Christofer Dutz
Board Member at The Apache Software Foundation
Hesse, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolChristofer Dutz is a seasoned software engineer and open-source leader with 15+ years of experience bridging IT and OT to help manufacturing firms digitize and optimize processes. A long-time Apache contributor and the first—and still top—committer to Apache PLC4X, he combines deep protocol and backend expertise with build/release and DevOps chops across projects like Apache Camel, IoTDB and Maven. He has held leadership roles at the Apache Software Foundation, driven industrial IoT efforts at companies from Rivian to codecentric, and recently founded ToddySoft to commercialize this expertise. Known for pragmatic engineering and tooling improvements, he often focuses on build automation and compatibility work that quietly makes projects easier to adopt at scale. Based in Hesse, Germany, he frames “impossible” as the moment a problem becomes interesting, which shows in his sustained cross-domain impact.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität Darmstadt
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (49)
serializable10
integrate10
serializer10
scripting10
apache-camel10
integrations10
java10
serialization10
javas10
apache-iotdb10
script10
code-generation10
automation10
deserialization10
command-line-utility10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
apache/plc4x
Oct 2017 - Jan 2023
PLC4X The Industrial IoT adapter
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 148 reviews, 3105 commits in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Christofer primarily focused on the implementation of foundational aspects of the protocol, involving code generation, and working with complex data types. Their work included refactoring of the handling of strings in relation to various data types like BYTE, WORD, DWORD, LWORD, alongside implementations of data-io capabilities within the code base. Additionally, they ensured the compatibility with Java 19 and updated the tests to match the recent code changes.
pythonadapterfirmatamodbusindustrial-iot
apache/iotdb
Aug 2019 - Sep 2020
Apache IoTDB
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:56 reviews, 5 commits, 65 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Christofer primarily focused on improving the project's build process and configuration. They streamlined the Maven build by adding an Apache-compatible Maven wrapper and aligning it with Apache's build requirements. Several commits involved cleaning up and refactoring the project's Maven configuration, including the poms, profiles, and plugin configurations. Furthermore, the user addressed issues with the Grafana plugin build and the source bundle, indicating involvement in DevOps aspects.
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