Falko Zurell
Senior Product Manager at HERE Technologies
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolFalko Zurell is a Senior Product Manager based in Berlin with 15+ years of hands-on experience building and operating large-scale web services and global location platforms. At HERE Technologies he moved from leading operations for the HERE Location Platform to owning Platform Foundation, combining deep systems engineering know-how with product leadership. His background as a specialist in Linux/Unix, macOS and open source web tooling underpins a pragmatic approach to reliability, performance and DevOps-driven delivery. He has repeatedly built and scaled development, test and production environments—ranging from data center migrations to cloud and platform operations—while leading cross-functional teams. Known for expecting clear communication (he requests purpose with LinkedIn connection requests), Falko brings a user-focused, ops-aware lens to product strategy that reduces risk in complex distributed systems.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Diploma, computer science, Diploma, computer science at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburgtrainee, computer science, trainee, computer science at ATIW GmbH/SIEMENSAbitur, Physics, German, Abitur, Physics, German at Gymnasium Templin
English, Russian
Github Skills (97)
photo10
backup10
pixelfed10
activitypub10
mastodon10
photo-gallery10
sveltekit10
nodejs10
docker10
microblogging10
javascript9
laravel9
webapp9
social-media9
nestjs9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
maxheadroom/sortimages-gui
Feb 2015 - Oct 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
maxheadroom/pixelfed
Mar 2021 - Feb 2024
Photo Sharing. For Everyone.
Contributions:4 PRs, 40 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
sharingphotophoto-sharingpixelfed
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