Peter Donker
Team Lead at Bring2mind
Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Top SchoolPeter Donker is a veteran .NET web application developer and team lead based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, with over 13 years guiding the DotNetNuke (DNN) platform and a longer history founding Bring2mind. He combines deep hands-on back-end expertise—especially in DNN module development, SQL optimization, authentication and localization—with leadership as DNN Platform dev lead and president of DNN Connect. His background spans research and product work from the Telematica Instituut to commercial DNN development, grounded in a PhD in Technical Sciences from Delft University of Technology. Known for pragmatic refactors and shipping practical fixes (including debug tooling and date-format accuracy) on one of the Microsoft ecosystem’s leading open-source CMS projects, he blends academic rigor with entrepreneurial execution.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Technical Sciences, PhD, Technical Sciences at Delft University of Technology
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Github Skills (19)
netframework10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
debug9
debugging9
sql9
database-management8
localization8
asp-net8
asp-net-core8
webapi7
influxdb6
akavache6
database-design6
dotnetnuke6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform
Sep 2013 - Nov 2022
DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is the leading open source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:162 reviews, 495 commits, 318 PRs in 9 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the DNN (DotNetNuke) platform, focusing on improvements to the SQL module, debugging, and fixing existing code with more efficient solutions and logic. They also worked on implementing features such as the addition of a debug mode switch on the settings page, and improving the localization capabilities for the lists. Furthermore, they refactored code related to authentication and ensured accurate date formatting.
cmscfmldnn-platformdnncmsoms
DNN-Connect/FlickrGallery
Jun 2015 - Mar 2020
DNN module to show group photos sorted by date taken
Contributions:4 releases, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
computer-visiondotnetnukeimage-processingdnnsorted
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