Colin Kiegel
CEO at SUITS U GmbH
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolColin Kiegel is a CEO and e-learning consultant based in Cologne with 11 years of professional experience delivering ILIAS projects and digital learning solutions. He blends technical depth—grounded in a Diplom in Theoretical Physics—with hands-on software craftsmanship demonstrated by contributions to the Rust ecosystem, notably the rust-derive-builder crate for ergonomic builder macros. Since 2011 he has led project delivery and requirements design across consultancy and product roles, now steering SUITS U GmbH to support sustainable e-learning implementations. Colin combines a methodical, scientific approach to problem solving with practical product and project leadership, making complex pedagogical and technical requirements manageable. He often operates at the intersection of developer tooling and education technology, bringing low-level programming insights to high-level learning design.
11 years of coding experience
Diplom Theoretische Physik, Diplom Theoretische Physik at Universität zu Köln
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Github Skills (7)
macros10
rust10
test-automation8
centos6
linux6
bash6
command-line6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
colin-kiegel/rust-derive-builder
Aug 2016 - Mar 2018
derive builder implementation for rust structs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 217 commits, 53 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Colin primarily contributed to the development of the `rust-derive-builder` crate, a library designed to generate builder implementations for Rust structs. Their work focused on enhancing the functionality and usability of the crate, including fixing bugs, merging new features (such as documentation improvements), and optimizing the code. The user demonstrated expertise in macro development and the application of the builder pattern.
macrosderivestructssetter-methodsrust
qualitus/performance-tests
May 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:3 releases, 61 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 8 months
testsuiteperformanceilias
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