Patrick Heck
Head Of IT at MIRA & das fliegende Haus
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Top SchoolPatrick Heck is a Head of IT and product-minded technologist with 14 years of experience blending UX design, back-end engineering and localization to build user-centered digital products. He co-founded and leads the technical side of an outdoor-experience venture while driving IT strategy at MIRA & das fliegende Haus, demonstrating both entrepreneurial ownership and operational rigor. His background includes UX architecture for healthcare systems and long-term open-source contributions to Concrete CMS, where he improved internationalization, date/time handling and accessibility. Trained in design and visual communication with formal IT apprenticeship, he excels at translating complex user needs into pragmatic, localized solutions. Notably, he pairs hands-on coding and prototyping with a conviction for sustainable, human-centered technology.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
IT Specialist, Application Developement, IT Specialist, Application Developement at Universität TrierStudy Abroad, Visual Communication, Study Abroad, Visual Communication at University of South AustraliaMaster's degree, Design and Visual Communications, General, Master's degree, Design and Visual Communications, General at Fachhochschule Trier
English, German, French
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Github Skills (18)
date-formatting10
content-management-system10
cms10
javascript10
translation10
zend-framework10
internationalization10
date-format10
php10
localization10
content-management10
html10
angular-material6
angular6
google-chrome6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
concretecms/concrete5-legacy
Jul 2011 - Feb 2014
Legacy repository for concrete5
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:58 commits, 1 comment in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily contributed to the localization and internationalization of the concrete5 legacy repository. Their work involved modifying templates and helper functions to support multiple languages, including adding and using Zend's Date object for localized date formatting. Key changes included wrapping strings in `t()` for translation, integrating with Zend's locale features, and modifying date display formats, as well as fixes to accessibility, and a general code cleanup for localization.
concrete5
concretecms/concretecms
Jul 2011 - Feb 2014
Official repository for Concrete CMS development
Role in this project:Back-end & Localization Specialist
Back-end & Localization SpecialistContributions:58 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Patrick focused on improving the internationalization and localization aspects of the Concrete CMS project. Their contributions involved modifying core code to support localized dates, languages, and translations for dashboard elements. The user also addressed issues related to date formatting and time zones, ensuring the CMS could function correctly in different locales. They also made improvements to the user interface, making sure the language name is displayed in the local language for better usability.
cmsconcretephpframeworkconcrete5
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