Maximilian Westers
Research Associate
Erlenbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolMaximilian Westers is a Research Associate with 11 years of experience specializing in IT security, penetration testing, and secure software development. Based at Hochschule Heilbronn, he blends academic research with practical vulnerability analysis to improve open-source repository security. Trained in Medical Informatics (BSc, MSc) from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, he brings domain knowledge at the intersection of healthcare data and secure systems. His work emphasizes empirically driven security practices and threat modeling tailored to research and educational environments. Colleagues know him for translating complex security findings into actionable remediation and for a hands-on approach to hardening software supply chains.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MSc, Medical Informatics, Master of Science - MSc, Medical Informatics at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Github Skills (30)
homebrew8
bigbluebutton8
modbus6
kafka6
time-series6
json6
monitoring6
golang5
xpath5
mqtt4
amazon-echo4
webservice4
magicmirror4
influxdb4
prometheus3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Snorzze/GradesChecker
Mar 2016 - Nov 2019
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 issue in 3 years 8 months
DevCraftersEU/BoothGuide
Feb 2025 - Jan 2026
Simple tool to manage and display exhibitors at exhibitions and similar events.
Contributions:4 releases, 17 PRs, 26 pushes in 11 months
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