Jan-philipp Kappmeier
Software Engineering Manager at TomTom
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolJan-Philipp Kappmeier is a Software Engineering Manager in Berlin with 17 years of experience translating rigorous algorithms research into production-ready systems. He blends deep academic credentials—a PhD in applied mathematics—with hands-on engineering leadership at TomTom, where he progressed from senior engineer to manager focusing on traffic and speed profile products. His passion for combinatorial optimization and approximation algorithms is matched by a pragmatic drive to implement solutions that perform in real-world environments. He has taught modeling and system simulation at the master's level and contributed research work on network flow and efficient algorithm design. Known for tackling hard problems, he pairs theoretical insight with delivery-oriented engineering and mentorship. Colleagues can expect a leader who codes frequently and values bringing provably good algorithms out of the lab and into production.
17 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Informatik, Informatik at Università degli Studi di VeronaMaster's degree, Informatik, 1.0 (with distinction), Master's degree, Informatik, 1.0 (with distinction) at Universität DortmundDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied mathematics, magna cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied mathematics, magna cum laude at Technische Universität Berlin
Japanese, Italian, English, German, English, Italian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (72)
spring-security10
terraform10
infrastructure10
terraform-module10
terraform-cloud10
hashicorp10
azure10
graph10
java10
azure-resource-manager10
spring-boot10
terragrunt10
spring10
hcl10
terraform-provider10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
kappmeier/scripts
Apr 2015 - Nov 2024
Contributions:20 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 8 months
zetool/common
Jan 2015 - Oct 2020
Contributions:7 releases, 1 review, 6 PRs in 5 years 10 months
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