Andreas Herrmann
Vice President, Specialized Engineering And Advisory at Modus Create
Dübendorf, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAndreas Herrmann is a seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience who currently heads Tweag as Vice President, Specialized Engineering and Advisory at Modus Create in Dübendorf, Zurich. He combines deep technical roots—evident from hands-on roles leading scalable builds and OSPO initiatives—with strategic leadership across open source and consulting practices. Trained as a physicist with degrees from ETH Zürich and a PhD from Université de Fribourg, he brings rigorous analytical thinking to software build systems and developer productivity. Andreas also contributes to open-source tooling, improving reproducible Haskell/LLVM build environments via Nix, demonstrating a practical focus on reproducible, developer-friendly workflows. Colleagues know him for bridging research-grade problem solving with pragmatic delivery for large engineering organizations.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics at Université de Fribourg - Universität FreiburgMaster of Science ETH Physics, Master of Science ETH Physics at ETH Zürich
Github Skills (6)
dependency-management10
nix10
haskell10
build-automation10
cicd9
code-generation7
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
llvm-hs/llvm-hs
Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
Haskell bindings for LLVM
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 6 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Andreas's contributions primarily focus on enhancing the build and development environment for the llvm-hs project. This includes creating and modifying Nix configuration files (`default.nix`, `shell.nix`) to manage dependencies and build processes. The user implemented a Nix shell environment, allowing for reproducible builds and simplified development workflows. Additionally, they updated package dependencies and made configurations more flexible for users by allowing them to specify their nixpkgs tree.
llvm-ircode-generationllvm-hshaskell-bindingshaskell
aherrmann/bazel-central-registry
Nov 2021 - Mar 2025
The central registry of Bazel modules for the Bzlmod external dependency system.
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years 3 months
starlarkbzlmodbazelbazel-rules
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