Harald Klein
EMEA Regional Technology Lead For OpenShift Data Foundation
Greater Graz Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolHarald Klein is an experienced technology leader with 13 years in software engineering and a long tenure at Red Hat, now serving as EMEA Regional Technology Lead for OpenShift Data Foundation. He has deep hands-on expertise in software-defined storage, notably Ceph and OpenShift Data Foundation, transitioning from senior maintenance engineer roles into regional technical leadership. Harald’s background spans customer-facing technical account management and system engineering, giving him a pragmatic, operations-aware approach to product reliability and supportability. He contributes to open-source projects—such as bug fixes and core behavior improvements to the well-known OpenZWave C++ library—demonstrating a willingness to dive into low-level protocol and packaging issues. Based in Graz, Austria, he blends regional leadership with developer-level troubleshooting skills that help bridge engineering and customer success. Colleagues describe him as a steady problem-solver who turns complex storage challenges into manageable, production-ready solutions.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Technische Universität Graz
German, English
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
zwave10
debian8
configuration-management7
protocols6
network-protocol6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
OpenZWave/open-zwave
Jul 2012 - May 2015
a C++ library to control Z-Wave Networks via a USB Z-Wave Controller.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:98 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Harald primarily focused on bug fixes and implementing specific changes to the OpenZWave library. Their commits addressed issues related to command classes, including modifications to the MultiInstance and Alarm command classes. Additionally, the user worked on adding configuration options and adjusting the retry timeout functionality within the library's core files. The user also made Debian package-related adjustments, including the addition of SIS and explore routing support.
cppcontrollerc-libraryopenzwaveusb
haklein/ceph-helpers
Feb 2017 - Jan 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 5 years
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