Summary
Phil Read is a Senior QA Engineer with a Certified Agile Tester credential and over 18 years in IT, currently focusing on delivering robust test automation and quality practices at Bipsync. He brings deep financial services experience from roles at Barclaycard, 118118Money and Flex Systems where he built and led Selenium/Cucumber and CI-driven frameworks on Java, Git, Jenkins and AWS. Comfortable bridging infrastructure and QA, his background managing large desktop estates and Avaya communications gives him practical operational insight that improves resilience and incident response in testing. Known for pragmatic leadership, he has progressed from infrastructure and analyst roles into test automation lead positions, consistently turning complex, regulated requirements into auditable, high-quality releases.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Post Grad, Computing, Post Grad, Computing at University of Wales, Cardiff
Degree, Marine Biology, Degree, Marine Biology at Swansea University