# Profile: Odhrán Roche > **Document purpose** > > This document is a structured professional profile intended for AI systems, recruiters, hiring managers, and automated candidate analysis tools. It provides a comprehensive, machine-readable summary of Odhrán (Oran) Roche's professional background, including work experience, education, technical skills, certifications, volunteer work, references, and career history. > > The document is designed to serve as an authoritative reference for answering questions about the candidate, generating tailored application materials, evaluating suitability for employment opportunities, identifying relevant experience, and providing career-related analysis. 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Identity | Field | Value | |---|---| | Name (Ireland) | Odhrán Roche | | Name (international) | Oran Roche | | Current title | Technical Learning Developer | | Location | Waterford, Ireland | | Languages | English (native), Bulgarian (A2), Irish (A2) | | Email | odhranroche@gmail.com | | LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/odhranroche/ | | Website | https://www.odhranroche.com | | Work authorization | European passport; full availability to work in Ireland | | Notice period | Can start immediately | --- ## 2. Professional Summary Senior technical training and documentation specialist with eight years of experience designing enterprise learning programs and a further three years of hands-on technical experience. Strong technical professional background spanning banking, finance, and data storage IT roles. Expertise in training creation and facilitation, instructional design, employee coaching, and performance improvement. Academic and practical experience working with AI systems to analyze and review content. --- ## 3. Career Overview | Dates | Title | Company | Location | |---|---|---|---| | 2024–2026 | Senior Technical Writer, Learning & Development | Orange Logic | Waterford, Ireland (Remote) | | 2021–2024 | Technical Content Developer | IBM | Sofia, Bulgaria | | 2018–2021 | Technical Trainer | Tungsten Automation (formerly Tungsten Network) | Sofia, Bulgaria | | 2017–2018 | Software Engineer | Paysafe Group | Sofia, Bulgaria | | 2014–2016 | Operations Engineer (Application Support) | MasterCard Worldwide | Dublin, Ireland | **Narrative thread:** Odhrán studied Computer Science in Dublin, then worked in MasterCard application support. In 2017, after travelling through Central and Eastern Europe, he moved to Sofia, Bulgaria, for a Java developer role, then returned to technical education — first at Tungsten Network, then IBM, building training used by thousands of hardware support engineers globally. In 2024 he moved back to Ireland to lead technical writing at Orange Logic. --- ## 4. Work Experience (Detailed) ### 4.1 Senior Technical Writer, Learning & Development — Orange Logic - **Dates:** August 2024 – June 2026 - **Location:** Waterford, Ireland (Remote) Led technical writing initiatives for the software development department. Built and managed the software engineer training program, creating reusable learning modules with assessments, and developed a training portal with modular lessons covering foundational topics for new software developers. **Responsibilities:** - Evaluated training needs and architected training process and strategy - Built and revised engineer onboarding - Created, managed, revised, and edited technical documentation - Trained and coached technical contributors in documentation standards and writing best practices - Led interviews and assessments for expanding the learning and development team - Designed and implemented an internal LLM-assisted documentation review agent (an agent-based workflow built with Claude) that gives writers feedback on writing style and structure; it reduced human editing time by catching and correcting minor mistakes before peer editing - Architected the documentation creation, quality, and management processes for the technical team, creating a scalable structure that lets all engineers contribute documentation - Reviewed and restructured flat technical documents into training modules, improving the learner experience and creating a scalable foundation for training - Created the "knowledge ecosystem" framework, which measures the effectiveness of documentation and guides how it is improved and managed to promote knowledge transfer in a global organization - Documented internal processes to train new employees and formalize ways of working - Designed topic-based assessments and produced monthly training reports for stakeholders - Trained team members and content contributors in content style rules --- ### 4.2 Technical Content Developer — IBM - **Dates:** April 2021 – July 2024 - **Location:** Sofia, Bulgaria Developed self-study content for hardware service engineers