Christian Tellefsen
System Engineer And Team Manager, R&D Trondheim at Thales Norway AS
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Tellefsen is a senior software engineer and R&D team manager based in Trondheim with 15 years of experience building and delivering embedded and systems software at Thales Norway. He combines hands-on backend development—evidenced by contributions to the well-known open-source photography tool darktable, where he improved build processes and core integrations—with leadership in multidisciplinary R&D teams. Educated with a BSc and MSc from NTNU, he brings deep technical grounding and an ability to translate complex requirements into robust, maintainable solutions. Colleagues know him for pragmatic problem-solving and quietly improving core infrastructure rather than chasing flashy features.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Github Skills (13)
c1710
build-script10
bash10
script10
c1110
image-processing9
workflow-automation9
photo9
work-flow9
photography9
configurations8
configuration-file8
file-management7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
darktable-org/darktable
Apr 2011 - Aug 2017
darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:71 commits, 3 PRs, 5 pushes in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the build process and core functionality of darktable, an open source photography workflow application. They made changes to the build scripts, fixed issues related to camera model lookups, and removed unused variables. Furthermore, the user addressed file location and configuration issues by merging in updates, and they added enhancements to the full-screen preview functionality. These commits suggest a focus on improving core components and fixing integration issues within the darktable project.
darktable
christte/darktable
Jul 2015 - Mar 2019
Contributions:7 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 8 months
darktable
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