Ronan Hennessy
Senior Technical Writer at Red Hat
Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolRonan Hennessy is a Senior Technical Writer with four years in tech and a multidisciplinary background spanning journalism, applied linguistics, computing, and information design. Currently at Red Hat, he blends developer-focused documentation practices with hands-on automation—having contributed DevOps scripting to OpenShift release tooling to integrate a Vale linter for reliable documentation checks. His earlier roles range from senior information developer to data analyst and linguist, giving him a rare mix of editorial rigour, language expertise, and technical fluency. Comfortable working with engineers and CI pipelines, he focuses on making complex systems understandable and auditable while preventing docs-related regressions in release workflows.
4 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Diploma in Science, Computing, First class honours, Higher Diploma in Science, Computing, First class honours at National College of IrelandBachelor's degree, Journalism, First class honours, Bachelor's degree, Journalism, First class honours at Griffith College DublinMaster's degree, Applied Linguistics, First class honours, Master's degree, Applied Linguistics, First class honours at University College CorkCertificate, Information design and development, Certificate, Information design and development at Cork Institute of Technology
English
Github Skills (8)
cd10
automation10
bash10
automations10
script10
openshift10
cicd10
github9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
openshift/release
Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
Release tooling for OpenShift
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:5 PRs, 10 comments in 27 days
Contributions summary:Ronan primarily worked on automating and integrating a "vale-review" step within the OpenShift release process. Their contributions involved modifying scripts and adding commands to integrate a Vale linter, specifically for documentation review. The user implemented features to sync Vale, pass variables like pull request numbers and pull request SHA to scripts, and ensured the Vale review step did not break the build. This focus suggests a role in automating release workflows and enforcing quality standards for documentation.
continuous-deploymentkubernetesopenshifttooling
rohennes/vale-asciidoc
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Vale package for validating Asciidoc markup
Contributions:15 reviews, 55 commits, 29 PRs in 4 months
validationvalemarkupasciidocmarkdown
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