About Rotan Consulting Ltd
Rotan Consulting Ltd is the independent consultancy service of Dr Rotan Hanrahan.
The consultancy offers practical advice, technical input and oversight on a variety of topics, including:
- Bringing new services to the Web
- Multi-channel service delivery
- Mobile solution development
- Online security and privacy
- Scaling for global and cloud users
- Harmonising UX and development teams
- Applying for research grants or tax credits
- Getting involved in standards development
- Patentability assessment and defence
- Software and service prototyping
- Web service integration
- Performance analysis and enhancement
- Practical service diagnostics
- Hiring specifications and interview panels
Cases considered include: customer information entry/collection and administration; account access and navigation; real-time and periodic reporting; launch of new online presence and similar cases involving the interaction between user and system. Online multi-channel self-care is a speciality.
Contact
A consultation starts by making contact via consultation@rotan.ie to outline the technical challenges you face. Your communication will normally be forwarded to Dr Hanrahan for review and response. You may be asked to supply additional details before a full response can be given. For commercially sensitive communication, Rotan Consulting Ltd will enter into an NDA when requested. If you are being referred by an agency or past client, please mention.
Following the preliminary review, an in-person scoping meeting may be arranged. This meeting defines the activity and terms from which a contract is agreed.
Terms are competitive and negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
Note: if you are looking to hire a lead programmer, architect, CTO or other senior technical person, Dr Hanrahan can participate as an impartial objective member of your interview panel, bringing to the table many years of experience from similar roles.
About Dr Rotan Hanrahan

Dr Rotan Hanrahan is an eclectic computer scientist who, in over three decades, has worked with every kind of computer from supercomputers to mobile devices, has worked with or for major companies on five continents, has been a significant force in global technical standards bodies, has educated thousands during a successful academic career, has been part of all phases of a tech startup through to maturity, has developed services enjoyed by millions of users, has worked tirelessly to help move mobile Web from concept to market dominance, is responsible for Ireland's largest government-approved animal microchip repository and is an active advisor/mentor in the Irish tech scene.
Rotan brings a wealth of experience to bear on a variety of technology challenges faced by Irish SMEs, startups, entrepreneurs and R&D teams.
Full bio can be viewed on LinkedIn.