Guus Sliepen
Senior Software Architect at Sliepen Datakonsult
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
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Top SchoolGuus Sliepen is a Senior Software Architect with 26 years of experience combining experimental physics, instrument design and low-level systems engineering into high-performance software solutions. He has deep expertise in GPU driver development and performance optimization from roles at Google and Arm, and a strong track record building real-time telescope control, adaptive optics and data-reduction pipelines for solar astronomy. Equally comfortable in academic and commercial settings, he runs his own consultancy focused on mesh networking and contributes to Debian packaging and upstream projects. Notably, his open-source work includes backend improvements to the Tinc VPN daemon, reflecting a practical mastery of network protocols and secure, low-level C/C++ programming. Based in Trondheim, he brings a rare blend of physics-driven instrument insight and production-grade Linux systems and cryptography experience.
26 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
VWO Gymnasium, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Dutch, English, Latin, Greek, VWO Gymnasium, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Dutch, English, Latin, Greek at RSG Lingecollege TielM.Sc., Physics, M.Sc., Physics at Utrecht University
Dutch, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian
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Github Skills (16)
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openssl7
floating-point6
algorithm6
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
gsliepen/tinc
Apr 2000 - May 2022
a VPN daemon
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:179 reviews, 2448 commits, 161 PRs in 22 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Guus made several modifications and bug fixes to the back-end code of the Tinc VPN daemon, focusing on improving core functionality and stability. Their contributions included addressing issues related to packet handling, connection management, and security, indicating a strong understanding of network protocols and low-level systems programming. The user also improved the robustness of the codebase through bug fixes and refactoring. The user implemented features and fixes related to the network configuration and management.
daemonvpnwireguardopenvpn
perpendicular-dimensions/blobandconquer
Jul 2016 - Apr 2022
3D platform shooting game
Contributions:1 review, 6 PRs, 9 pushes in 5 years 10 months
gamewavefrontshootingshooting-gameraycasting
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