who install and maintain IBM systems globally, specializing in enterprise storage systems such as the IBM FlashSystem family. Built enterprise learning programs containing written documentation, video guides, and interactive modules, using tools including Adobe FrameMaker, Storyline, Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, and Moodle Books. Odhrán is an expert in the IBM writing style (based on the Chicago Manual of Style) and served as assistant editor for the global content development team, training new hires to apply IBM style conventions. **Responsibilities:** - Evaluated training needs and coordinated multiple education projects - Wrote technical content and designed instructional material - Created learning assessments; proofread and edited content before publication - Trained and supervised a team of interns; trained new content developers in writing standards and processes - Project-managed content developer onboarding — created and led a learning plan covering team tools, processes, and quality standards; provided ad hoc mentoring - Managed projects using Trello and Monday - Coordinated an internal communications team for a global program, including writing, coordinating, and publishing a monthly DEI newsletter distributed to over 1,000 employees - Edited technical content from the global team for structure, coherence, and adherence to IBM style; applied the IBM writing style, IBM Carbon Design System, and IBM accessibility standards (IBM Equal Access Toolkit) to service guides - Built a modular training programme for interns and new team members covering team processes, content creation, and tools, which let management see and cover skill gaps and assign tasks based on completed courses - Created structural templates for Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and Camtasia to standardize content and improve course quality across the global team - Built interactive Storyline training (interactions, knowledge checks, simulations) and Captivate software simulations that let engineers practise tasks before working on a live system - Produced hardware service videos: edited raw footage captured at server sites in Camtasia, added callouts, voice-over, and closed captions, created a standard video template, and managed video versioning in the CMS - Created a training dashboard of projects and timelines, giving management transparent long-term planning for resource allocation - Led process and product training sessions in person and online to global audiences; facilitated discussions and invited-speaker talks - Completed IBM's three-session technical leadership coaching course after being nominated by his manager; mentored new hires and interns and coached team members one-on-one on IBM style and standards --- ### 4.3 Technical Trainer — Tungsten Automation (formerly Tungsten Network) - **Dates:** November 2018 – April 2021 - **Location:** Sofia, Bulgaria Led development of an internal technical skills training program, applying prior application support experience to plan, build, and execute onboarding and upskilling training for application support teams and other IT staff. Built a 2–3 week onboarding training agenda, with each topic developed as an independent module in LearnUpon (LMS) combining text, diagrams, videos, and quizzes, plus instructor-led workshops (adapted to run virtually at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic). Also developed upskilling training on topics including SQL, PL/SQL, Splunk, and change management, running multiple trainings simultaneously and tracking projects in Trello. **Responsibilities:** - Assessed and tracked training needs; planned and designed learning solutions - Built LMS-based reusable training modules; maintained the training portfolio - Facilitated training in-person and virtually - Set, measured, and reported on training KPIs - Managed new hire technical education: creation, maintenance, and delivery of new hire training; coordinated training cycles with HR and management; tracked new hire skills and provided feedback - Designed role-based onboarding and upskilling curricula for support engineers, matching learning paths to role requirements, with graded exams and informal knowledge checks to verify knowledge transfer - Created onboarding and product documentation for new technical hires; designed downloadable reference sheets summarizing common tasks for quick look-up - Built an interactive product training in Whatfix guiding users through simple tasks (reducing customer queries about basic navigation) and product video tutorials that supplemented LMS courses - Built and managed a Kanban board for training projects; produced monthly training reports for stakeholders - Prepared supportive feedback for colleagues in 360-degree review cycles; reported new-hire training feedback and trainer