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Martha Rotter is the developer and co-founder of Woopie, a platform to create beautiful digital publications. She also recently launched an online publication for the Irish technology community, Idea Magazine.

Martha is a web developer living in Dublin, Ireland, and splits her time between startup projects, freelance web development work, and lecturing at the National College of Ireland and the Digital Skills Academy.

Outside of development, Martha works with technology-focused community groups including OpenCoffee Dublin and Age Action.
Experience
Developer & Co-founder
@Woop.ie
Building a platform for beautiful reading experiences
Location
Dublin
Dates
Jan. 2012 - Present
Website
http://woop.ie
Publisher / Developer
@Idea Magazine
Creating a new magazine for the tech community of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Dates
Sep. 2011 - Present
Lecturer
@National College of Ireland
Lecturing on Advanced Rich Internet Applications for the Masters of Web Technologies program
Dates
Jan. 2011 - Present
Lecturer
@Digital Skills Academy
Instructing students in web development
Location
Dublin
Dates
Mar. 2012 - Present
Website
http://www.digitalskillsacademy.com/
Volunteer Computer Trainer
@Age Action Ireland
Teach computer skills to elderly individuals
Help older people learn to use technology which is new to them including mobile phones and the Internet
Dates
Sep. 2009 - Present
CTO
@Nomad Editions
Built a new platform for creating and reading digital magazines
Location
New York, New York, USA
Dates
Nov. 2010 - Aug. 2011
Website
http://nomadeditions.com
Developer Evangelist
@Microsoft Ireland
Created and executed reach marketing strategy for developers focused on competitive web and client technology
Drove satisfaction and perceptions by reaching local developers with relevant and timely content by a combination of web/screen/pod casts, blogs, social networking, local events and newsletters
Used multiple marketing and social media tools and techniques to monitor the pulse of Microsoft in Ireland
Designed and built variety of engaging and interactive multimedia content
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Dates
May. 2007 - Sep. 2010
Website
http://www.microsoft.com/ireland
Lead Software Design Engineer in Test, Silverlight Team
@Microsoft Corporation
• Built and managed a team of six developers to create and test rich online interactive media applications
• Initiated and designed test lab design, needs, and environment for large scale requirements
• Designed and coded C/C++/C# test framework solutions for testing cross-platform applications
• Created and maintained a regression suite for multiple platforms and browsers
Location
Redmond, Washington, USA
Dates
2005 - May. 2007
Website
http://silverlight.net
Lead Software Design Engineer in Test, WPF Team
@Microsoft Corporation
- Managed a team of SDE/Ts to assist in creating test solutions and testing team features
- Reviewed design specification changes weekly for Navigation and Browser integration features; designed and created appropriate additional test coverage in C# and Perl
- Worked with customers to identify bug scenarios and create regression test coverage for bugs
- Designed and created extensible automated XML and C# framework for testing Avalon APIs through modeling;
Location
Redmond, Washington, USA
Dates
Jun. 2001 - 2005
Website
http://microsoft.com
Software Engineer
@University of Missouri Columbia Career Center
* Developed online system for students to search for part-time jobs within the university
* Built and tested Perl/CGI scripts for accessing database of jobs and roles
* Assisted in design of web front-end for job search system
Location
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Dates
Sep. 1997 - May. 2001
Website
http://www.missouri.edu
Intern
@Microsoft Corporation
• Worked with the Behaviors and Object Model teams of Internet Explorer to test these features
• Designed and created DHTML test scripts in Javascript and VBScript for the browser product
• Examined and analyzed various parts of DHTML coverage in browser stress tests using scripts
Dates
Jun. 2000 - Aug. 2000
Intern
@Connectria
• Used Java to create Java Server Pages (JSP) for company’s software applications
• Created components for the creation of ServeClick!© on-line scheduling program for service industries
Location
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Dates
1999 - 2000
Intern
@Unigraphics
• Designed and programmed Java applications for the company’s internal communication, including a slideshow emulator and an internal chat application
• Created and implemented web database applications using Perl/CGI scripts, SSI and Java servlets
Location
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Dates
1998 - 1999
Education
Human Computer Interaction
@Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Fields
Human Computer Interaction
Location
Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Dates
Sep. 2011 - Present
Data Visualization
@Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Fields
Data Visualization
Location
Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Dates
Aug. 2010 - Mar. 2011
Natural Language Processing
@University of Washington
Fields
Computational Linguistics
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Dates
2010 - 2011
Computer Science
@University of Missouri-Columbia
Fields
Business Administration, Computer Science, International Studies
Location
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Dates
Sep. 1996 - May. 2001
Spanish Minor
@Universidad de Alicante
Location
Alicante, Valencia, Spain
Dates
Aug. 2000 - Jan. 2001