Holger Machens
Senior Information Technology Consultant
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolHolger Machens is a Senior Information Technology Consultant and software engineer with 11+ years bridging academic research and industry to deliver applied science solutions, particularly in distributed systems and parallel computing. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Hamburg University of Technology and has long experience in research-assisted projects and teaching. At msg he focuses on practical, enterprise-grade systems while maintaining independent engineering work, notably the Java .Blend library and the official launcher for the popular Life in the Woods: Renaissance mod. Holger combines deep systems thinking with hands-on open-source craftsmanship and a habit of learning across almost every area of computer science through personal projects. Based in Hamburg, he brings a rare mix of rigorous academic training and production experience that helps translate complex research ideas into robust software. His profile reflects both long-term research collaborations and tangible community impact in gaming-related open source.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl. Inform. (FH), Computer Science, Dipl. Inform. (FH), Computer Science at Hochschule RheinMainMaster of Science by Research, Computer Science, with honours, Master of Science by Research, Computer Science, with honours at Cork Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Hamburg University of Technology
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Github Skills (31)
read-write10
blender10
core-library9
3d-graphics9
viewer9
java9
minecraft7
minecraft-forge7
forge7
jogl6
eclipse-cdt5
lwjgl5
hjson4
rendering4
gwt4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
homacs/JavaBlendDocs
Jan 2016 - Sep 2020
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 4 years 8 months
homacs/sb6jcode
Feb 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:72 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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