Dirk Gernhardt
Open-Source-Beauftragter Der Landeshauptstadt München
Grafing, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDirk Gernhardt is a seasoned technology leader with over 8 years in public-sector software and more than two decades of architecture and consulting experience, currently driving open-source strategy and software delivery for the City of Munich. He leads large engineering and architecture teams to build citizen-centric, cost-efficient digital services and champions reusable open-source solutions across municipalities to reduce duplicated spending. His background as an IT architect and senior consultant for major automotive clients gives him a rare blend of enterprise-grade architecture rigor and pragmatic product delivery. Dirk holds a Dr.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering and brings analytical depth from early academic work on optimal investment strategies for renewable energy systems. He is motivated by practical collaboration between authorities and industry to scale modern, user-friendly public-sector software across Germany and Europe. Colleagues describe him as a systems thinker who pairs technical standards with a clear vision for municipal digital transformation.
8 years of coding experience
Technischen Universität DarmstadtDr.-Ing., Mechanical Engineering, sehr gut, Dr.-Ing., Mechanical Engineering, sehr gut at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Github Skills (2)
animate8
open-source3
Github contributions (3)
DirkGern/foss-concept
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
The goal of this repository is to create a FOSS vision for the commune of Munich, Germany. We want to animate the FOSS requirements in the coalition agreement between the governing political parties and shed light on it from our technical perspectives.
Contributions:4 PRs, 7 pushes in 21 days
lightgoalpartiesvisionpolitical
missgreenwood/foss-concept
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
The goal of this repository is to create a FOSS vision for the commune of Munich, Germany. We want to animate the FOSS requirements in the coalition agreement between the governing political parties and shed light on it from our technical perspectives.
Contributions:4 reviews, 7 commits, 3 PRs in 21 days
lightgoalpartiesvisionpolitical
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