Julius Pfrommer
Managing Director at o6 Automation GmbH
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolJulius Pfrommer is a technology leader and managing director with 14 years of experience bridging industrial research and applied software engineering from Karlsruhe, Germany. He advanced through roles at Fraunhofer IOSB—from research engineer to head of department—combining hands-on system design with team leadership and academic rigor from a PhD candidacy at KIT. Julius contributes to open source OPC UA implementation open62541, focusing on server-side logic, event loop management and XML encoding—demonstrating deep protocol-level expertise in industrial communication stacks. He holds engineering diplomas from KIT and Grenoble INP and additional studies at ETH Zürich, reflecting a strong cross-disciplinary foundation in industrial, electrical and communications engineering. Known for turning complex standards into practical, maintainable software, he now leads o6 Automation to bring research-grade solutions into industry.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering Diploma (Master equivalent) Industrial Engineering, Engineering Diploma (Master equivalent) Industrial Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Engineering Diploma Industrial Engineering, Engineering Diploma Industrial Engineering at Grenoble INP - UGAElectrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at ETH Zürich
Github Skills (5)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
open62541/open62541
Mar 2014 - Jan 2023
Open source implementation of OPC UA (OPC Unified Architecture) aka IEC 62541 licensed under Mozilla Public License v2.0
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:70 releases, 435 reviews, 4354 commits in 8 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Julius's commits focused on implementing features and improving the functionality of the OPC UA implementation, specifically in the areas of event loop management, XML encoding, and general server-side logic. The code changes involved modifications to the core functionalities, improvements to the XML encoding, and addition of new features to handle complex value types with the creation of appropriate functions. These tasks showcase a solid understanding of the internal workings of the OPC UA protocol and the underlying data structures.
iectsnlicensediec-62541opcua
cbhust/open62541
Nov 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:59 commits in 1 year 4 months
licensediec-62541iecopc-uaopc
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