Allan Ebdrup
VP Of Platform
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolAllan E is a seasoned technology leader and platform-focused executive based in Copenhagen with 13 years of experience building scalable SaaS and enterprise systems. As VP of Platform at Ageras and former CTO at Practio, Copenhagen Code, Impactly, and Debitoor, he specializes in turning complex requirements into robust, observable systems and high-performing teams. He champions CI/CD, microservices, event-driven architectures, DevOps, and comprehensive monitoring to cut handoffs and accelerate delivery. In his hands-on contributions, he led backend development for a PDF-generation webservice (html2pdf.it), implementing the /pdf endpoint with wkhtmltopdf, improved error handling, and timeout controls to boost stability. He has a track record of growing engineering organizations, shaping engineering culture, and delivering international platforms aligned with strategic business goals.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
studentereksamen, matematisk, studentereksamen, matematisk at Frederikshavn gymnasiumcand. scient (not completed), Computer Science, cand. scient (not completed), Computer Science at Aarhus Universitycand scient (not completed), Computer science, cand scient (not completed), Computer science at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
Danish, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
api-doc10
javascript10
node-js10
javascripts10
api10
wkhtmltopdf10
express-js9
code-coverage6
quill6
error-handling6
npm6
nodejs6
stack-trace6
ads6
jquery6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
apilayer/html2pdf.it
Jun 2012 - May 2019
Webservice for generating pdfs from html
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 88 commits, 8 PRs in 7 years
Contributions summary:Allan primarily focused on developing back-end functionality for the PDF generation service. Their contributions included the initial implementation of the `/pdf` endpoint using `wkhtmltopdf-linux-amd64`, followed by cleanup and output adjustments. They also added functionality to output errors and set timeouts. These changes directly impacted the core functionality of the webservice, improving error handling and overall stability.
pdfwebservicewkhtmltopdfhtml-to-pdfpdf-generation
practio/ci
Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
Command Line Tool for doing Continuous Integration (CI)
Contributions:12 reviews, 36 PRs, 524 pushes in 11 months
travisbuildkitecdcontinuous-integrationcli
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