Christian Beck
Senior Software Developer, Server Architect Und Teamlead Campussoftware at Technische Universität Wien
Staatz, Lower Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Beck is a seasoned senior software developer and server architect leading Campus Software at TU Wien, bringing over 18 years of academic research experience and a decade of applied engineering. He transitioned from long-term research roles into operational leadership, reshaping campus IT toward agile team-based delivery and taking responsibility for software distribution across the university. Hands-on in backend engineering, he contributes to notable open-source projects such as Inno Setup, where he improved TLS 1.3 support, download handling, and authentication—work that underscores his expertise in secure, reliable installer and server workflows. Christian blends deep technical skill in server architecture and Delphi-based systems with practical team leadership, mentoring engineers while driving platform stability. Based in Lower Austria, he combines an electrical engineering background in biomedical topics with a pragmatic focus on production-ready software and infrastructure. Colleagues value him for quietly modernizing legacy systems and applying research rigor to operational challenges.
10 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
English, German
Github Skills (17)
delphix10
delphi10
authentication10
http-client10
basic-authentication10
installer10
installers10
url-validation9
url-encoding9
url-parsing9
url-scheme9
url-parser9
file-handling9
mtls8
libtls8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jrsoftware/issrc
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 1 PR, 14 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Christian primarily focused on enhancing the Inno Setup installer's download functionality. They implemented features like TLS 1.3 support, URL stripping, and functions to retrieve file dates, alongside fixing download-related logging. The user also refactored the code related to downloading files and implementing a new procedure for setting download credentials. Furthermore, the user addressed issues with URL parsing and authentication, introducing a new approach using Delphi's internal URI handling and basic authentication headers.
windowsinstallersinstallerprogramsstability
chbwien/winget-pkgs
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
The Microsoft community Windows Package Manager manifest repository
Contributions:5 pushes in 4 months
mdtwindows-package-managerwindowsmanifestmicrosoft-community
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