Chris Ambler
Moby ID: 218725
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With a degree in computer science, Chris has worked in the IT industry since 1979, with 1990 onwards being dedicated to testing. His testing interest started in the defence industry, testing weapons and combat aircraft systems. He has been involved in delivering testing projects at all levels for large blue chip companies such as Seeboard, Lombard Finance and the Home Office. He has built a world wide testing practice for a major American software solutions provider and worked with customers including BskyB and Maersk. He managed an American testing team on the prestigious Ebay project before joining the SIM/SQS Group, where he became a Business Unit manager with on-going projects at organisations such as Lloyds TSB, Daimler Chrysler and Railtrack. He joined Newell & Budge during 2002 as the Head of Testing Architecture and Strategies working with companies like London Underground, Orange, HBOS and NPower.
Chris joined Electronic Arts in October 2004 as the European QA Director and is responsible for the quality assurance of the high profile EA Games products. He has also spoken at testing conferences all over the world.
Credited on 21 games
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| Perfect Dark (2010, Xbox 360) | Test Manager |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009, PlayStation 3) | Testing and Submission Managers |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009, Nintendo DS) | Testing and Submission Managers |
| Mirror's Edge (2009, Windows) | UK QA Director |
| Battlefield: Bad Company (2008, PlayStation 3) | QA Director |
| Crysis (2007, Windows) | QA Director |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007, Nintendo DS) | QA Director |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007, PSP) | QA Director |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007, Game Boy Advance) | QA Director |
| Burnout: Dominator (2007, PlayStation 2) | Quality Assurance |
| FIFA Manager 07: Extra Time (2007, Windows) | QA Director |
| Battlefield 2142 (2006, Windows) | QA Management |
| Battlefield 2: Booster Pack - Armored Fury (2006, Windows) | QA Director |
| Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods (2006, Windows) | QA Director |
| Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (2006, Xbox 360) | Quality Assurance & Certification |
| Battlefield 2: Booster Pack - Euro Force (2006, Windows) | QA Director |
| Black (2006, PlayStation 2) | QA Director |
| Burnout: Legends (2005, Nintendo DS) | Quality Assurance Team |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005, Game Boy Advance) | Quality Assurance Team |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005, PlayStation 2) | QA Director |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 16 games with Marcus Purvis
- 15 games with Sam Roberts
- 15 games with Alan Vincent
- 15 games with Stephen Chard
- 14 games with Darryl Jenkins
- 14 games with John Brunton
- 14 games with Ben Jackson
- 14 games with Jonathan Bunney
- 14 games with Jason Collins
- 14 games with Russell Medeiros
Companies
- 20 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 15 games with Electronic Arts GmbH
- 14 games with Electronic Arts Publishing SARL
- 9 games with Electronic Arts Ltd.
- 7 games with EA Bright Light
- 6 games with ak tronic Software & Services GmbH
- 6 games with Electronic Arts Italia s.r.l.
- 5 games with Electronic Arts Czech...
- 5 games with Electronic Arts Polska Sp. z o.o.
- 4 games with EA Digital Illusions CE AB
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