Jens Hardings
Founder & CEO at 8dot8 Computer Security Conference (Chile)
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
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Top SchoolJens Hardings is a PhD-trained computer scientist, entrepreneur and CEO with over a decade building technology products and leading multidisciplinary teams across Chilean public institutions, academia and startups. He founded and runs Moit and Breaking Work while consulting on Moqui-based enterprise applications, contributing backend improvements to the well-known Moqui Framework (including entity localization and HTTPS RestClient support). His profile blends hands-on backend engineering with strategic leadership—designing scalable business processes, securing public-sector adoption of open source, and teaching graduate courses on governance and cybersecurity. Multicultural and research-oriented, he has steered projects from university research to production systems, and served on technology committees and conference program boards. Notably, he pairs deep academic pedigree with practical product delivery, often tackling complex integration and localization challenges in enterprise software.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
AMP, AMP at ESE Business School ChileColegio Alemán de SantiagoPhD, PhD at Universidad de ChilePhD, PhD at University of Duisburg-Essen
Spanish, German, English
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Github Skills (12)
application-framework10
app-framework10
web-framework10
javas10
entity-framework10
database-access10
groovy10
java10
webservice9
service-design9
rest9
service-provider9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
moqui/moqui-framework
Apr 2016 - Aug 2022
Use Moqui Framework to build enterprise applications based on Java. It includes tools for databases (relational, graph, document), local and web services, web and other UI with screens and forms, security, file/resource access, scripts, templates, l10n, caching, logging, search, rules, workflow, multi-instance, and integration.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:40 commits, 46 PRs, 3 pushes in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jens primarily contributes to the Moqui Framework's backend, focusing on entity and screen implementations. They've made significant changes related to entity localization, including identifying fields and handling locale-specific data. Additionally, the user addresses screen rendering and URL redirection issues, enhancing the framework's overall functionality. Several commits involve enhancements to the RestClient, including the addition of https protocol support.
cachingdatabasedatabasesgraphjava
jenshp/HiveMind
Jul 2015 - Feb 2019
HiveMind is a project management and ERP application for services organizations. It features project/task management, request tracking, time tracking, expenses, invoices/payments, general ledger, and content management (wiki). HiveMind is based on the Moqui Framework and Mantle Business Artifacts open source projects.
Contributions:81 pushes, 21 branches, 7 tags in 3 years 7 months
erp-applicationmoqui
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