Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
Principal Test Engineer
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I am Open to Meet at TestBash 2025, Write
I have a sixth sense for bugs, probably due to my experience as a dev (introducing them)! I love to learn and read. Playwright fan-girl.

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Hello, my name is Emily O'Connor image
  • Nicola Lindgren's profile
  • Vernon Richards's profile
  • Emily O'Connor 's profile
Hello, my name is Emily! I’m travelling to TestBash from Leeds (UK) and I’d love to meet and form stronger relationships with others who are senior individual contributors. I'd love to get to k...
Learnings from TestBash: Using AI in Test Automation to Achieve Continuous Testing by Titus Fortner  image
  • Titus Fortner's profile
On the slide, Titus shows the audience the trends that he has identified in the testing industry. This photo was taken when he asked the audience; “how many people here have a role where their prim...
That moment when RiskStorming explodes image
  • Jesse Berkeley's profile
  • Emily O'Connor 's profile
At Peerscon this year, we had another RiskStorming Session to explore risks around an AI Coach. The first two phases are know to be the most valuable: 1. What are high prio Quality Aspects? ...
Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 29 image
  • Sarah Deery's profile
  • Gabbi Trotter's profile
  • Richard Hinton's profile
  • Emily O'Connor 's profile
  • Bug's profile
  • Space Seagull's profile
  • Space Duck's profile
Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
How to go from being a gatekeeper to being a quality coach image
  • Jitesh Gosai's profile
  • Ash Winter's profile
  • Gwen Diagram's profile
  • Rosie Sherry's profile
  • Emily O'Connor 's profile
At the Leeds Testing Atelier I spoke about how we, as testers, can go from being gatekeepers to being quality coaches. One of the practical suggestions was to facilitate a test planning workshop wi...
Not Your Average User image
  • Emily O'Connor 's profile
This week at Leeds Testing Atelier, I presented a talk designed to challenge assumptions made about the "average user" and highlight methods and questions to communicate these to development teams....
Is vibe testing going to kill off test management? Ep 90 image
  • Christine Pinto's profile
  • Olly Fairhall's profile
  • Rosie Sherry's profile
  • Emily O'Connor 's profile
  • Mark O’Donnell's profile
  • Mariem SAFI's profile
  • Selmen's profile
Listen in as testers around the world share insights on AI, test management, and leading with quality in this packed episode of This Week in Testing.
Leeds Testing Atelier memories image
  • Lauren Borodajko's profile
  • Emily O'Connor 's profile
A great memory from Leeds Testing Atelier on 13 May 2025—thanks to sitting next to Lauren Borodajko , I ended up front and center in the picture during Emily O'Connor's insightful talk on "Testing ...
The room was packed for Emily image
  • Emily O'Connor 's profile
Great to see Emily up on stage in a jam packed and overflowing room at Leeds Atelier. Her talk was called: Testing your assumptions - you are not your customer.
STEC in the sunshine! image
  • Gwen Diagram's profile
  • Sarah Deery's profile
  • Emily O'Connor 's profile
This snap from a sunny break at Leeds Testing Atelier captures just a few of the many brilliant contributors to the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC). In the pic are Gwen Diagra...
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