Dirk Schumacher
Application Management In Healtcare Digitalization
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDirk Schumacher is a seasoned technology leader with 30+ years of experience driving digital transformation, currently focusing on application management and healthcare digitalization at Universitätsklinik Erlangen. He blends consulting, project management, Industry 4.0, software development, change management and customer coaching, championing agile learning organizations and design thinking. His career spans leadership roles across Germany and China, including CIO at Think Area Innovation Consulting and key healthcare IT work at Siemens and University Hospital Erlangen. An active open-source contributor, he has influenced testing frameworks and IDE tooling on GitHub, notably with testthat and the RStudio IDE, showcasing hands-on software craftsmanship. He holds Master of Arts degrees in Consulting from Georg Simon Ohm University of Nürnberg and in Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology from Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg. Based in Nuremberg, he brings a unique blend of strategic leadership and technical depth to deliver practical, scalable healthcare IT solutions.
13 years of coding experience
Master of Arts (MA), Consulting, Master of Arts (MA), Consulting at Georg Simon Ohm Hochschule NürnbergMaster of Arts (M.A.), Philosophy, Psychologie, Soziologie, Master of Arts (M.A.), Philosophy, Psychologie, Soziologie at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
German, English
Github Skills (16)
unit-testing10
javas10
refactoring10
gwt10
refactorings10
refactor10
java10
r10
test-automation10
ide9
javascript9
develop9
javascripts9
frontend-development7
front-end-development7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
rstudio/rstudio
Feb 2014 - Aug 2018
RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Dirk primarily contributed to the RStudio IDE by adding and modifying features related to code editing and refactoring within the Java-based GWT frontend. They implemented "extract local variable" and "extract function" features, modifying the `TextEditingTarget`, `TextEditingTargetWidget`, and `Source` files. Additionally, the user fixed whitespace issues in Shiny templates, demonstrating familiarity with the underlying R code base of the IDE.
integratedrstudiointegrated-development-environmentidedevelopment-environment
r-lib/testthat
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
An R 📦 to make testing 😀
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:10 commits, 2 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Dirk primarily contributed to the testing framework of the `testthat` package. Their work involved implementing and refining a BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) testing language, including the `describe` and `it` functions. The user added and updated tests to cover various aspects of the testing framework, ensuring its functionality and usability. The contributions included adding examples, fixing code issues, and providing better documentation for the testing language.
testingunit-testingr
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