Bastian Venthur
Director Of Technology at Flix
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolBastian Venthur is a seasoned technology leader and Director of Technology at Flix with 19 years of experience building robust, data-driven systems and leading international, interdisciplinary teams. He progressed from research in brain–computer interfaces and machine learning to founding a startup and architecting Flix’s Revenue Management System, blending deep academic rigor (PhD in CS) with hands-on product delivery. Known for driving technical strategy and operational excellence, he has led nine teams to deliver high-quality, interoperable services at scale. An active open-source contributor and Debian developer, his practical improvements span widely used Python projects such as setuptools, urllib3 and scipy as well as tooling like sshuttle and python-markdown2. He combines strong QA and automation instincts with a history of low-level engineering (e.g., AR.Drone control) that helps him bridge research, infrastructure and product engineering. Based in Berlin, he brings a rare mix of academic depth, startup grit and enterprise leadership.
19 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom Computer Science, Diplom Computer Science at Freie Universität BerlinPhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at Technische Universität BerlinMilitary ServiceAbitur, Abitur at Karl-Schiller Oberschule Berlin
German, English, Italian, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (42)
markdown10
struct10
scipy10
restructuredtext10
pytest10
python10
setuptools10
testing10
rs10
build-system10
numpy10
urllib10
markdown-it10
error-handling10
refactoring10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
venthur/python-ardrone
Jan 2011 - Apr 2022
Python library for the AR.Drone
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:67 commits, 5 PRs, 5 pushes in 11 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Bastian significantly contributed to the development of the `python-ardrone` library by implementing low-level AT commands for controlling the AR.Drone. They added numerous AT commands, fixed existing ones, and introduced higher-level commands such as takeoff, land, and trim. Furthermore, they integrated the decoding of navdata packets and started work on the video decoding functionality.
dronepython-librarypython
pypa/packaging
Apr 2018 - Jun 2022
Core utilities for Python packages
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 9 comments in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Bastian primarily focused on improving the quality of the `packaging` library by adding and refining tests. Their contributions involved creating tests for edge cases, such as invalid URLs and parsing exceptions. They also fixed a spelling mistake in the code. The user's work directly enhanced the library's reliability and error handling.
pythonpippython-packagespackagingrequirements-management
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