Peter Schuler
Manager at Ruhr Campus Academy (RCA) gGmbH
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Schuler is a results-focused technology leader based in Essen, Germany, with over a decade of experience steering digital transformation across retail, education, and consulting. As a Manager at ALDI DX and a long-standing lecturer in Digital Leadership and Transformation, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic change management to turn complex requirements into scalable, people-centered solutions. His leadership spans interdisciplinary and intercultural teams, fostering adaptive cultures and smart process design. An active open-source contributor, he has repaired core TYPO3 CMS bugs and strengthened backend file handling in the powermail extension, underscoring a commitment to robust, production-ready systems. He brings a strong foundation in Business Informatics and Medical Informatics from Duisburg-Essen and BHT, enabling him to connect technology strategy with real-world business outcomes. In his academic roles, he has mentored future IT leaders across multiple universities, reinforcing his passion for teaching and knowledge transfer.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Medical Informatics, Medical Informatics at Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT)Diploma, Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik), Diploma, Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik) at Universität Duisburg-Essen
German, English, Portuguese, French, Latin
Github Skills (12)
file-handling10
debugging10
content-management-system10
cms10
php10
debug10
contentmanagementsystem10
content-management10
typo310
cm10
back-end-development9
forms7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
in2code-de/powermail
Apr 2017 - Feb 2019
This is the official repository of the TYPO3 extension powermail! Powermail is a well-known, editor-friendly, powerful and easy mailform extension for TYPO3
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 7 PRs, 7 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily focused on modifying backend code related to file handling and storage within the powermail TYPO3 extension. Their contributions involved refactoring the file path retrieval logic, iterating over all storage options, and adding checks to prevent exceptions. The changes ensure that uploads are handled correctly, particularly when dealing with paths containing special characters, and improve the overall robustness of the file handling functionality.
mailform-extensiontypo3-cms-extensionphppowermailtypo3
TYPO3/typo3
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022
The TYPO3 Core - Enterprise Content Management System. Synchronized mirror of https://review.typo3.org/q/project:Packages/TYPO3.CMS
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 1 PR in 7 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to bug fixes within the TYPO3 CMS core. Their work focused on addressing undefined array key issues, impacting various components like `AbstractPlugin`, `ContentObjectRenderer`, and `LanguageMenuProcessor`. These fixes included changes to the core system that aimed to prevent errors related to accessing non-existent array keys, ensuring smoother operation, and enhancing the stability of the TYPO3 CMS.
cmsmanagement-systemphpsynchronizedtypo3-cms
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