Marc Ahlgrim is a seasoned technology professional with over a decade of experience in pre-sales, consulting, and digital creation, now enjoying sabbatical time as a Privatier and digital creator in Reutlingen, Germany. He has a strong background in enterprise software and information management across EMEA, having led specialist teams and supported major products at Veritas, Symantec, HP Software and others. Technically hands-on, he contributes to embedded open-source projects such as esp-rfid, implementing RFID access control features and web UI improvements that reveal comfort with low-level timing logic and full-stack development. Fluent in multiple languages and experienced in building and coaching regional centres of excellence, he blends people leadership with deep technical fluency. Trained in computer and business science (Dipl. Inf.), Marc pairs pragmatic engineering instincts with consultative customer-facing skills. An observant problem-solver, he often surfaces subtle protocol and timing details that make distributed and embedded systems more reliable.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Tübingen
Dipl. Inf. (FH) Computer and Business Science, Dipl. Inf. (FH) Computer and Business Science at Reutlingen University
ESP8266 RFID (RC522, PN532, Wiegand, RDM6300) Access Control system featuring WebSocket, JSON, NTP Client, Javascript, SPIFFS
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:28 commits, 8 PRs, 27 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Marc contributed to the project by implementing features related to RFID access control, including Wiegand Keypad integration and log file management. They deciphered and implemented magic numbers and timing constants, indicating work with core system logic. The user also worked on the front-end UI with the addition of web UI features and updates, likely involving the handling of relay settings and user management.
ESP8266 RFID (RC522, PN532, Wiegand, RDM6300) Access Control system featuring WebSocket, JSON, NTP Client, Javascript, SPIFFS
Contributions:8 PRs, 45 pushes, 51 branches in 9 months
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