Summary
Jon Von Gillern is a Principal Engineer and long-time .NET consultant with over a decade of experience building production software, R&D systems, and developer tooling from Iowa. A Microsoft C# MVP, he created code-analysis tools Nitriq and Atomiq—one enabling LINQ-based inspection of assemblies and the other detecting duplicated code across languages—and has a history of shipping product-level IP that was acquired by Monotype. He’s led engineering efforts as CTO and principal consultant across healthcare, IoT, and enterprise clients, and now focuses on generative AI and LLM-driven R&D alongside running his consulting practice. Jon is deeply involved in the Midwest developer community, speaking at many conferences and helping run Prairie.Code() and Iowa Code Camp, which gives him a practical pulse on developer needs and trends. Known for combining pragmatic performance engineering with a taste for developer productivity, he favors tooling that uncovers hard-to-see code quality issues.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at Iowa State University