Making things work.
Getting them finished.
I’m James, a UK-based Quality Engineering leader and the founder of Not Today Studios.
Leading quality
Over more than 16 years in QA and Quality Engineering, I’ve led teams across global brands, streaming services and digital products. I’ve built quality functions from scratch, brought separate teams together and stayed hands-on with automation.
My approach to leadership is practical: clear ownership, agreed expectations and honest conversations about release risk. That has meant creating progression paths, mentoring new engineers and working with Product and Engineering on the decisions behind delivery.
Building my own products
I also enjoy taking an idea through the whole process myself. Through Not Today Studios, I’ve built and released HOWZAT! Dice Cricket and Screenwriting: One Hour a Day, taking responsibility for the product, design, development, testing and support.
Building my own products gives me another perspective on quality. I have to decide what belongs in a release, what can wait and what the user needs next, and then do the work to ship it.
Beyond software
Writing, film and painting are part of my life too. I’m developing work in those areas alongside the studio’s software and games.