Frans Lytzen
Owner CTO CISO at NewOrbit Ltd
Greater Oxford Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFrans Lytzen is an experienced cloud-native CTO and CISO with over 13 years leading NewOrbit to design, build and operate Azure-hosted software products for SMEs and larger organisations. He combines hands-on Azure solution architecture, cost optimisation and security reviews with a pragmatic focus on accelerating developer delivery and operational agility. Previously he scaled delivery organisations and introduced agile, offshore product development and PSA-driven efficiencies as an Operations Director. Frans contributes to open-source .NET tooling work—improving CI, tests and build processes for projects like a Google Authenticator library—reflecting a practical attention to secure, testable builds. Based in the Greater Oxford Area, he blends technical leadership with commercial instincts from a business-management background at Copenhagen Business School. Clients benefit from his end-to-end “Software Product Partnering” approach that spans concept, delivery, hosting and support.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
HD(U) International Management and Economics, HD(U) International Management and Economics at Copenhagen Business SchoolRavnsholtskolen
Danish
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Github Skills (22)
unit-testing10
net10
dotnet10
asp-net10
build-automation10
dotnet-core10
azure10
csharp10
authentication9
nuget9
user-authentication9
two-factor-authentication9
version-control8
github-ci7
githubaction-workflow7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
BrandonPotter/GoogleAuthenticator
Dec 2019 - May 2022
Simple, easy to use server-side two-factor authentication library for .NET that works with Google Authenticator and Authy.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 reviews, 39 commits, 55 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Frans primarily focused on the development and maintenance of unit tests and build processes within the .NET-based Google Authenticator library. Their work included updating unit tests for CI compatibility, adding source link functionality, and modifying the project file for improved build configurations. The user also added byte array overloads and updated the project's version number. Furthermore, they handled dependency management and addressed issues related to external dependencies.
authenticatordotnetauthyauthenticationfactor
NewOrbit/MalwareScan.AMSI
Feb 2018 - Nov 2021
Contributions:28 commits, 5 PRs, 17 pushes in 3 years 10 months
virus-scanneramsi
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