Lars Francke
Co-Founder & CTO at CEN and CENELEC
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolLars Francke is a serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder & CTO with 16 years of experience building open-source, Kubernetes-native data platforms and deep expertise in the Hadoop/Spark ecosystem since 2009. He leads Stackable to combine modern cloud-native primitives with proven data tech (Hive, HBase, ORC) and has committer status on multiple Apache projects, bringing both hands-on engineering and project stewardship. A prolific OSS contributor, Lars has improved robustness in projects like Apache NiFi and HBase and refined developer ergonomics in the popular Rust Kubernetes client kube-rs. He also bridges technology and policy as a member of European standardisation and cybersecurity groups (CRA, CycloneDX) representing the Open Source Business Alliance. Known for pragmatic cluster architecture, security hardening and training, he quietly blends low-level system fixes with strategic product leadership. Based in Hamburg, he prefers building ventures and standards work over permanent roles or freelance gigs.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker Wirtschaftsinformatik Computer Science for Business Administration, Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker Wirtschaftsinformatik Computer Science for Business Administration at Fachhochschule Wedel
German, English, Danish
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Github Skills (28)
hbase10
kubernetes10
apache-nifi10
runtimes10
back-end-development10
clientside10
api-design10
databases10
java10
javas10
kubernetes-pods10
webclient10
rust10
database10
compression-algorithm9
Programming languages (30)
Github contributions (5)
apache/hbase
Apr 2015 - Aug 2018
Apache HBase
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 23 commits, 3 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Lars primarily contributed to the Apache HBase project by deprecating and refactoring existing methods, particularly those related to compression and column family handling. They made changes across multiple modules, including client, server, and thrift interfaces. The user's work involved modifications to Java code, focusing on improving code maintainability and aligning with the evolving HBase API.
apache-hbaseapachedatabasejavahbase
apache/nifi
Feb 2016 - Apr 2019
Apache NiFi
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 10 commits, 17 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Lars primarily contributed to the Apache NiFi project by fixing bugs and improving code quality. Their work included resolving issues related to database connections, documentation updates, and core functionality within the NiFi framework. They addressed problems such as ResultSet closure in the `ListDatabaseTables` processor and infinite recursion in HBase client services. Furthermore, they updated NiFi's environment configuration, improving the overall robustness of the project.
javanifiapacheapache-nifi
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