Erik Wittern
Co-Founder & CTO at Coup
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolErik Wittern is a PhD-trained technologist and co-founder/CTO of Coup, bringing 13 years of experience building cloud-native platforms and developer-facing tooling. He previously led GraphQL and API research at IBM Research in New York, driving R&D that produced over 20 patents and contributions adopted in commercial API management products. Known for bridging deep research with product delivery, he created OpenAPI-to-GraphQL tooling and the API Harmony catalog that mined real-world APIs for insight. At Coup he applies that expertise to democratize access to public funding by simplifying applications, advances, and compliance for startups. Based in Hamburg, he combines hands-on engineering, team leadership, and a track record of academic publication to turn complex integration problems into usable platforms. An eternal tinkerer, he pairs patented innovations with practical open-source stewardship and startup execution.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Engineering/Industrial Management, magna cum laude, PhD, Engineering/Industrial Management, magna cum laude at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)City, University of London
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (134)
api-management10
swagger10
security10
consul10
rest-api10
microservices10
openapi10
service-mesh10
api10
proxies10
golang10
graphql-query10
kubernetes10
translation10
api-blueprint10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ErikWittern/gravityquest
Jun 2017 - Oct 2021
Contributions:35 commits, 5 PRs, 35 pushes in 4 years 4 months
m4iot/m4iot.github.io
May 2017 - Jul 2020
Contributions:66 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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