François Suter is a versatile technology and mediation professional with 15 years of experience blending hands-on software development, open-source contributions, and organizational transformation. Trained as a materials scientist (EPFL), he pivoted from simulation and publishing into web engineering and became a TYPO3 specialist, contributing bug fixes and documentation to the flagship TYPO3 CMS. As co-founder of Beenow and Médiateur adjoint at MIPP, he now focuses on mediation, Nonviolent Communication, and shared governance to help companies adopt more humane, systemic management. He combines technical credibility (lead tech roles and long-term CMS expertise) with certified training as a person of trust and 30+ days in NVC practice, enabling him to bridge complex technical projects and delicate human dynamics. Notably, his career trajectory reflects an unusual mix of deep engineering rigor and deliberate expertise in interpersonal systems, making him effective in both stabilizing codebases and facilitating organizational change.
15 years of coding experience
Certified Person of Trust, Certified Person of Trust at IPROMED
30+ days of training, 30+ days of training at Center for NonViolent Communication
Master’s Degree Materials Science, Master’s Degree Materials Science at EPFL
French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese
The TYPO3 Core - Enterprise Content Management System. Synchronized mirror of https://review.typo3.org/q/project:Packages/TYPO3.CMS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:20 commits in 11 years 6 months
Contributions summary:François primarily contributed to bug fixes and documentation updates within the TYPO3 CMS core. Their work involved addressing issues related to the application of "ifEmpty" conditions, cross-site error handling, and undefined array key warnings. The user also improved documentation clarity by correcting inaccurate information in the extension manual. This work demonstrates a focus on improving the stability and usability of the TYPO3 CMS.
Contributions:8 releases, 29 commits, 66 pushes in 4 years 11 months
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