Michael Whittaker
Inhaber Owner at University of Paderborn
Greater Bielefeld Area Germany
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolMichael Whittaker is an experienced web applications consultant and owner with 14+ years helping startups and SMBs design, build and operate cloud-native services using .NET Core, Ruby on Rails, PHP and modern DevOps (Kubernetes, NoSQL). Based in the Greater Bielefeld area, he combines hands-on development and infrastructure management with agile project leadership and testing discipline, often advising on product and startup strategy as part of his consulting practice. His background includes academic research support at the University of Paderborn and practical enterprise experience from arvato, giving him a strong bridge between theory and production. An open-source contributor, he has modernized Rails libraries for compatibility with newer versions, demonstrating attention to long-term maintainability beyond client work.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Management Information Systems, Master of Science, Management Information Systems at Universität PaderbornAbitur, Abitur at Ev. Stift. Gymnasium GüterslohBachelor, Business Administration, Economics, Bachelor, Business Administration, Economics at Karl-Franzens-Universität GrazBachelor, Business Information Systems, Economics, Business Administration, Bachelor, Business Information Systems, Economics, Business Administration at Paderborn UniversityWirtschaftsinformatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik at Fachhochschule für die Wirtschaft Paderborn
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
compatibility10
activerecord10
ruby-rails10
compatible10
rails10
versioning10
backward-compatibility10
binary-compatibility10
ruby10
api-design9
restful-api9
rest-api9
api-rest9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
ryanto/acts_as_votable
Feb 2013 - Apr 2013
Votable ActiveRecord for Rails
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to fixing and updating the `acts_as_votable` library for Rails, adapting it to newer versions, specifically Rails 4. Their work involved refactoring code to incorporate strong parameters, resolving deprecation warnings, and addressing issues related to Rails compatibility. They also made changes to the migration file and controller parameters to ensure the library's functionality and compatibility.
activerecordrails
MichaelWhi/fachwerk-cafe.github.io
May 2021 - Jul 2025
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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