Dennis Gaastra
Chief Technology Officer at Bike Basics GmbH
Greater Munich Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolDennis Gaastra is a veteran technology leader and CTO with 25+ years delivering sustainable, high-quality software and IT solutions across North America and Europe. He specializes in architecting scalable web-based systems, automating business processes, and tightening security while minimizing IT footprint—often proposing web-first solutions well before they were mainstream. His background spans hands-on development (Java, WebObjects, SQL), enterprise systems design, and operational IT management, with a track record of multi-branch, high-availability applications serving tens of thousands of customers. Dennis brings a product-minded engineer’s eye for design and durability rooted in a family tradition of precision manufacturing, translating built-to-last values into software that “just works.” He is a pragmatic open-source advocate who hates sloppy code and license bloat, favoring standardized practices, documentation, and long-term maintainability. Based in the Munich area, he offers consultancy and CTO-level delivery through his firm Gaastra GmbH, helping SMEs turn IT portfolios into measurable business outcomes.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Hons. Computer Science Software Engineering and Commerce, B.Sc. Hons. Computer Science Software Engineering and Commerce at The University of British ColumbiaM.B.A. IT Management and Management Science, M.B.A. IT Management and Management Science at Simon Fraser University
English, German, Dutch
Github Skills (54)
programming-language10
interpreter10
goplus10
go10
golang10
compiler10
odin10
reader8
pdf8
epub7
ubuntu-touch7
mupdf6
voting6
kindle6
ebook-reader6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
zephyr/img2pdf
Apr 2010 - Jun 2012
Contributions:35 commits in 2 years 2 months
zephyr/zephyr.github.io
Jul 2010 - Jul 2019
Contributions:14 commits, 6 pushes in 9 years 1 month
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