Andreas Florath
Cloud-Architekt at Deutsche Telekom
Raeren, Walloon Region, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolAndreas Florath is a Cloud Architect with 12+ years of experience, specializing in Edge-Cloud Continuum, cloud federation and AI/ML use cases for telecommunications at Deutsche Telekom. He combines deep systems-level programming skills in C, C++ and Python with hands-on architecture and implementation experience, enabling him to both design and prototype complex distributed solutions. Active in European cloud initiatives (EU Cloud Alliance, Open Grid, OpenInfra Edge Group) and co-leading the EAIDC Edge Cloud working group, he shapes standards and interoperable infrastructure across industry consortia. His open-source contributions include significant DevOps and architectural improvements to OpenStack's diskimage-builder, speeding test execution and hardening image tooling—an example of pragmatic improvements that scale. Based in Raeren, Belgium, he brings a mathematician’s rigor from RWTH Aachen to pragmatic engineering, often bridging research, standardization and production. Colleagues rely on him for rapid system understanding, federation strategy and environmentally conscious cloud design.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Diplom, Mathematics, Diplom, Mathematics at RWTH Aachen University
Github Skills (14)
blockdevice10
system-administration10
docker10
device-management10
openstack10
python10
dockers10
debian10
cicd10
image10
functional-testing9
jtest9
yaml9
bash9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/diskimage-builder
May 2016 - Jun 2019
Image building tools for OpenStack. Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & System Architect
DevOps Engineer & System ArchitectContributions:39 commits in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Andreas primarily focused on refactoring and improving the configuration and setup of the image building tools for OpenStack. Their work included enhancing the Debian packaging process, fixing issues related to apt sources, and improving the default release settings. They also contributed to the block device handling by implementing partitioning functionality and refactoring the local loop device management, showcasing architectural improvements. Furthermore, the user added the capability to run functional tests in parallel, significantly improving test execution time.
openstack
sustainet-guardian/aletheia-probe
Nov 2025 - Jun 2026
Tool for automatically detecting predatory journals and conferences using multiple authoritative data sources
Contributions:230 reviews, 36 PRs, 396 pushes in 7 months
academic-publishingopen-accessresearch-integrityscholarly-publishingjournal-assessment
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