Ken Gullaksen
Seniorkonsulent at Scelto
Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolKen Gullaksen is a seasoned senior consultant and software developer in Norway with 16 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems across telecom, smart grids, and web platforms. He combines a pragmatic focus on architecture and API design with hands-on Java and JavaScript engineering, having contributed core features at Cisco, Embriq, and multiple high-availability platforms. Ken remains playful and curious about code—evidenced by his open-source QR code generation library where he implemented core QR creation, file/stream output, and thorough tests. Colleagues know him as kind and humble, a steady mentor who prioritizes productive, enjoyable work and reliable delivery. He brings proven experience in cloud tooling, performance tuning, and backend services, and prefers slow-and-steady improvements that compound into robust systems.
16 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Cypress Creek High SchoolBachelor's, Information Technology and Information Systems, Bachelor's, Information Technology and Information Systems at University of Agder (UiA)Austin High School
English, Norwegian, German
Stackoverflow
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java
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macos
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Github Skills (13)
javas10
api10
apidoc10
java10
testing9
java-streams9
macos9
git6
maven6
android6
warnings6
editor6
qr-code6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kenglxn/QRGen
Jan 2012 - Nov 2022
a simple QRCode generation api for java built on top ZXING
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 releases, 2 reviews, 148 commits in 11 years
Contributions summary:Ken primarily contributed to the core functionality of a QR code generation API. They added the main QR code generation logic, including the `QRCode` class and its methods for creating QR codes from text, handling image types, and setting dimensions. Furthermore, the user implemented methods for generating QR codes as files and streams. The user also added a testing suite with various test cases including image type overrides and string lengths.
qrcodeapion-topjavazxing
navikt/arbeidsgiver-notifikasjon-fake-produsent-api
Jun 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:7 reviews, 18 PRs, 46 pushes in 2 years 4 months
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