Dennis Zierahn
CTO Und Gründer at Kappa Motion Media GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
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SeniorDennis Zierahn is a veteran technology founder and CTO with 14+ years of documented experience building publishing and media infrastructure from the ground up. He led engineering at P.INK, helped scale Digital Collections to 150+ global installations before its acquisition by Gannett, and founded Kappa Motion Media to deliver video workflow and editorial systems used by top German publishers. Based in Hamburg, he blends deep product engineering with hands-on leadership across back-end and editorial tooling, repeatedly turning newsroom complexity into reliable, production-grade systems. Dennis has a formal computer science background from the University of Hamburg and an uncommon track record of founding multiple successful companies that were later adopted by major media organizations. He currently continues to found and lead tech ventures, focusing on editorial and media workflows as well as broader productivity infrastructure. Beyond product delivery, he’s known for shipping pragmatic solutions that bridge legacy publishing processes and modern, scalable architectures.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (101)
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bluez10
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mp310
wav10
kodi10
wasapi10
bluetooth-mesh10
decoding10
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bluetooth-low-energy10
video-call9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dezi/xavaro
Nov 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:1305 commits, 3 PRs, 1202 pushes in 1 year 6 months
dezi/TVPush
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:853 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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