Peter Kropf
IT Manager at OWFS
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Kropf is an experienced IT manager and software entrepreneur with 21 years of engineering and architecture experience building distributed systems and cross-platform tooling. He combines hands-on development in Python and C with proven leadership in growing teams and delivering customer-focused products, currently managing IT operations at Ashby Lumber. His background ranges from kernel- and systems-level work at CA Technologies to architecting scalable real-time tracking and test management platforms, reflecting depth across infrastructure, networking, and application layers. At The Crucible he blended technical leadership with creative engineering—designing fire effects systems and running IT and studio operations—demonstrating a rare mix of technical rigor and practical, safety-conscious project execution. He is the author of the ow and ownet Python modules for OWFS and has a long track record of consulting to adapt tools across platforms, showing a knack for portability and robustness. Based in Oakland, he brings pragmatic architecture, strong operational discipline, and a curiosity-driven approach to solving complex distributed problems.
21 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at New York Institute of Technology
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (86)
laser-cutting10
pdf10
remote-administration-tool10
pdf-parsing9
django9
pdf-generation9
remote-control9
kicad9
raspberry-pi-pico9
redmine9
arduino9
pdf-parser9
openscad9
pdf-files9
django-rest-framework9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
pkropf/tempus
Feb 2012 - Oct 2012
Contributions:79 commits in 7 months
pkropf/exuro
Jan 2011 - Mar 2011
Contributions:68 commits in 2 months
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