Nico Kruger
Chief Technology Officer at Digitata Limited
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolNico Kruger is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with over two decades of programming experience and 14 years in progressive engineering and architecture roles at Digitata and other startups. He combines deep systems-level expertise in C/C++ and Java with modern full-stack development in Python and JavaScript, and is an AWS-focused cloud aficionado who moves projects from prototype to production. A startup co-founder and repeat CTO, he balances hands-on coding—sometimes dabbling in machine learning and game development—with strategic platform design and operational reliability. Based in Gauteng, South Africa, he has a track record of building useful and creatively engineered products that scale, and brings a pragmatic, build-first mentality informed by long-term ownership of core systems.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Pretoria
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (147)
canvas2d10
rendering-engine10
javascript10
rendering10
glsl10
sigv410
data-visualization10
webgl10
graphql-subscriptions10
scene-graph10
canvas10
pixijs10
renderer10
portable9
amplify9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nicokruger/js-doom
Sep 2011 - Jan 2012
Contributions:60 commits in 3 months
nicokruger/android-maven-phonegap
Oct 2011 - Oct 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 2 years
mavenandroidjavabootstrapphonegap
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