Philipp Knecht
Head at itFlies GmbH
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilipp Knecht is a seasoned technology leader based in Zurich with 11 years of software experience and a background that spans product maintenance, SAP development, and founding CTO roles. As Head at itFlies GmbH and a long-term contributor at coresystems ag, he blends hands-on engineering, product planning, and 3rd-level support for enterprise and on-premise BI solutions. He has practical front-end experience contributing to the popular cerebral project, implementing React components, state management patterns and integrations for tutorial apps. Philipp’s career began in bespoke software for the wood industry and is grounded in a technical production diploma, giving him a rare mix of domain-driven product sense and software craftsmanship. He is comfortable translating complex business requirements into maintainable systems and running trainings and country-package rollouts. Colleagues know him for combining pragmatic engineering with clear product stewardship across both startups and established enterprise contexts.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl. Techniker/-in HF Holztechnik, Production, Dipl. Techniker/-in HF Holztechnik, Production at HF Holz Biel
English
Github Skills (10)
state-management10
http10
javascript10
react10
routers9
router9
node-module7
npm-package7
npm7
ui-designer6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
cerebral/cerebral
Jul 2016 - May 2017
Declarative state and side effects management for popular JavaScript frameworks
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 20 PRs, 37 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Philipp primarily contributed to the front-end components of the Cerebral application, focusing on the `cerebral-website-tutorial`. Their commits demonstrate the creation and modification of React components, state management using Cerebral's operators, and integration with an HTTP provider for data fetching. They implemented features like toast notifications, data display, and routing within the tutorial application. Further commits involved minor improvements and bug fixes, including animations and operator enhancements.
reactstate-managementjavascriptdeclarativeside-effects
fopsdev/ovl
Nov 2019 - Dec 2021
Overmind Lit Base Components
Contributions:23 PRs, 932 pushes, 49 branches in 2 years
base-componentsreactlitovermind
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