{"id":78,"date":"2017-07-10T03:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T03:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/talentedtester.com\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2017-11-14T10:14:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T10:14:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/talentedtester.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Talented Tester. My name is Wayne Vassell and I am the owner and creator of this website.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Am I?<\/h2>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" title=\"wayne\" data-id=\"142\" src=\"\/\/talentedtester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wayne.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am Software Testing contractor with over 15 years of experience. At the time of writing I am working as a Test Manager for a large blue chip energy company. 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