Dominik Fretz
Founder at Harbour Edge Intelligence
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolDominik Fretz is a founder and experienced full-stack software engineer with 13 years building embedded systems, cloud platforms, and AI-enabled products from Sydney. He has led engineering at robotics and marine-tech companies (OpenROV, Mission Robotics, Sofar Ocean) where he shipped device-integrated software, custom Linux distributions, and cloud video tooling—skills that bridge hardware, firmware and modern web stacks. As founder of Portcity-AI and Harbour Edge Intelligence he now helps SMBs and larger teams become AI-native, running rapid quarterly transformations and practical adoption programs. His background includes building CI/CD, DevOps practices, and ARM cross-compilation pipelines, plus hands-on contributions to the OpenROV open-source ecosystem. Notably, he blends deep technical craft with startup-building experience (co-founded a neurotech startup and ran accelerator programs), making him fluent in turning prototypes into production. Based in Sydney, he combines product instinct with low-level engineering discipline to accelerate teams into future-ready builders.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Advanced Studies Computer Software Engineering, Master of Advanced Studies Computer Software Engineering at HSR University of Applied Sciences
English, German
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Github Skills (16)
embedded10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
arduino10
sensor-fusion9
system-integration9
i2c9
sql-server6
datetime6
expression6
docker6
excel6
vba6
tuples6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
OpenROV/openrov-software
Oct 2012 - Jul 2015
Meta project for all of the OpenROV Software projects
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:696 commits, 6 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Dominik primarily focused on integrating and modifying the openrov software, with contributions including changes to existing code files and merging branches. They made changes to the MinIMU and I2Cdev libraries. Their work included resolving conflicts, integrating new features, and implementing modifications across different parts of the project, particularly in the context of the Arduino platform. This suggests a focus on embedded systems and the integration of software with hardware components.
metaautopilotproject-metarovermavlink
OpenROV/openrov-proxy
Aug 2014 - Sep 2015
Contributions:50 commits, 1 push in 1 year 1 month
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