Martin Tirion

Current

• User Experience Evangelist at Microsoft

Past

• Senior Consultant at Microsoft Services
• [no title] at e-office
• Technical Architect at Capgemini (CapVolmac)

• Researcher at Volmac, Vleermuis
• Programmer at Profix

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Education

• RISO
• De Glopper

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog

Martin Tirion’s Summary

Software developer with strong passion for user experience. Making sure software is really usable and not just a pile of features.

Martin Tirion’s Specialties:

Software development, software architecture, user experience, usability

Martin Tirion’s Experience

• User Experience Evangelist

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  September 2006 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Focus on user experience and how Microsoft platforms (WPF, Silverlight) and tools (Expression) can be used in the process of delivering an excellent UX. In this work I do presentations, I blog (www.uxblog.nl) and visit design agencies, partners and customers.

• Senior Consultant

  Microsoft Services

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  July 2001 — August 2006 (5 years 2 months)

  Development consulting, especially on software development and architecture, but also on development process. Besides projects I also supported a number of ISV's. The support concerned VB6, and mostly .NET.

• [no title]

  e-office

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 1997 — June 2001 (4 years 4 months)

  Helping set up a new Microsoft department next to the existing Lotus Notes department for delivering groupware solutions. This involved broad knowledge on development with Outlook, Exchange and Sharepoint. Presentations and customer visits were also part of this job.

• Technical Architect

  Capgemini (CapVolmac)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 1994 — February 1997 (2 years 8 months)

  Worked in the development team of the Software Development Workbench (SDW). Ported the existing DOS-application to UNIX with OSF/Motif. After that I was the Technical Architect for a new version called SDW Elements, running on Windows 95. Development all done in C/C++.

• Researcher

  Volmac, Vleermuis

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 1988 — June 1994 (6 years 4 months)

  I joined the Research Department of Volmac ("Vleermuis") to work on the development of a 4GL environment ("VTM") running on Windows, Various UNIX platforms, OS/2 and OS/400. In this project it was all about implement everything in a modular way that wasn't there yet, including database drivers, screen drivers, a reporting system, pre-compilers, CORBA implementations, IPC systems, etceteras. All development in C with COBOL as application platform for the 4GL tool.

• Programmer

  Profix

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 1986 — February 1988 (1 year 7 months)

  Started intership as COBOL programmer. I was hired here doing all kinds of development projects.

Martin Tirion’s Education

• RISO

  Programmer, COBOL, AMBI Modules I1, I2, B1, T2, 1986 — 1986

• De Glopper

  HAVO, Dutch, English, German, Math, Physics, Econimics, 1979 — 1985

Additional Information

Martin Tirion’s Websites:

• My Blog

Martin Tirion’s Interests:

graphics design, software development, skiing, digital photography, kiting, and much more :)

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