James Thomas is a seasoned Quality Assurance Analyst with 12 years’ experience ensuring accessible, robust, and user-friendly digital products, currently embedded in Oak National Academy’s Curriculum squad. He blends deep accessibility expertise—nearly a decade of auditing, training and remediation—with hands-on testing, automation (notably Cypress), and CI/CD integration to catch issues from requirements through production. James has led and mentored teams as a Lead Test Analyst, trained and line-managed apprentice testers, and translated accessibility guidance into practical training and consultancy across public and private sectors. A pragmatic tester and occasional code tinkerer, he pairs exploratory and scenario-driven testing with high-level strategic advocacy for quality and inclusion. Based in Skipton, he also contributes to the community through writing and speaks to accessibility best practice beyond his day-to-day role.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Music, Bachelor of Arts Music at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
A no-nonsense Cypress template for copying into new or existing projects, with some sensible defaults and useful helper functions.
Contributions:3 releases, 40 commits, 19 PRs in 2 years 3 months
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James Thomas - Quality Assurance Analyst at Oak National Academy