Melanie Hopper
Content Developer & Strategist
Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMelanie Hopper is a content developer and strategist with 10 years’ experience at IBM, specialising in technical content design, developer documentation, and UX-driven content strategy. With a PhD in Theoretical Physics she translates complex technical and scientific concepts into clear, audience-tailored content—from public-facing blogs to developer guides and academic reports. She combines hands-on Agile delivery and scrum leadership with proven process improvements that boost collaboration and quality across globally distributed teams. An experienced qualitative and quantitative researcher, Melanie applies user research and persona-driven design to inform content and workflow decisions. Beyond her technical role she leads accessibility and inclusion initiatives, co-leading IBM’s People with Diverse Abilities group and advocating for chronic illness and disability communities. Her background as an academic tutor and public speaker gives her an uncommon blend of pedagogy, research rigour and practical product-focused communication.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at University of BirminghamHigh School, High School at RednockMaster of Science (MSc), engineering mathematics, Master of Science (MSc), engineering mathematics at University of Bristol
Github Skills (22)
container10
eclipse10
garbage-collector9
kubernetes9
java9
virtual-machine9
docker9
openshift9
footprint9
documentation9
openjdk8
openj98
jvm8
nodejs7
interpreter7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
MelHopper/openj9-docs
Oct 2020 - Mar 2021
Source repository for the Eclipse OpenJ9 user documentation, which should be viewed [online]https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs/
Contributions:93 pushes, 7 branches in 5 months
vieweduser-documentationswttheiaosgi
MelHopper/codewind-docs
Jan 2020 - Jun 2020
Codewind project documentation
Contributions:46 pushes, 40 branches in 5 months
codewinddockerproject-documentation
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