Summary
Dirk Apitz is a versatile freelancer and entrepreneur with nine years of recorded experience and decades-long hands-on practice designing and implementing software, firmware, drivers, programmable logic and hardware with a strong emphasis on networking and communication protocols. He blends full-stack server and web-service development (including Java/browser-based embedded management UIs) with low-level embedded systems, FPGA/CPLD acceleration and device driver work to optimize performance, reliability and resource usage. As owner of multiple businesses he couples technical delivery with project specification, management and small-scale manufacturing, bringing product-aware engineering to bear on system design. His uncommon cross-discipline fluency means hardware decisions are informed by software realities (and vice versa), enabling targeted custom accelerators and efficient architectures. Based in Cancún, he also maintains creative technical projects—like a Java AWT-based laser animation system—demonstrating sustained curiosity and practical craftsmanship beyond conventional engineering roles.
9 years of coding experience
Informatik, Informatik at Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
English, French, German