Patrick Maier
Product Manager at Element
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Maier is a product manager with nine years of experience building and shaping open source collaboration and federated services, currently driving product at Element. He blends hands-on engineering sensibilities—demonstrated through full‑stack and documentation contributions to ownCloud—with a solid analytical foundation from an M.Sc. in Econometrics. At ownCloud he translated customer, market and community needs into product strategy and tangible shipping plans; at Element he focuses on secure, privacy-preserving communication and data ownership. Comfortable with Linux, cloud platforms and open-source governance, he frequently bridges engineering, sales and marketing to accelerate adoption. Based in Nuremberg, he brings a rare mix of technical writing, developer contributions and product leadership to privacy-first internet infrastructure.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Business Administration and Management, General, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Business Administration and Management, General at University of Erlangen-NurembergStudies at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Studies at the Faculty of Economics and Business at University of Groningen
English, German
Github Skills (15)
technical-writing10
php10
rs10
restructuredtext10
owncloud10
documentation10
javascript9
file-sharing9
shared8
front-end-development8
rsync7
data-sync7
file-copy7
markdown-it5
markdown5
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
owncloud-archive/documentation
Apr 2017 - Nov 2018
:blue_book: The ownCloud documentation and manual
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:141 commits, 26 PRs, 47 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily contributes to the documentation of the ownCloud documentation repository. Their commits focus on updating release notes, improving descriptions, and adding new sections. These changes provide information about new features, known issues, and configuration details for ownCloud users. The user also modifies and adds content to other parts of the documentation, such as user guides.
usabilityblueowncloudmanualowncloud-documentation
owncloud/core
May 2017 - Aug 2021
:cloud: ownCloud web server core (Files, DAV, etc.)
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 10 commits, 6 PRs in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily contributes to the ownCloud core, focusing on improving user-facing aspects and enhancing administrative features. Their commits include front-end improvements by refining error messages and adjusting wording in UI elements, along with back-end adjustments to clarify admin feedback in CLI updates. They also demonstrate a focus on documentation by updating the CHANGELOG.
owncloudweb-serverjstreeself-hostingjavascript
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