When he was young(er), Asher used to invent fictional languages for fantasy creatures. It should have been no surprise, then, that he found a love of designing and implementing programming languages when he began to experiment with computers. He studied computer science at the University of Warwick, where he discovered APL and was immediately hooked. After one cold email, two internships at Dyalog Ltd, and a master’s degree, Asher joined us officially as a developer.

Asher is working primarily on the interpreter, and is interested in both performance and correctness (two of our core values, so he fits in well!). Having implemented several small interpreters on his own, he is in awe at everything Dyalog APL can do, and eager to push it to even greater heights. He also loves to teach and present APL to new audiences, particularly when he can distill concepts into visuals and animations.

Outside work, Asher enjoys word games and board games. Once a keen chess player, he defended Dyalog Ltd’s honour against chess hustlers on the streets of New York whilst preparing for DYNA Fall 2025! He also goes running (when it is not too cold), and spends a lot of time on trains to visit his scattered circle of friends.

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One of the most formally-dressed members of Team Dyalog, Martin enjoys managing cloud infrastructure and helping everyone get even further with IT. He comes from a somewhat classical background, having worked his way up from changing printer toner to managing teams and working with service management and cloud operations at Maersk and Kraftvaerk. In his former roles he focused on building reliable, people-friendly, IT environments. His approach to technology has always been simple – IT should make life easier, not more complicated. Processes, in his view, only have value if they help people to achieve something meaningful, otherwise, they’re just paperwork with better formatting. This philosophy is welcomed at Dyalog Ltd.

Before joining Dyalog Ltd, Martin had spent years discussing IT philosophies, the importance of good service, and occasionally how many gadgets one person can reasonably own with Stine, our CEO. When the opportunity came to turn those conversations into action, he joined the team and quickly discovered that working at Dyalog Ltd can be just as entertaining as it is technical. That said, one part of the job came with unintended consequences. During the hiring discussions, Martin asked Stine whether they could exercise together, to motivate him to get to the gym more often. This has now evolved into a twice-weekly gym partnership, which he suspects is less “light encouragement” and more “mandatory strength training”.

Like most people at Dyalog Ltd, Martin is not just an IT guy in a suit – he also has a secret identity! When leaving the office, Martin changes out the shirt for a hand-stitched tunic, turning into the owner of The Merchants Guild – his own medieval shop offering everything a 14th-century citizen could possibly need: clothing, tools, furniture, books, and the occasional spoon. Having spent more than twenty years in the Danish medieval re-enactment community, he founded the shop to give something back — and possibly to justify owning far more wooden chests than anyone reasonably should.

When not working, Martin is happiest creating something new, whether it’s a piece of furniture, a bit of code, or a castle in Minecraft. He enjoys the challenge of turning an idea into something tangible, preferably with a practical twist.

In many ways, that blend of curiosity and craftsmanship makes him a good fit for Dyalog Ltd. Whether he’s fine-tuning IT infrastructure or constructing a medieval bench, Martin approaches it all with the same philosophy: if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing properly, preferably with a hint of character and a cold can of Coca-Cola.

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