Kevin Watt
Kevin has worked in the games industry since 2004, starting his journey on the original ‘Fable’ (Lionhead Studios) on the XBOX as a QA tester. After this project was complete, Kevin moved to Giant Entertainment working on ‘Lego Star Wars’ for a year. He was then rejoined with the Lionhead test team working on ‘Fable: The Lost Chapters’ and ‘Black and White’. Kevin moved on once again after these projects and began work on the TT Games Publishing title ‘Lego Star Wars 2’. Between these projects and moving to Testology Ltd, Kevin worked as a 3D artist at Jagex in Cambridge, using his 3D modeling and animation skills he acquired at University. Since working at Testology Ltd Kevin has worked on ‘LittleBigPlanet / DLC’ (Media Molecule) for the PS3, ‘Fable 2’ (Lionhead Studios) on the XBOX 360 as well as Philips amBX. Kevin was also a lead test on the Wii platform for DJ Hero (FreestyleGames). Kevin is another very experienced tester who has skills outside of the QA realm. His eye for detail and great work ethic make him an extremely valued member of staff.
Julia Brown
Julia has been working as a QA tester since 2007. Julia had her first taste of industry life as a work ex in the Lionhead Studios art department, working on The Movies (PC) in 2005. Julia’s first job in QA was working for SEGA working on titles such as SEGA Superstars Tennis, Iron Man (multiple
platforms) and The Incredible Hulk (multiple platforms). She began working for Testology in 2008, where she worked on Men of War and LittleBigPlanet. She briefly left Testology, returning to Lionhead to contribute on Fable 2. In 2009 she returned to Testology as an assistant lead on DJ Hero (FreestyleGames) and is currently a lead on LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule).
Matthew Humphrey
Matthew began his testing career at Testology in 2007 under the guidance of our highly experienced staff. In his time with us, Matthew has worked on the AAA titles Fable 2 (Lionhead Studios) on XBOX 360 and LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule) on the PS3. His quick progress and ability in the job role encouraged us to assign Matthew to a lead testing position on the PC title Railworks (RailSimulator.com). Matt communicates extremely well with clients and developers, an innate skill that was further developed by his placements at developer’s offices. Additionally, Matthew has contributed to Football Director (Four Door Lemon) on the DS and also helped with Philips amBX hardware and software testing.
Matthew Spencer
Matthew started in the industry as a tester in 2007 working at TT Games Publishing on the highly successful LEGO series. Working for Testology Ltd, Matthew has worked as both an offsite and onsite tester on projects such as DJ Hero (FreestyleGames) on multiple platforms, LittleBigPlanet / DLC (Media Molecule) on PS3 amongst others. Matthew is now an established tester and is frequently called upon to lead new projects.
John Lamplugh
John Lamplugh began his QA career at Testology in 2007, demonstrating a strong level of both adaptability and reliability while working on amBX hardware and software solutions. Alongside his work with amBX, John has worked on several projects including LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule) on PS3, Fable 2 (Lionhead Studios) on Xbox 360 and DJ Hero (FreeStyleGames) during which he worked as team lead for our Xbox 360 team. John has grown to become a capable tester and a promising lead for future projects. |
Harrison Baker
Harrison has been working in the industry for 7 years, beginning life in the industry as a ‘work ex’ in the QA department at Lionhead at the age of 15. Shortly after finishing studying, Harrison joined the ranks of Lionhead as a contracted tester. During his time at Lionhead studios Harrison worked on ‘Black and White’ on the PC, ‘Black and White 2’ on the PC, ‘The Movies’ on the PC and recently with Testology Ltd returned to lead our staff on ‘Fable 2’ on the XBOX 360. During his time with Testology Ltd, Harrison has also worked on ‘Rail Simulator’ (Kuju) on the PC, ‘LittleBigPlanet / DLC’ (Media Molecule) for the PS3, ‘Men Of War’ (505 games) on the PC, ‘Football Director’ (Four Door Lemon) on the DS, DJ Hero (FreestyleGames) on multiple platforms and was also the lead test for the Philips amBX project for over a year. Along with his skills as a tester, Harrison has shown his management skills in the teams he has run and displayed adaptability when being asked to help fellow teams. Harrison has been with Testology Ltd from ‘day 1’ and is a highly valued senior member of staff.
Jamie Pendleton
Jamie has been working with Andy Robson since 2005 with initial experience testing ‘Black and White 2’ and ‘The Movies’ at Lionhead Studios. Jamie has a B.Sc. computer science degree with his understanding of code and programming processes lending themselves greatly to his QA position. At Testology Ltd, Jamie has worked as Lead test on ‘LittleBigPlanet / DLC’ (Media Molecule) for the PS3, ‘Fable 2’ (Lionhead Studios) on the XBOX 360, ‘Men of War’ (505 games) on the PC, ‘Football Director’ (Four Door Lemon) on the DS and has also helped us with the Philips amBX peripheral. Jamie has experience on multi-platforms and has a great knowledge of computer science. He is an extremely capable and valued senior member of staff.
Scott Charles
Scott began working for Testology Ltd in 2007, quickly proving himself as a dedicated tester and a capable project lead. He has been running the amBX testing for 18 months which has included hardware and software testing for the new amBIENT XC product as well as multiple amBX software releases. He is very flexible and adapts well to any changes in processes that may be required by our clients. So far, in his time at Testology, he has worked on many titles including DJ Hero (FreestyleGames) on multiple platforms, LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule) on PS3, Men of War (505 Games) on PC, Necrovision (505 Games) on PC, Cryostasis (505 Games) on PC and Football Director (Four Door Lemon) on DS.
Claire Hedley
Joining Testology as their Communications Manager, Claire’s interest in Games is limited! Her passions are people and the working environment. Having worked at Lionhead Studios since 2000 she has spent her time cultivating, developing and encouraging a great working environment and believes that communication and team work is the key to this. Joining Testology in March 2010 she hopes her experience will assist Andy and support Testology in continuing to build and maintain great relationships with both Testology’s testing team and its clients. |
