Patrick De Groot
Founder at A.P. Automation B.V.
Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick De Groot is a founder and industrial automation specialist with 20 years in engineering and a decade of focused project leadership, known for delivering complex automation programs on scope, schedule and budget. He builds high-performing teams through structured requirements, Lean Six Sigma discipline and hands-on coaching, aligning customers and stakeholders to reduce risks and boost efficiency. Patrick combines practical mechatronics and industrial management training with real-world experience from production engineering to global project management at AWL Techniek. An active back-end contributor to open-source (notably integrating OAuth2 providers in the widely used HybridAuth library), he brings pragmatic software integration skills to hardware-centric projects. Based in Gelderland, he positions his companies to help industries operate faster and smarter by marrying robust project governance with technical adaptability.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
HBO Industrial management, HBO Industrial management at WindesheimMBO Mechatronics, MBO Mechatronics at Landstede
Github Skills (10)
hybridauth10
social-auth10
apim10
php10
social-authentication10
api10
oauth10
twitter4
facebook4
google4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
hybridauth/hybridauth
Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
Open source social sign on PHP Library. HybridAuth goal is to act as an abstract api between your application and various social apis and identities providers such as Facebook, Twitter and Google.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 14 commits, 2 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily contributed to adding and updating OAuth2 provider implementations within the HybridAuth library. Their work involved integrating support for new providers like AutoDesk and fixing/updating existing ones, such as Yandex. The user modified code related to API endpoints, user profile retrieval, and token management for various social login services, indicating a focus on the backend integration aspects of the library. The commits demonstrate their ability to adapt the library to different API specifications.
social-loginactapisigngoal
automex/autoit-dealer-tools
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:10 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 years
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