Dietrich Rordorf
Chief Technology Officer at MDPI
Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolDietrich Rordorf is a seasoned technology executive and co-founder with nine years of focused experience leading engineering and product teams at MDPI in Basel, now serving as CTO. He blends entrepreneurial instincts—having helped build MDPI’s commercial publishing arm and led a digital agency—with formal training in business information systems (MSc) to translate business needs into scalable technical strategy. Dietrich has repeatedly moved between hands-on management and executive leadership, driving technical development, project delivery, and organizational growth across publishing and digital services. Known for stepping into roles at different levels (from editorial assistant to CEO and CTO), he brings a rare perspective on both operational detail and long-term platform vision. Based in Switzerland, he pairs commercial publishing domain expertise with a pragmatic approach to building teams and systems that sustain rapid product evolution.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Business Information Systems, Master of Science (MSc), Business Information Systems at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNWBachelor of Arts (BA), Business and Economics, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business and Economics at University of Basel
German, French, Spanish, English
Github Skills (130)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
rordi/phpxml
Dec 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:4 releases, 26 commits, 2 PRs in 9 months
dictionaryphp-basedxmlphpxml-parser
rordi/rordorf
Nov 2017 - Apr 2023
New hugo-based site for rordorf.org
Contributions:29 PRs, 127 pushes, 26 branches in 5 years 5 months
twinehugonetlify-cmsstatic-sitehugo-site
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