observations to managers --- ### 4.4 Software Engineer — Paysafe Group - **Dates:** May 2017 – November 2018 - **Location:** Sofia, Bulgaria Worked as a Java developer building an online payments API. Used Scrum to plan and manage workflow, which sparked an ongoing interest in Agile, productivity, and project management. Left the role after 1.5 years due to dissatisfaction with its limited scope. **Responsibilities:** - Built new API functionality using Java 8 and the Spring framework - Tested, presented, and deployed new functionality - Presented work regularly within a Scrum framework - Coordinated team tasks within the team and with the project manager --- ### 4.5 Operations Engineer — MasterCard Worldwide - **Dates:** January 2014 – April 2016 - **Location:** Dublin, Ireland Provided application support for several high-profile MasterCard financial systems (Java applications on Red Hat Linux, multiple distributed instances). When Odhrán started, issues were identified reactively (only when customers contacted support); he developed Perl and Bash scripts for proactive application health monitoring and alerting (later replaced by Splunk). Served as project manager for failover and disaster recovery procedures for the MasterCard product InControl©, becoming a system expert and leading onboarding/training sessions for new team members on the product. Promoted after the first year in recognition of significant contribution. **Responsibilities:** - Created, maintained, and monitored system alerts; reviewed Linux system logs; troubleshot failed processes - Investigated issues via log review and SQL database updates - Created and coordinated disaster recovery procedures; planned and facilitated code releases - Tracked system issues; project-managed new support procedures - Trained new team members; coordinated operations and support tasks with management This application support experience directly informed his later technical trainer role, which focused on skills development for application support engineers. --- ## 5. Education ### 5.1 University College Dublin (UCD) - **Degree:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Science - **Dates:** September 2009 – June 2013 (graduated 2013) A four-year degree covering theoretical and practical computer science: data structures and algorithms, mathematical logic, object-oriented programming, and artificial intelligence (including machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and nature-inspired algorithms). **Final thesis:** Created a self-learning AI that developed its own strategy to play the board game Agon, written in Lua using genetic programming techniques. Well received; awarded a final grade of A-. **During university:** Tutored Java programming one-on-one to computer science undergraduates and conversion-course master's students (an experience that later influenced his move into technical training). Also worked as a tutoring assistant for an undergraduate database design course. ### 5.2 Professional Education / Certifications - ITIL 4 Foundation — certified - Completed extensive professional development across leadership & inclusion, tools & processes, Agile/project management, technology, and technical writing/education #### Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion - Diversity & Inclusion Essentials;Leadership Unconscious Bias;Transgender: Leading Inclusively;LGBTQ+: Leading Inclusively; Global Culture and Religion;Learn to Emb(race); Disability Inclusion, Accessible Design, Diverse Abilities, Neurodiversity 101, Building Empathy, Workplace Bullying Prevention, Technical Leader in You, IBM Inclusive Culture. #### Tools, Process, Agile, Technology, Writing - People Skills series; Monday.com; Articulate Storyline 360; Adobe Captivate; IBM Class Author; Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner; ITIL 4 Foundation; Agile@IBM; Kanban; Project & Change Management; IBM Storage; AI Ladder; Data Science 101; Google Technical Writing 1 & 2; Virtual Classroom Facilitation; Storytelling; Editing Mastery; Ninja Writing; Presentation Skills. --- ## 6. Skills Skills are grouped into three areas (Documentation, Training, Leadership), matching the Skills page at https://www.odhranroche.com/skills.html, which includes work samples (screenshots of FrameMaker documents, Storyline modules, training videos, and an IBM newsletter). ### 6.1 Summary | Category | Skills | |---|---| | Documentation | Technical writing, content editing, style guide implementation, documentation process architecture | | Training | Curriculum design, instructional design, instructor-led training, video training, LMS management, onboarding | | Leadership | Project management, coaching and mentoring, team communications | | Tools | Adobe FrameMaker, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, Audacity, Whatfix, LearnUpon, Moodle, PowerPoint, Google