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INSIGHTS / Employee Stories

Meet Paul: A consultant moving forwards and upwards

 4 Mar 2022 
Meet Paul: A consultant moving forwards and upwards Meet Paul: A consultant moving forwards and upwards
Meet Paul: A consultant moving forwards and upwards
INSIGHTS / Employee Stories

Meet Paul: A consultant moving forwards and upwards

 4 Mar 2022 

Welcome to our Meet the Team series, where we look at the lives of various Planit team members from across the company. We caught up with Paul Beard, a senior consultant with our UK team since 2017, to find out about his experience, the power of soft skills, and his love of writing.

What is your career background?

I started out as a science graduate and moved to computers in the mid 80’s. I have been fortunate to have worked in large and small companies, from start-ups to blue chips, even running my own company at one point.

I have also worked in a variety of market verticals such as insurance, retail, and utilities, as well as for local and central government. I moved into pure testing relatively late after being professional services focused, and now have 20 years in the testing field in various roles.

What are your key areas of expertise?

Beyond testing, I count my key skills as ‘soft’ skills. I have learned to listen, observe, understand, and empathise with our client and work with them in delivering solutions that draw on my experience to deliver added value through thought leadership. We are lucky to have many technically talented testers and I believe these efforts are complimentary to their undoubted skills. 

What do you love about your job?

I greatly enjoy getting to know our clients and what makes them work both as an organisation and a group of people.

What makes you great at your job?

I would say it’s my inter-personal skills, agility of thought, and resilience.

What do you love about your team?

We have a shared goal in making sure we deliver added value to or client. We also have a great working relationship and look out for each other.

What do you love about working for Planit?

Many of the companies I have worked for have made a big deal about how people are their greatest asset, however Planit is the only one that has delivered on this. Also, it is great to be part of an organisation that is truly moving forwards and upwards.

What's your favourite challenge solved in the line of duty?

It was convincing a client’s program team that Planit was able to deliver the right testing engagement for their major business transformation program.

What was the solution and results?

I provided a clear approach and plan that indicated where testing could add value, the activities that our client had to carry out, and how Planit had the right people to lead the testing effort. We then carried out specialist testing and provided thought leadership in delivering the increments of testing with external vendors and client staff.

What have you been doing in your free time recently?

I enjoy going to the gym, following my local rugby team, and writing - I finished one novel and am working on the sequel!

Interested in joining the Planit family? Visit our Careers page for a full listing of current opportunities across Australia, New Zealand, India, and the UK, and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram for the latest job updates.

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