Alexander Willner
Managing Director at EuroNorm GmbH
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Willner is a Managing Director and research-driven technology leader with 16 years of experience building and guiding IIoT, edge computing, TSN/5G and AI initiatives from academia to industry. He has led IIoT groups at TU Berlin and Fraunhofer FOKUS, translating semantic interoperability and fog/CPS research into practical industrial solutions and strategic advisory roles. Comfortable both in the lab and the terminal, he contributes hands-on to DevOps and system automation projects—examples include scripting VirtualBox macOS automation and improving build/release pipelines for GPGMail and OpenPGP.js. Based in Berlin, he combines PhD-level research rigor with operational leadership, reviewing national R&D proposals and shaping energy-technology clusters. A father focused on making systems ecologically, economically and socially better, he blends long-term research vision with pragmatic engineering execution. Notably, his open-source work spans security tooling and virtualization automation, reflecting a preference for resilient, reproducible infrastructure.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.), Computer Science, Very Good, Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.), Computer Science, Very Good at Technische Universität BerlinMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, Very Good, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Very Good at Georg-August-Universität GöttingenBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Very Good, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Very Good at The University of Göttingen
English, German
Github Skills (26)
javascript10
openpgp10
scripting10
bash10
release-management10
automation10
script10
virtualbox10
build-automation10
system-administration10
sh10
automations10
shell10
github-ci9
githubaction-workflow9
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
AlexanderWillner/runMacOSinVirtualBox
Jun 2018 - Apr 2022
Run macOS 10.16 Big Sur (and other versions) in VirtualBox on macOS
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & System Administrator
DevOps Engineer & System AdministratorContributions:3 releases, 176 commits, 22 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to automating the build and deployment process of the macOS virtual machine setup. The commits demonstrate a focus on scripting (Bash) to automate the creation, configuration, and management of the macOS virtual machine environment using VirtualBox. The contributions include automating checks, image creation, EFI patching, VM configuration, and overall system setup, making the process easier. The user also made improvements to the GUI and the automation scripts.
catalinabig-surmojavesierrahigh-sierra
GPGTools/GPGMail
Jul 2010 - Nov 2012
GPG plugin for Apple Mail
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:223 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on maintaining and enhancing the build and release processes for the GPGMail project. Their contributions included updating and refining the `updateStrings.sh` script, which was used to modify strings within the project, as well as modifying the `create_zipfile.sh` and `create_dmg.sh` scripts. They also worked on the installer scripts, contributing to self-healing installations and improvements to the build process.
apple-mailgpgmailapple
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