Doug Zirbel
Franchise Owner at Your Pie - Clemson
Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDoug Zirbel is an operations and manufacturing leader with 30+ years of experience across consumer products, medical device supply chains, and franchise ownership, now operating a Your Pie franchise in Clemson. He has led global manufacturing and supply chain teams—directing multi-plant operations, contract manufacturers across Asia and Latin America, and programs with COGS responsibilities up to $650M. Known for turning complex capital projects and technology conversions into reliable production lines, he has progressed from process engineer to VP-level site leadership and global director roles at Kimberly‑Clark and Wausau Paper. As a hands-on operator he blends strategic supply chain oversight with frontline plant experience, managing thousands of employees and large P&L impacts. Less obvious: beyond manufacturing he contributes to open-source QA for the popular Kotlin static analysis tool detekt, reflecting a curiosity for software quality and test automation. Based in Anderson, SC, he combines corporate-scale operational rigor with entrepreneurial grit as a long-tenured business owner.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering - Paper Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering - Paper Science & Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Github Skills (7)
kotlin10
unit-testing10
static-analysis10
testing10
software-quality9
analyse9
code-analysis9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
detekt/detekt
May 2022 - Dec 2022
Static code analysis for Kotlin
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:12 reviews, 16 commits, 20 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Doug primarily contributed to the quality assurance of the detekt project. Their work focused on adding and modifying unit tests to improve the reliability of the static analysis tool. The commits cover a range of rules and scenarios, including testing for nullability, code style, and the correct behavior of the analysis engine. The user's contributions were designed to prevent regressions and ensure the proper functioning of the detekt tool across different code patterns.
linterlintanalysisstatic-code-analysiscode-quality
dzirbel/robopower
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
Robo Power card game
Contributions:56 commits, 1 PR, 41 pushes in 1 month
robogamecard-gamepower
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