Martin is professor for Software Engineering at the Institute of Mobile and Distributed Systems at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. His main interest is in everything that makes software development more efficient, including build automation, testing, refactoring and development methodologies. His current main research interest is in agile methodologies and tools supporting agile teams in their daily work and their collaboration. He is co-founder and organizer of the bi-annual online survey Swiss Agile Study and the Swiss Agile Research Network.