Patrick Otto is an experienced IT business partner and engineering leader with 15 years of cross-disciplinary experience spanning product management, LED lighting development, and technical project leadership. Based in Unna, Germany, he has progressed from hands-on development and production roles in electromechanics and microelectronics to leading R&D and development teams, most recently moving into an IT business partnership role at SURTECO GROUP. Patrick brings practical DevOps and backend experience—contributing to the widely used voxpupuli/puppet-php project—demonstrating familiarity with platform-specific automation and system facts. His background in electrical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) and long tenure in product-focused firms gives him a strong blend of technical depth, operational insight, and product strategy.
15 years of coding experience
Dipl.-Ing. Elektrotechnik, Mikroelektronik in der Informationstechnik, Nachrichtentechnik, Automatisierungstechnik, Dipl.-Ing. Elektrotechnik, Mikroelektronik in der Informationstechnik, Nachrichtentechnik, Automatisierungstechnik at Universität Duisburg-Essen
Generic Puppet module to manage PHP on many platforms
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 8 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily contributes to the Puppet module managing PHP configurations across various platforms. Their work includes modifying extension handling, adjusting parameter settings, and implementing platform-specific configurations for Debian and Ubuntu systems. Furthermore, the user added a PHP version fact, demonstrating an understanding of system facts and integration with Puppet.
Setup backupPC and handle client configuration in puppet - FUBAR'd at the moment, don't try to use this!
Contributions:16 commits in 6 months
backuppcbackuphandlepuppet
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Patrick Otto - IT Business Partner at SURTECO GROUP SE