Maximilian Panne
Chief Operating Officer
South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolMaximilian Panne is a COO with nine years of experience leading operations at ZITADEL, a prominent open-source identity infrastructure project, where he combines business strategy with hands-on documentation and developer experience improvements. Trained in economics at the University of St.Gallen (B.A. and M.A.), he brings analytical rigor to product and process decisions, optimizing clarity and discoverability across complex technical documentation. At ZITADEL he has driven restructuring of guides, API references, and legal docs to improve usability and searchability, and has a keen eye for integrating visual aids and fixing consistency issues that enhance adoption. Based in South Africa, he blends startup operational leadership with a user-centric approach to developer tooling and open-source collaboration.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics, Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics at University of St.Gallen
Github Skills (6)
api-documentation10
docusaurus10
documentation10
technical-writing10
openid-connect6
oauth6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
zitadel/zitadel
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
ZITADEL - Identity infrastructure, simplified for you.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Documentation Specialist
Technical Writer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:316 reviews, 49 commits, 251 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Maximilian primarily contributed to the project's documentation, making numerous updates and revisions across various guides, legal documents, and API references. They were responsible for restructuring the documentation, optimizing titles for search, and improving the overall clarity and discoverability of information. The user also integrated visual aids like videos and ensured the accuracy and consistency of the documentation by correcting typos and broken links. Their contributions focused on enhancing the user experience through effective and accessible documentation.
serverlesskeycloakzitadelbest-ofera
mffap/aboutauth
Jun 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:35 PRs, 31 pushes, 34 branches in 9 months
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