Summary
Richard Burkhardt is a seasoned full‑stack software engineer and founder who has led Konsultaner as CIO/CEO for over a decade, building and operating large-scale, production-grade systems. He architects end-to-end solutions—most notably the DLS Catering ERP with a custom WAMP WebSocket server, ArangoDB-driven business logic, AI-based consumption prediction, and fully automated CI/CD on Kubernetes—handling billions of transactions annually. Fluent across Java, Dart, C#, JavaScript, Python and TypeScript, he combines hands‑on engineering with strategic consulting in CI/CD, test automation, code quality and AI integration for other companies. Based in Dresden, he pairs a strong academic background in media informatics (Dipl.-Inf. and M.Sc.) with entrepreneurial grit from running Burkhardt&Schmidt and Konsultaner. An operator who favors pragmatic innovation, he routinely integrates cutting‑edge technologies into long‑running, resilient systems and disaster‑recovery workflows.
13 years of coding experience
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Medieninformatik, 2, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Medieninformatik, 2 at Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin (ehemals Technische Fachhochschule Berlin)
Dipl.-Inf. (BA), Medieninformatik, 2,1, Dipl.-Inf. (BA), Medieninformatik, 2,1 at BA Dresden
German, English