Summary
Olivier Debenath is an experienced IT leader and entrepreneur with 14 years of professional experience specializing in system administration, Java development, and long-term digital preservation. As Geschäftsführer of Framsteg GmbH and former archivinformatiker for Swiss cantonal archives, he has led OAIS-based ingest and records-management projects (ISO-14721, ISO-15489) and managed SCRUM-driven initiatives like OpenGever. His technical strengths span Linux/Solaris administration, Oracle R11, Java SE/EE, XML and SQL, with a practical focus on interface programming and auditable preservation workflows. Olivier combines hands-on development—having built Java tools for log analysis at Novartis—with project leadership across public-sector and enterprise environments. Based in Basel, he brings a rare mix of archival domain expertise and applied software engineering that helps organizations preserve and make trustworthy long-term digital records. He also has a background bridging humanities and computing from studies at Universität Basel, which informs his pragmatic approach to information stewardship.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
2003, Informatik / Geschichte / Germanistik, 2003, Informatik / Geschichte / Germanistik at Universität Basel
German, English, French, Italian, Swedish