Alexander Hansen
Technical Developer at Versita: Central European Journal of Physics
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Hansen is a Technical Developer with 23 years of engineering experience who builds hands-on routing and switching curricula and delivers onsite and remote skills validation for CCNA/CCNP/CCIE candidates. Based in California, he combines deep Cisco certification expertise (CCNA/CCNP/CCDA/CCDP and CCIE written) with a strong research background—holding a Ph.D. in Physics and multiple peer-reviewed publications from his earlier lab work. He is a long-time open-source contributor and core developer on the Fink project, where he focuses on infrastructure, package maintenance, and user-facing documentation. Comfortable mentoring students and professionals alike, Alexander blends rigorous experimental problem-solving with practical network design and troubleshooting. An unusual strength is his dual fluency in academic research and applied networking education, enabling him to translate complex technical concepts into clear, testable lab exercises.
23 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Physics, Ph.D., Physics at University of Wisconsin-MadisonCCIE Candidate, Network Engineering, CCIE Candidate, Network Engineering at LAN/WAN ProfessionalB.A., Physics, B.A., Physics at University of Colorado Boulder
Spanish
Github Skills (2)
documentation10
technical-writing10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
fink/scripts
Jul 2003 - Mar 2019
Various scripts used to maintain Fink, the web site and the binary distribution. They are not intended for use by the general public.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:223 commits, 3 PRs, 12 pushes in 15 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the documentation within the repository. The commits detail changes to the FAQ, the User's Guide, and the packaging manual, indicating a focus on improving the clarity and accuracy of the documentation. The contributions involve updating existing content and adding new entries to address user questions and provide detailed instructions for users.
web-sitedistributionfink
fink/fink
Dec 2004 - May 2019
The fink package manager
Contributions:1144 commits, 33 PRs, 181 pushes in 14 years 7 months
package-managerfink
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