Thomas Winski

Led delivery-focused QA for a complex multi-platform product across PC, PlayStation and Xbox, covering feature development, release readiness, post-release updates, storefront transition, and end of life. Managed internal and external teams, delivered severity-based risk reporting, and ran daily priorities meetings with directors and producers.

Ran day-to-day delivery for the MindsEye QA team, growing from six to ten direct reports and coordinating around 50 external staff. Introduced TestRail to replace Excel-based test plans and reorganised work during a major technology upgrade and shift in company focus.

Took day-to-day ownership of project QA, coordinating four to six people and converting director and stakeholder feedback into clear, trackable work. Produced daily reporting around critical user journeys and build health, and supported the full recruitment cycle for approximately ten hires.

Developed player-persona testing to examine the product through different behaviours and needs. Improved reporting quality and communication between testers and developers, and used Excel automation to reduce a daily reporting task from 45-60 minutes to around five minutes.

Ran interviews, focus groups, behavioural observation, usability testing and accessibility audits for clients including several global banking applications. Created personas, user journeys and experience maps, and worked with clients to design and test prototypes.

Delivered research and consultancy across rail, manufacturing, mining, construction and occupational health, including systematic reviews and workplace studies. Joint-led a project with the Singapore government on mobile-phone holding postures and independently ran a six-month study using perceived-exertion and anthropometric data.

Held the Chartered Ergonomics and Human Factors Specialist designation from CIEHF from 2018 to 2020.

Completed an MSc in Engineering Psychology with Ergonomics at Heriot-Watt University in 2014.

Grade: 2:1

Completed a BSc Hons in Applied Psychology with a 2:1 classification at Heriot-Watt University in 2013.

Completed an HNC in Computer Science at Carnegie and Lauder College in 2006.

Earned the CPUX-FL certification from UXQB in 2018.