Matthias Oswald
Solutions Manager at GFT Technologies
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthias Oswald is a solutions-focused manager with 13 years of multi-sector experience delivering bespoke software and migration projects for banking, public sector and education clients. He combines hands-on technical contributions — including open-source work on OpenUI5 and test infrastructure improvements for Karma — with proven leadership in managing teams up to 15 and driving end-to-end digital transformations. Skilled in Avaloq core banking migrations, BPM, CRM and data migration, he blends finance domain expertise with strong project and stakeholder management across international engagements. A lifelong learner with dual MSc exposure to business information technology, he is noted for translating complex legacy landscapes into automated, auditable workflows that reduce operational risk.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Business Information Technology, Master of Science - MS, Business Information Technology at Nanyang Technological UniversityBachelor of Science (BSc), Business Administration with Major in Wirtschaftsinformatik / Business Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Business Administration with Major in Wirtschaftsinformatik / Business Information Systems at FHS St.Gallen, Hochschule für Angewandte WissenschaftenMaster of Science (MSc), Wirtschaftsinformatik/Business Information Technology, Master of Science (MSc), Wirtschaftsinformatik/Business Information Technology at ZHAW School of Management and Law
English, French, German, Spanish
Github Skills (20)
javascript10
npm10
css10
test-runner10
openui510
browser-testing10
html10
k10
test-automation10
bdd9
tdd9
qunit9
nodejs9
generated-code8
accessibility8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
UI5/sample-app
Oct 2014 - Jan 2023
OpenUI5 Sample App
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:37 reviews, 161 commits, 90 PRs in 8 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Matthias primarily focused on improving the user interface and functionality of the OpenUI5 sample application. Their contributions included adopting UI5 bootstrapping best practices, fixing indentations, implementing features such as filter tabs, and addressing styling issues. They also added unit and integration tests using OPA5 and QUnit to validate the changes.
openui5ui5ui5-demodemo-app
UI5/openui5
Mar 2014 - Dec 2022
OpenUI5 lets you build enterprise-ready web applications, responsive to all devices, running on almost any browser of your choice.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1710 commits, 31 PRs, 7 pushes in 8 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Matthias primarily focused on updating and maintaining the OpenUI5 framework's dependencies and code base. Their contributions included upgrading npm dependencies, dropping unused dependencies and fixing the issues related to the use of newer mocha version with a plugin. They also merged and updated various source files related to routing and core functionalities and improved the aria accessibility of the components. Additionally, they were involved in deleting unused test files and ensuring the copyright notices were included in the jsdoc comments of the files.
openui5javascriptcss
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