Paul Zietsman
Co-Founder Technical Director at cloudandthings.io
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolPaul Zietsman is a Co-Founder and Technical Director with nine years of hands-on experience bridging electronic engineering and software development, currently leading cloudandthings.io from the Western Cape. He has progressed from junior embedded and industrial systems work to tech lead roles and now drives full-stack and distributed fintech solutions while exploring blockchain, crypto, and unconventional hardware like industrial weighing equipment. Trained as a computer and electronic engineer and certified in blockchain and smart-contract development, he blends low-level hardware intuition with cloud-native and distributed application design. Comfortable across embedded, web, and cloud stacks, he brings practical product-focused engineering to startups and fintech teams. Off-hours he experiments publicly with eclectic hacks and maker projects, signaling a restless curiosity that fuels his entrepreneurial work.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer and Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer and Electronic Engineering at North-West University / Noordwes-UniversiteitDeveloper Progam Blockchain and smart-contract development, Developer Progam Blockchain and smart-contract development at ConsenSys AcademyWitteberg High SchoolIntroduction to Digital Currencies Blockchain and Digital Currencies, Introduction to Digital Currencies Blockchain and Digital Currencies at University of Nicosia
Afrikaans, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (180)
terraform10
tencent-cloud10
lambda10
filter10
amazon-web-services10
aws10
azure9
management9
cloud-computing9
gcp9
terraform-module9
optimization9
serverless9
governance9
azure-storage9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
cloudandthings/terraform-aws-clickops-notifier
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
Get notified when actions are taken in the AWS Console.
Contributions:8 releases, 8 reviews, 21 commits in 9 months
terraformamazon-web-servicesterraform-modulesawsclickops
phzietsman/proof-o-existence
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:41 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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