Michael Aigner
Head Of Advanced Engineering - Software Development & Digitalization
Greater Sankt Polten Austria
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Top SchoolMichael Aigner is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years driving software development and digitalization at ZKW, now heading Advanced Engineering for Software Development & Digitalization. He blends product management and hands-on backend engineering—especially CI/CD and build/release automation—with deep C/C++ package management experience, having contributed to the prominent Conan open-source ecosystem. His background in mechatronics, robotics and lighting simulation gives him a practical systems perspective that bridges hardware-aware software and scalable developer tooling. Known for shipping robust build integrations and platform-specific installers (macOS, Linux, Windows), he brings both technical depth and a pragmatic product focus to cross-functional teams.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at HTL St. Pölten
English, German
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Github Skills (21)
c-language10
package-management10
python10
conan10
cmake10
automation10
installer10
automations10
package-manager10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
installers10
multiplatform9
windows7
linux7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
conan-io/conan
Jan 2017 - May 2018
Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 62 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the Conan package manager's backend functionality, addressing issues related to argument handling and implementing build requirement support for the conanfile.txt loader. Their work included modifying CMake generators and the ConanFileTextLoader class, adding new properties and methods for handling build requirements. Furthermore, the user added tests to validate these new features, solidifying the integration of build requirements into the Conan ecosystem.
conancpppackage-managerccplusplus
conan-io/conan-center-index
May 2020 - May 2020
Recipes for the ConanCenter repository
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 8 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:Michael's contributions center around integrating and configuring the "doxygen" package within the Conan package manager repository. They focused on creating a recipe for the doxygen installer, addressing build configurations, handling platform-specific installations (Mac OS, Linux, and Windows), and integrating test packages to validate functionality. Moreover, the user addressed the licenses and configurations for the package.
dependenciescpprecipespackage-managerconan-recipe
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