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Inspired Testing appoints Ben Tyler to oversee UK delivery and professional services


Johannesburg, 01 Jun 2021

Global software testing company Inspired Testing has appointed former Olenick director Ben Tyler to the new position of Director: Delivery & Professional Services for its UK and Europe-based operations.

Ben Tyler, Director: Delivery & Professional Services, Inspired Testing UK.
Ben Tyler, Director: Delivery & Professional Services, Inspired Testing UK.

Based in Northern Ireland, Tyler comes to Inspired Testing with extensive experience in building and managing Olenick’s testing capability within the UK, with a special focus on the legal industry. He was responsible for setting up a graduate recruitment programme akin to Inspired Testing’s Academy and played an active people management and development role within his previous firm. Crucially, Tyler was tasked with managing delivery for all European projects as well as running UK business development within the legal vertical.

“I’m excited to join a progressive and ambitious company like Inspired Testing, especially as we set out to grow our European footprint and extend our reach in a post-pandemic world that’s been very much shaped by the realities of the pandemic,” says Tyler.

“One of the challenges we face is how to create that team ethos when the ‘new normal’ means most people will work from home,” he says. “One way to do that is by committing everyone on the team to a regular virtual ‘get together’ where we shoot the breeze and get to know each other outside a strictly business environment.”

“It’s something I hope we can do more of going forward and believe that these and other challenges can easily be overcome if we put our minds to finding progressive solutions, not only for ourselves but for our customers too.”

CEO Jacques Fouché says Tyler will be part of the Inspired Testing UK’s senior management team and he will be playing a vital role in driving the overall 2025 strategy.

“Ben is bringing over 20 years’ worth of rounded testing experience, including senior test management and, more recently, test business management experience, which I am personally extremely excited about,” says Fouché.

“Ben’s key and initial focus would be delivery for our clients in the legal sector, working closely with Leon Lodewyks (Chief Delivery Officer) and his team,” Fouché adds. “He will furthermore support the Inspired Testing Talent Acquisition team in achieving the UK and EU local headcount growth targets, provide pre-sales support across the Inspired Testing territories and include operational support across the UK and EU, working closely with Lucas Scheepers (COO) and myself.”

When he’s not working, Tyler likes to spend time with his wife and two children and is a keen surfer around Ireland’s wild Atlantic coast. 


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Inspired Testing’s disruptive onshore offshore model offers a revitalised alternative to outdated offshore models. With a scalable pool of 300+ expert QA professionals in the UK and South Africa, the company’s strength lies in knowing how to structure, execute and automate testing, using a unique combination of experience, technique and blended onshore offshore delivery capabilities and testing across most platforms, devices and environments. www.inspiredtesting.com

Inspired Testing is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dynamic Technologies, a software and technology group with 1 100+ staff and 11 group companies providing a diverse range of technology solutions, digital services and related core competencies across South Africa, the UK, the US and Europe. Its group companies comprise Cloudsmiths, Digirail, Dotmodus, DVT, Dynamic DNA, Dynamic Talent, Emerald Consulting, Inspired Testing, Sigma Events, Swarm and Uppersigma. www.dynamic-tech.com

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Karin van Blerk
Inspired Testing
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