Hans Dockter is the founder and CEO of Gradle Inc. and the long-time project lead behind the Gradle open source build system, bringing 18 years of software engineering and product leadership experience. He has guided Gradle from an open-source project to a San Francisco-based company that builds Gradle Enterprise, a platform for accelerating builds and improving developer productivity across large engineering organizations. Hans blends deep technical expertise in build systems and continuous delivery with hands-on engineering experience dating back to projects like JBoss-IDE and roles at Volkswagen and Krugle. Trained as a physicist, he applies a data-driven, systems-thinking approach to optimize software manufacturing and developer workflows.
18 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Guest Student Physics, Guest Student Physics at University of Otago
Diplom (similar to a master) Physics, Diplom (similar to a master) Physics at The University of Göttingen
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