Daniel Widerin
Head Of Software & Electronics at Oerlikon Balzers
Buchs (SG), St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Top SchoolDaniel Widerin is a seasoned technology leader with 15 years of experience, currently heading Software & Electronics at Oerlikon Balzers in Switzerland. He has a strong track record of scaling software organizations and delivery practices through senior roles at Hilti and Zumtobel Group, blending hands-on engineering with strategic architecture and product-focused leadership. Holding MSc and BSc degrees in Computer Science and an MBA in Innovation & Technology, he pairs technical depth with business acumen to drive cross-functional innovation. An active contributor to open-source, he implemented a GitLab social login provider for the popular django-allauth library, demonstrating practical backend expertise and attention to quality via unit tests and documentation. Based in Buchs (SG), he brings uncommon experience at the intersection of embedded electronics and enterprise software, enabling teams to ship robust, testable systems in complex industrial contexts.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Innovation & Technology, Master of Business Administration - MBA Innovation & Technology at Universität LiechtensteinMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at FernUniversität in HagenEngineer's degree computer science telecommunications and high frequency techniques, Engineer's degree computer science telecommunications and high frequency techniques at HTL-Rankweil
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
social-auth10
python10
django10
user-authentication10
authentication10
gitlab10
social-authentication10
oauth10
testing9
apidoc9
api9
registrar7
openid-connect7
registers7
registrator7
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
pennersr/django-allauth
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
Integrated set of Django applications addressing authentication, registration, account management as well as 3rd party (social) account authentication.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the implementation of a GitLab social login provider for the django-allauth library. Their work involved creating views, adapters, and a provider class to enable authentication via GitLab. The commits included changes to the documentation and settings to support the new provider and addressed minor issues such as fixing a profile URL and addressing a typo. They also added unit tests for the GitLab provider.
xadminpythonpartyintegrateddjango-framework
saily/alpine-eslint
Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:1 release, 4 commits, 9 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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