Keith Paterson
Management Consultant at ZEISS Digital Innovation
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolKeith Paterson is a management consultant and software architect with 14+ years of hands-on experience building and modernizing software for enterprise clients, currently advising ZEISS Digital Innovation from Leipzig. He progressed from developer roles in the late 1990s to senior engineering and consulting positions, blending deep technical craft with strategic delivery at firms like Saxonia Systems and bbv AG. Keith contributes to open-source mobile software—most notably improving map and UI features in the popular c:geo Android geocaching app—showing a continued passion for practical client-facing features. His background in electrical engineering informs a systems-level approach to architecture, bridging hardware-aware thinking with modern software practices. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex requirements into maintainable architectures and pragmatic roadmaps. He balances long-term product thinking with incremental code-level improvements, making him effective at both advisory and implementation tasks.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.Ing., EE, Dipl.Ing., EE at Hochschule Esslingen - University of Applied Sciences
English
Github Skills (12)
javas10
geo10
android-sdk10
android10
geocaching10
java10
cg10
android-ui9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
maps9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cgeo/cgeo
Apr 2012 - Mar 2013
c:geo - The powerful Android geocaching app.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:45 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Keith primarily contributed to the c:geo Android geocaching application, making changes related to map functionalities, waypoint display, and cache detail views. Their work included fixing bugs, refactoring code, and adding new features, such as filtering of waypoints and image loading enhancements. The user also made code adjustments related to data handling and display in various UI components.
geoandroidcgeoopencachinggeocaching
Portree-Kid/flightgear-airports
Nov 2019 - Jun 2021
Contributions:63 releases, 466 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 8 months
flightgear
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