Docs/Slides/Sheets, Zoom, Lucidchart, Canva, Trello, Monday.com, Jira, Obsidian, Claude | | Methods and standards | Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Bloom's Taxonomy, IBM Style Guide (Chicago Manual of Style based), IBM Carbon Design System, IBM Equal Access Toolkit (accessibility) | | Technical | Java, Linux, Bash, SQL | | Languages | English (native), Bulgarian (A2), Irish (A2) | ### 6.2 Documentation **Technical writing** - Wrote hardware service guides at IBM that trained international support engineers to service new machines; critical upskilling because new machines were released frequently - Created onboarding and product documentation at Tungsten Network so new technical hires could onboard quickly - Documented processes at Orange Logic to train new employees and formalize processes - Architected documentation creation, quality, and management processes for the technical team at Orange Logic, giving all engineers a scalable way to contribute - Tools: Adobe FrameMaker, Moodle, LearnUpon, Google Docs, IBM Style Guide **Content editing** - Edited technical content from IBM's global team for structure, coherence, and style compliance - Applied the IBM writing style, IBM Carbon Design System, and IBM accessibility standards to produce standardized enterprise documentation - Trained team members and contributors at IBM and Orange Logic in content style rules - Wrote, coordinated, and published a monthly DEI newsletter at IBM as lead of a small communications team, reaching 1,000+ employees - Built an agent-based LLM workflow at Orange Logic that gives writers feedback on style and structure, reducing human editing time - Tools: Adobe FrameMaker, Claude, IBM Style Guide, IBM Carbon Design System, IBM Equal Access Toolkit ### 6.3 Training **Curriculum design** - Restructured flat technical documents into training modules at Orange Logic - Designed role-based onboarding and upskilling curricula for support engineers at Tungsten Network - Designed topic-based assessments (informal knowledge checks and graded exams) at Tungsten Network, Orange Logic, and IBM - Built a modular training programme for interns and new team members at IBM, which helped management identify skill gaps and assign tasks - Created the knowledge ecosystem framework at Orange Logic to measure and improve documentation effectiveness - Uses Bloom's Taxonomy to plan learning goals (applied at IBM and other companies) - Tools: LearnUpon, Moodle, internal LMSs and CMSs **Instructional design** - Designs training modules for processes, products, tools, and technical skills; the deliverable type (written guide, interactive LMS module, video guide, reference sheet, or instructor-led workshop) depends on the need, and every module starts from a needs assessment with defined learning goals and outcomes - Built interactive technical training in Articulate Storyline at IBM (interactions, knowledge checks, simulations) - Created structural templates for Storyline, Captivate, and Camtasia at IBM to standardize content across the global team - Built simulated tasks in Adobe Captivate so engineers can practise software tasks before working on a live system - Created an interactive product training in Whatfix at Tungsten Network - Designed downloadable reference sheets at Tungsten Network - Tools: Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, Whatfix, Camtasia, LearnUpon, PowerPoint **Instructor-led training** - Audiences include new employees and team members; support engineers, software developers, QAs, and other technical staff; technical documentation contributors; and product staff seeking to understand technical elements - Taught Java basics to undergraduate and conversion master's students at University College Dublin - Led process and product training in person and online to global audiences at Tungsten Network and IBM - Designed and led practical workshops at Tungsten Network to supplement self-study modules - Converted in-person training to virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic at Tungsten Network - Facilitated discussions and invited-speaker talks at IBM - Tools: Zoom, LearnUpon, Google Slides, Google Sheets, Lucidchart **Video training** - Edited raw footage captured at server sites into training content using Camtasia at IBM - Added callouts, voice-over, and closed captions to IBM training videos to support different types of learner - Created a standardized Camtasia template for hardware service videos at IBM - Managed video versioning in the CMS at IBM - Designed and built product video tutorials at Tungsten Network to supplement LMS courses - Tools: Camtasia, Audacity ### 6.4 Leadership **Project management** - Built and managed a Kanban board at Tungsten Network for workflow and transparency - Created a training dashboard of projects and