Rene Kapusta
CxO Responsible at BANKpay+
St. Pölten, Lower Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolRene Kapusta is a seasoned fintech and payments executive with 15 years of experience building real-time SEPA Instant payment systems, merchant POS integrations, and privacy-forward wallet solutions as CxO of BANKpay+ and founder roles at SEPA.digital. He blends product-minded UX architecture with hands-on front-end engineering—contributing to projects like the widely used Aloha Editor—while steering strategic, standards-driven initiatives around Account-to-Account payments and eIDAS identity flows. Rene’s background spans startups, enterprise consulting, and insurance tech, demonstrating an ability to translate complex regulatory and banking requirements into elegant, usable products. Unusually for a payments CxO, he also runs a forest management venture (Chief Forest Officer), signaling a pragmatic, systems-thinking approach that connects digital infrastructure with real-world stewardship.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)ICSS - Informations- u. Kommunikationssysteme, ICSS - Informations- u. Kommunikationssysteme at FH Technikum Wien
German, English, French
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Github Skills (13)
css10
uid10
dom-manipulation10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
html9
audio6
iframe6
flash6
wysiwyg6
html5-video6
prezi6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
alohaeditor/Aloha-Editor
Jan 2011 - Oct 2013
Aloha Editor is a JavaScript content editing library
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:417 commits in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rene's commits focus on implementing and modifying UI components within the Aloha Editor, specifically targeting features related to editing and layout. The user modified the `markup.js` and `editable.js` files to address issues with block selection and content changes related to the enter and backspace keys, improving the editor's functionality. The code changes also include improvements in the UI related to the aspect ratio and the position of the floating menu and fixes in how the text is displayed in various parts of the application. The commits demonstrate work on image manipulation, including caption support, and integration of the new CSS class attributes.
javascript
bergie/ViePalsu
Mar 2011 - Aug 2011
Contributions:109 commits in 5 months
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