Ed Freyfogle
Co-Founder at Angel Investor / Advisor
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolEd Freyfogle is a Berlin-based founder and technologist with 14+ years building and scaling vertical search and geospatial products, currently co-running OpenCage, an accessible worldwide geocoding API. He co-founded Lokku/Nestoria (acquired) and blends hands-on engineering—evidenced by contributions improving OpenCage integration in the popular Traccar GPS tracking system—with product and go-to-market experience across classifieds, aggregation and APIs. An active angel investor and senior advisor in ~25 startups, he leverages deep domain expertise in location-based services and a broad network to help early-stage teams grow. He also organizes Geomob, a regular European meetup and podcast that surfaces innovation in the geo community. Outside work he’s focused on practical, operational details of running SaaS while enjoying hands-on parenting, a balance that informs his pragmatic, customer-centered approach.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSE Civil Engineering German, BSE Civil Engineering German at Duke UniversityMBA, MBA at MIT Sloan School of ManagementFulbright Scholar, Fulbright Scholar at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
German, English
Github Skills (6)
gps10
javas10
geocoding10
java10
testing9
gps-tracking9
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
traccar/traccar
Oct 2018 - Mar 2022
Traccar GPS Tracking System
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Ed focused on enhancing the OpenCageGeocoder integration within the Traccar GPS Tracking System. Their contributions included adding support for a language parameter, optimizing API calls, and ensuring the language parameter was correctly passed across different components of the geocoder. The modifications primarily centered on refining the interaction with the OpenCage API for more accurate and localized geocoding results, while also including test cases. The updates improved the system's functionality and adaptability.
traccartrackinggpsgps-trackinglocation-tracking
freyfogle/freyfogle.github.io
Jun 2016 - Feb 2023
Contributions:429 commits, 24 PRs, 230 pushes in 6 years 9 months
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