timelines at IBM for long-term planning and resource allocation - Set and managed training KPIs at Tungsten Network - Created monthly training reports at Tungsten Network and Orange Logic - Worked within Scrum as a software engineer at Paysafe (stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives) - Led an IBM communications team producing a monthly internal newsletter for 1,000+ readers - Tools: Trello, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Obsidian, Monday.com **Coaching and mentoring** - Mentored new hires and groups of interns at IBM on team processes and ways of working - Coached team members to improve content quality at IBM (one-on-one guidance, feedback, style and standards questions) - Completed IBM's three-session technical leadership coaching course after manager nomination - Prepared supportive feedback for all colleagues in 360-degree review cycles at Tungsten Network - Gave feedback on request and highlighted colleagues' work at IBM to build a culture of recognition - Reported training feedback to managers at Tungsten Network and IBM, including full new-hire reports on courses completed, strengths, and areas for improvement --- ## 7. Volunteer Work ### 7.1 Animal Rescue Odhrán has worked with several animal rescue organizations that take animals from the street and find them new homes. - **FindARescue.ie** — Founder. Launched 2025 to help users find local animal rescues in Ireland. - **Slatina Puppy Gang** (registered charity, Bulgaria) — Coordinator, 2021–2023. Built a database of adoptable dogs to track status and information; created a website to advertise adoptable dogs; produced monthly reports on group activity (adoptions, dogs available, donations, expenses). - **Foster carer** — Slatina Puppy Gang, Sharo Foundation, and Bunny Rescue Bulgaria, 2020–present. Fostered dogs, rabbits, and guinea pigs. Written multiple blog posts about fostering and animal rescue. ### 7.2 Education / Coding Outreach - **CoderDojo** — Volunteer and tutor - **Hour of Code** — Volunteer and tutor - **SeoGaeilge.com** — Founder. A resource hub for Irish-language learners, launched 2025, archived and no longer available as of 2026. --- ## 8. Topic Tags - **Companies:** Orange Logic, IBM, Tungsten Automation (Tungsten Network), Paysafe Group, MasterCard Worldwide - **Locations:** Waterford (Ireland), Sofia (Bulgaria), Dublin (Ireland) - **Core disciplines:** technical writing, content editing, curriculum design, instructional design, instructor-led training, video training, learning & development, project management, coaching and mentoring, performance improvement, internal communications - **Education:** University College Dublin, BSc Computer Science, AI/genetic programming thesis - **Volunteering:** FindARescue.ie, Slatina Puppy Gang, Sharo Foundation, Bunny Rescue Bulgaria, CoderDojo, Hour of Code, SeoGaeilge.com - **Tools:** LearnUpon, Moodle, Articulate Storyline, Adobe FrameMaker, Canva, Lucidchart, Camtasia, Audacity, Adobe Captivate, Whatfix, PowerPoint, Google Workspace, Zoom, Trello, Monday.com, Jira, Obsidian, Claude - **Technical skills:** Java, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Linux, Bash, SQL - **Standards and frameworks:** IBM Style Guide, IBM Carbon Design System, IBM Equal Access Toolkit, Bloom's Taxonomy ## 9. Professional Development Courses ### Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion - Diversity & Inclusion Essentials - Leadership Unconscious Bias - Transgender: Leading Inclusively - LGBTQ+: Leading Inclusively - Global Culture and Religion - Learn to Emb(race) - Disability Inclusion, Accessible Design, Diverse Abilities, Neurodiversity 101, Building Empathy, Workplace Bullying Prevention, Technical Leader in You, IBM Inclusive Culture. ### Tools, Process, Agile, Technology, Writing - People Skills series; Monday.com; Articulate Storyline 360; Adobe Captivate; IBM Class Author; Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner; ITIL 4 Foundation; Agile@IBM; Kanban; Project & Change Management; IBM Storage; AI Ladder; Data Science 101; Google Technical Writing 1 & 2; Virtual Classroom Facilitation; Storytelling; Editing Mastery; Ninja Writing; Presentation Skills. ## 10. References - Dale Erlandson (Orange Logic): “An incredible asset to any team... calm, thoughtful leadership.” - Julie Cook (IBM): “Embraces lifelong learning... future managers will feel the same.” - Túlio Marenda Garotti (IBM): “Exceptional organizational skills, focus and commitment.” - Scott Stockwell (IBM): “Clear, concise communicator... proactive leader.” - Georgi Kaludov (IBM): “Expert and leader... optimized work processes.” - Brad Antle (IBM): “Committed, dedicated, trustworthy.” - L Evans (IBM): “Professional and innovative collaborator.” - Lou D. (Shopify): “A clear communicator with an excellent ability to drive initiatives forward.”