Janis Reber
Director Consulting Services at CGI
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJanis Reber is a Director of Consulting Services and former Principal Software Engineer with nine years of experience leading product development in automotive after-sales and enterprise consulting. He currently oversees multiple product teams totaling over 50 developers, blending hands-on technical insight with program and project leadership. His background spans individual contributor roles and product ownership, shaping both architecture and delivery while actively mentoring team members in career development. An open-source contributor, Janis has improved accessibility in the widely used Nextcloud server front end, reflecting a practical focus on inclusive user experiences. Based in Mainz, Germany, he combines a Services Computing M.Sc. with business informatics roots to bridge technical, product, and business perspectives. Notably, he moves fluidly between shipping code and steering large-scale engineering organizations, translating developer needs into strategic outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Services Computing, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Services Computing at Hochschule ReutlingenBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Wirtschaftsinformatik at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
accessibility10
javascript10
front-end-development10
nextcloud10
vue9
php9
vue-jsx9
open-source8
ux-design8
ui-design7
graphical-user-interface7
css7
user-interface7
code-coverage6
maven6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
nextcloud/server
Aug 2019 - Sep 2019
☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 65 comments in 17 days
Contributions summary:Janis primarily contributed to the accessibility features of the Nextcloud server. They implemented a theme class to the body element for selected themes, corrected accessibility issues related to theme selection, and separated the high contrast theme. The user also added a component for previewing accessibility options and refined the component's interaction with the selected states. They updated the configuration migration for existing users to correctly map their theme settings.
nextcloudfile-sharingenterprisesharingcollaboration
janis91/nextnotes
Jul 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:3 releases, 27 PRs, 103 pushes in 7 months
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