Matt Casters
Owner at i-Bridge bvba
Okegem, Flemish Region, Belgium
Summary
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RockstarMatt Casters is a senior solution architect and long-time open-source founder with over a decade of experience building data integration and orchestration platforms. As co-founder of Apache Hop and the original Kettle project, he combines deep backend Java expertise with a practical knack for designing and simplifying ETL transforms and Kafka integrations. He runs i-Bridge bvba and contributes core functionality to the Hop Orchestration Platform, focusing on transform creation and efficient string handling in producers. Based in Belgium, he also brings public-sector experience at VDAB, applying enterprise-grade data solutions in real-world operations. Colleagues know him for bridging entrepreneurial initiative with hands-on engineering and for quietly driving improvements in low-level data pipeline robustness.
11 years of coding experience
French, English, Dutch, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
javas10
data-pipeline10
data-pipelines10
java10
strings9
c-string9
pentaho6
orchestration6
unzip6
airflow6
kettle6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
apache/hop
Sep 2019 - Dec 2022
Hop Orchestration Platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:81 reviews, 1580 commits, 586 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Matt's commits show a focus on developing the core functionality and features of the Hop Orchestration Platform, particularly related to creating and modifying transforms. Their work includes creating a new simplified Filter transform and handling string data in the Kafka Producer transform. They appear to work on backend Java code, focusing on the lower level functionality of the software.
orchestrationhopstreamingapachekubernetes
mattcasters/kettle-environment
Jul 2018 - Mar 2021
A set of Kettle plugins and tools to help manage runtime and lifecycle environments
Contributions:13 releases, 32 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 8 months
runtimeenvironmentskettlelifecycle
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