Nicklas Overgaard
Chief Technology Officer at SMT Data
Roskilde, Region Zealand, Denmark
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Top SchoolNicklas Overgaard is a hands-on technology leader and serial founder with 11 years of software engineering experience and a track record of building and scaling consultancies and product teams from his teens into executive roles. Currently CTO at SMT Data and formerly CTO at Skarp and co-founder of Mofomo and iSharp, he blends deep backend and database expertise with strategic product delivery. His open-source contributions to the Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql provider show a pragmatic focus on compatibility and correctness—implementing index renaming logic and testability improvements for real-world MySQL/MariaDB scenarios. Trained with a double MSc in Security and Mobile Computing from DTU and Aalto, he pairs academic rigor with entrepreneurial grit and a penchant for shipping production-grade systems. Based in Roskilde, Denmark, he favors pragmatic engineering trade-offs that keep systems reliable while enabling rapid business growth.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Double Degree, Security and Mobile Computing, Master of Science, Double Degree, Security and Mobile Computing at DTU + Aalto university of technologyTechnical University of Denmark
Danish, English, German
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Github Skills (21)
mysql10
net10
dotnet10
entity-framework-core10
asp-net10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
testing9
asp-net-core9
xunit9
database-design9
netcore9
mariadb7
orm7
azure6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
PomeloFoundation/Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Entity Framework Core provider for MySQL and MariaDB built on top of MySqlConnector
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Back-end Developer / Database EngineerContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 10 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Nicklas focused on enhancing the MySQL provider for Entity Framework Core. Their contributions included adding functionality related to index renaming, specifically implementing support for `RENAME INDEX` and falling back to `DROP/CREATE INDEX` where necessary based on MySQL version. They also introduced new tests to ensure the correct behavior of index renaming and exposed internal classes for testing. Furthermore, the user modified the project's build settings.
auroradotnetprovidermysqlmysqlconnector
skarpdev/docs-gpg-signed-commits
Apr 2018 - Mar 2021
This repository describes how to get GPG signing working for all major platforms
Contributions:1 review, 8 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 11 months
gpgplatformssigning
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