Martin Hall

Professional Summary

I'm a senior engineering leader who builds quality into software from day one.
I have extensive experience in automation, testing, and general software development, having served as a senior lead engineer at Microsoft for more than 10 years.
I’ve led teams, solved tough technical problems, and delivered products at scale.
My ideal role is to join either a `greenfield project` or one with significant issues that need to be solved.

Career Timeline

Work Experience

Test Lead / IT Manager

T-Mobile - Denali Ai -

Aug 2024 - Present

Bellevue , Washington

Led test team and migrated from manual testing to automation-based testing. Also helped ship a new ground-up version of the Metro Mobile app, which along with T-Life app is the main way for T-Mobile customers to manage their plans and pay their bills.

Senior Engineering Lead

Microsoft

Nov 2014 - Sep 2023

Redmond, Washington

50% Senior SDET Lead and 50% Senior Software Developer. I led multiple teams and wrote software that shipped to billions of users. Checked code into Windows OS main branch as well as working on the team that moved the Skype stack to the MS-Teams stack Also worked on the Devices/Hardware team, working on the Surface product line.

Senior Test Manager

Skype

Sep 2012 - Nov 2014

London

Managed 6 different teams at Skype, ensuring quality was maintained across the apps on multiple platforms. Was in charge of authentication, Windows, iOS, and Android app home/landing pages, Customer feedback, and analytics teams.

QA Manager - Cloud Security

Cisco Systems

Mar 2011 - Sep 2012

London, UK

Led test team for Cisco Cloud Security product. Introduced malware detection via reinforcement-based machine learning (RHLF). Protected internal networks for some of the top Blue-Chip companies in the world, Tesla, Google/Alphabet, Uber, GE etc

System Test Manager

ThomsonLocal

Apr 2008 - Mar 2011

Farnborough, UK

Worked alongside the Alphabet / Google Maps and Local search teams, managing a team of testers for Google Local search in the UK.

Certifications

ISTQB

Association for Testing and Software Quality Assurance Global Certification Body

SQL Database Foundations

Microsoft

SQL Database Advanced

Microsoft

Education

Business Studies

South Thames College

1991 - 1993

Majored in Business Studies and Accounting

Skills & Expertise

Programming Languages

C#PythonJavaScript / TypeScriptVB and VB.NetJavaShell scriptingPowerShellSQL

Automation Tools

AppiumRobot FrameworkPuppeteerSeleniumPlaywrightAzure Logic AppsPower AutomateAPI testing. PostmanScrapyPipeline

Ai Frameworks

ClaudeTensorflowGPTCo-PilotKerasPyTorchPerplexityLLamaIndexLLM StudioGemini

Database Servers

Microsoft SQL ServerMYSQLNoSQLKustoOracleMongoPostgres

Featured Projects

Cerebal

My 2 Day Skype Hackathon Project using an EEG headset to make calls just by thinking call XXXX. No words need to be said, and no buttons need to be pressed. My code reads brain waves to categorize who you want to call

EEGAIMachine LearningC#

ZDNet report on Equifax Security incident

Interviewed about finding and researching security issues that I found on Equifax's domains in the aftermath of their breach.

SecurityRed TeamBlue TeamOWAP Top 10

Key contributor to the Syngress published book "Google Hacking for Penetration Testers (Versions 1 and 2)

I was one of the original members of the Google hacking community and am thanked on page 5 in the acknowledgments section of Johnny Long's book.

Web Security

First to discover a security vulnerability in Sony PlayStation 3

I was the first to discover a security vulnerability in Sony PlayStation 3 via port knocking. I worked with Sony and Trend-Micro to patch the issue in the V2.0 firmware, including a TrendMicro firewall, into the product

Security Hall of Fame

Multiple recognitions from Google, Dropbox, Microsoft, Apple, Plex, Whitehat Security, Equifax, Meta, Sony and other enterprises