Manuel Vogel is a CEO and Senior Cloud Architect with 11 years of experience specializing in AWS, Cloud-native architectures, and DevOps automation. He combines hands-on engineering—contributions to notable open-source projects like terraform-provider-docker and goreleaser—with strategic roles building teams and offerings (co-founding kreuzwerker and leading solution architecture). Based in Frankfurt, he’s helped enterprises such as Deutsche Bahn and smava with migrations, Landing Zones, Well-Architected reviews, and cost optimization while championing Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD. Former AWS Ambassador and active community organizer, he pairs deep technical know-how with public speaking and training experience. Obsessed with testing, clean code, and automation, he brings a practical focus on reproducible, maintainable cloud platforms and release automation.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, A, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, A at Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft
Contributions:9 releases, 123 reviews, 97 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Manuel's contributions primarily revolved around enhancing the `terraform-provider-docker` project by implementing new features for the Docker container resource, including security options and init capabilities. They also focused on improving the build process by adding a local link checker for documentation and upgrading dependencies. Additionally, the user updated the project's dependencies and implemented support for Go 1.16, indicating a focus on maintaining and improving the project's build and deployment infrastructure.
Contributions:6 reviews, 8 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Manuel primarily focused on enhancing the release engineering capabilities of the project, implementing full GitLab support for both Homebrew and Scoop releases. This involved integrating GitLab client functionality, modifying configurations, and adapting the changelog generation process for GitLab releases. They also worked on the automation of release processes, specifically addressing the handling of multiple archives and Goarm versions within the Homebrew build system, including incorporating relevant logic to handle disabling and skipping release functionalities.
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Manuel Vogel - CEO Senior Cloud Architect at Open Source