Dirk Riehle
Professor at Bayave GmbH
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolDirk Riehle is a professor of computer science and serial entrepreneur based in Berlin, combining 15+ years of academic leadership at FAU Erlangen with hands-on startup building as founder/CEO of Bayave and architect of earlier ventures like Skyva. He holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich and an MBA from Stanford, pairing deep research credentials with product and business strategy expertise around open source and inner source. Dirk has led open-source research at SAP Labs, founded major open collaboration conferences, and served as chief scientist and project lead across multiple startups, demonstrating an unusual blend of scholarship, industry impact, and venture creation. His technical roots include backend Java framework work (e.g., the Wahlzeit photo-sharing framework) and architecture of business-model engines, reflecting both code-level contributions and systems thinking. He is particularly known for turning open-source research into viable products and organizations, and for shaping community-driven software governance.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.-Inform., Computer Science, Dipl.-Inform., Computer Science at University of HamburgPh.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at ETH ZürichMBA, Business, MBA, Business at Stanford University
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Github Skills (8)
javas10
configuration-management10
java10
emailjs9
e-mail9
mailer9
database-design8
file-handling7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
dirkriehle/wahlzeit
Sep 2012 - May 2021
The Wahlzeit Java framework for Photo Sharing and Rating websites
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 14 reviews, 125 commits in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Dirk appears to have been involved in the initial setup and configuration of the Wahlzeit Java framework, as indicated by the "Initial import" commit message. The commits show the creation of core model configuration files and modifications to the setup routines, indicating a focus on establishing the underlying structure and parameters for the photo sharing and rating application. Changes to gender-related enums and form elements, along with email functionality also highlight the scope of their backend related work.
photo-sharingratingsharingjavajava-framework
dirkriehle/amos-course
Sep 2019 - Nov 2022
Contributions:8 releases, 92 commits, 111 pushes in 3 years 2 months
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