Gion Kunz
Member Of The Board Of Administration
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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RockstarGion Kunz is a Zurich-based technology leader with 11 years of experience shaping front-end architectures and product strategy as a board member, managing director, and former CTO. He combines deep browser and SVG expertise—evident from contributions to Chartist and Angular—with back-end parsing work on projects like tj/dox, showing comfort across the stack. Gion has led engineering teams and taught web development, bringing both hands-on coding and mentorship to commercial and open-source initiatives. He balances strategic leadership at syncrea and coalist with community stewardship as president of the Swiss Astro Imaging Association, reflecting a knack for technical stewardship beyond product delivery. An avid stargazer and musician, he brings a creative, detail-oriented approach to UI and developer experience problems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic implementer who turns complex browser capabilities into elegant, usable interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (15)
css10
web-framework10
typescript10
javascript10
jsdoc10
typescripts10
svg10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
angular10
testing10
web-content9
webpages9
nodejs9
html8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
chartist-js/chartist
Sep 2014 - Aug 2022
Simple responsive charts
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 505 commits, 132 PRs in 8 years
Contributions summary:Gion primarily focused on front-end development, as evidenced by the modifications to JavaScript files for chart rendering, example files, and site layouts. Contributions include the implementation of SVG-based chart elements, the styling of these elements with CSS and the manipulation of code examples. The commits also involve the refactoring of label positioning logic, the addition of animation features using SVG elements, and the integration of the Chartist library and plugins, enhancing both the visual aspects and the functionality of the chart.
chartsreactcharting-librarychartistsvg
angular/angular
Apr 2015 - Jan 2017
Deliver web apps with confidence 🚀
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 14 PRs, 87 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Gion contributed to the Angular project by fixing examples, ensuring consistent code styling, and implementing new features related to SVG foreign objects and ngFor directives. Their work included modifying existing components, adding new functionalities, and updating documentation to provide better support for developers. These commits demonstrate a focus on improving core functionalities and the overall developer experience within the Angular framework.
reactjavascriptpwanodejsweb-developer
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