testing and integration testing of GUI software written in C++ that uses Q3 protocol to
manage NOKIA V5 access nodes.

# This included the use of a Nethawk V5 simulator to test downstream V5.1 communication from an
access node to a tributary node and upstream V5.2 communication from an access node to an
exchange.

# My role included installing software on the various types of cards on V5 access nodes and their
configuration.

# Raised Fault Reports and progressed them through their life cycle using fault processing
software.
This included Regression Testing and involved liaison with development and other teams.

# The environment was WINDOWS NT.

Used LOTUS NOTES for project team management and co-ordination.

# During testing wrote Test Specifications to company standards.

Intelligent NW Component/Integration/System Tester at BT

January 1999 - December 1999 (1 year)
BT Laboratories, Adastral Park, Ipswich.

# Component testing, integration testing, system testing and end to end testing including fail-over
testing of nodes on an Intelligent Network (IN) platform that processes advanced routing of
telephonic calls.

# DEC ALPHA servers running under UNIX with SS7 layered process installed were used.

# Used and tested ORACLE and ObjectStore databases.

Switch/Exchange Software Integration/System Tester at BT

October 1997 - January 1999 (1 year 4 months)
BT Laboratories, Adastral Park, Ipswich.

# Integration Testing and System Testing of software that manages events reported by System X
and AXE10 trunk automated exchanges. This included End To End and Y2K testing.

# Used live test exchanges and automated test harnesses emulating fault reports that would be

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 generated by System X and AXE10 BT Exchanges involving the setting up of scenarios and the
tracking of defects through the system.

# The software under test was running under VMS on DEC ALPHA (formerly DEC VAX) and made
use of ORACLE. Hence, during the testing it was necessary to manipulate files using UNIX
commands and interrogate ORACLE databases using SQLPLUS.

IT Manager at Freebooter Seafoods Ltd.

March 1992 - April 1997 (5 years 2 months)
A hands-on position setting up the first computer network (Novell) across the multiple office and
factory sites.

Developed and installed a bespoke Cost System. Trained personnel at all levels in the use of this.

Implemented Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to enable Just-In-Time ordering by the largest
super-market chains.

Implemented Preventative Maintenance across multiple factory sites.

Created a Disaster Recovery Plan for data, software and hardware. Implemented this across
multiple office/factory sites.

Part Time Lecturer in Business Computing at Hull College of Further Education

September 1991 - June 1992 (10 months)

Business Systems Analyst at British Aerospace PLC

November 1978 - August 1991 (12 years 10 months)
Security Cleared (SC) position.

Financial Modelling the BAe Group to establish the effects of company take-overs and of adding
companies to the group.

Education
University of York
B. A., Mathematics & Computer Science, 1969 - 1972

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Interests
Cars (old, new, models, books) and driving including travel in the UK and in other countries.

When I am working overseas, I enjoy spending long periods of time in a country, absorbing the
culture and learning about the local history.
I ask the question: how did these people and their architecture, etc. become as they are now ?

Cosmology including the latest discoveries and theories in these areas.

Particular interest in the origins and early history of our planet Earth leading into another of my
interests: Palaeontology.

Science Fiction and Fantasy in Film and TV including acquiring and collecting set-used props.

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David Cowper
Software Quality Assurance Professional

10 people have recommended David

"David has been invaluable during User Acceptance Test and the main point of contact between the
Hungarian test team and the UK development team. He picked up the complex nature of this highly
bespoke system and quickly established a good relationship with the client's test team and
management. He has been integral to delivering multiple test cycles, co ordinating internal test
teams and liaising with customer test teams. His personality and experience have enabled him to
build rapport quickly and effectively."
— Tim Sumner, was David's client

"David was able to come into our initially chaotic mobile development environment and build a
strictly structured test plan, that is still serving us well to this day. Beyond his obvious testing
experience, he is quite the charming fellow, which plays well in a position that requires quite a bit of
internal interaction with different division heads."
— Michael Geer, Executive, Badoo Ltd., managed David indirectly at Badoo

"David has worked at Badoo as Test Manager in the initial phase of the Badoo Mobile Application
build. He set up all the plans and managed the test team, supervising the workload of the team and
ensuring they were ready to start testing as soon as required. David is very easy to work with, well
organised, detailed and thorough. He is reliable, flexible and a self starter, which is very important
when building a new application from scratch. I would highly recommend David as an experienced
test manager who can hit the ground running and get the job done."
— Deborah Porton, was David's client

"I find David, to be a very well rounded professional Engineer with vast experience in a number of
different fields of expertise, I would therefore highly recommend David for any suitable position."
— Alan Hunte, Senior Defence Consultant (On site recruiter for Defence and Aerospace
clients)., Parity, was with another company when working with David at Cowper Consultancy Ltd.

"David was a highly competent, diligent and totally professional test specialist at o2. With his
enhanced interpersonal, team skills and detailed approach, David added direction, clarity and a
great sense of humour to the team."
— Garry Stratton, Handset Test Specialist, O2, worked directly with David at O2

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 "David did a brilliant job in ramping up the testing department from scratch. He has also proven to
be a qualified professional, whose services I can warmly recommend."
— Jouko Kylmäoja, Release manager, EB, managed David indirectly at Elektrobit

"David undertook a number of difficult tasks working with the engineering team to test and develop
our implementation of Sim application Toolkit. He was always ready to take on new tasks and was
never afraid to ask questions to improve his knowledge. David had a great sense of humour and
imbedded himself in the team very well. David always was willing to help his colleuges and would
work extra if needed. I would employ David again in the future."
— Keith Lenon, was David's client

"He is a lively team member"

— Paransothy Sivakaran, Senior Engineer, Samsung, worked directly with David at Samsung

"David was hired to look at the device testing required for a new area of the business. He managed
the testing and politics involved very well and laid the foundations which are still utilised today.
David was very reliable and he has a lot to offer any device testing environment with his great
experience in the field."
— Robert Cura, was David's client

"David has in-depth knowledge about 3G user equipment testing. Coupled with sound business and
technical understanding he is a solid professional."
— Michael van Eikeren, Test Manager, Sony Netservices, managed David at Sony NetServices

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