Simon Rozman
Software Developer, System Administrator, Network Administrator
Domžale, Slovenia
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Top SchoolSimon Rozman is a seasoned software developer, system and network administrator with over three decades of computing experience and a decade of professional engineering focused on delivering end-to-end solutions for small and medium businesses. Based in Domžale, Slovenia, he combines hands-on C/Go backend work, Windows API and driver integration, and build/packaging automation—evidenced by contributions to high-profile open-source projects like OpenVPN and WireGuard and UI/tooling work on lxn/walk. He routinely bridges development and operations, improving Windows installer and driver build systems, adding MSI/WiX packaging and cross-SDK build support, and hardening CI/build scripts. A pragmatic problem-solver, he refactors for maintainability (multi-instance service support, safer string handling) and enhances UX in GUI components (TableView improvements and dynamic annotations). His academic background in digital signal processing complements a long record of shipping reliable, installable software from prototype to production.
10 years of coding experience
High school for Electrotechnics and Computer Science, Ljubljana, Vegova ulica 4Master of Science (M.Sc.), Digital Signal Processing, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Digital Signal Processing at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
Slovenian, English, Croatian
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Github Skills (46)
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pywin3210
c-language10
wp-api10
windows-installer10
windows10
packaging10
msix10
win32gui10
wix10
msp10
winapi10
pthreads-win3210
security10
win32com10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
OpenVPN/tap-windows6
Jun 2018 - Oct 2020
Windows TAP driver (NDIS 6)
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:30 commits, 13 PRs, 23 comments in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily focused on improving the build and packaging process for the tap-windows driver. Their work included adding support for building with different Windows SDKs (EWDK and WDK), integrating MSM (Microsoft Software Modules) packaging, and updating the documentation to reflect these changes. They also addressed build failures by implementing exception handling for system commands and corrected resource rebuilding, indicating an understanding of build automation and continuous integration principles. Furthermore, they introduced the installer.dll project and adapted it for general use.
hyper-vwindowsndis
OpenVPN/openvpn-build
Sep 2018 - Mar 2021
OpenVPN Build
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 111 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Simon Rozman's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the OpenVPN build system and packaging for Windows. They implemented MSI packaging using the WiX Toolset, adding support for features such as TAP-Windows6 driver installation, Wintun, and 7-Zip SFX installers. These changes streamlined the build process, improved the user experience with features like auto-download and installation of required binaries, and enhanced the overall robustness of the OpenVPN installer. Furthermore, Simon focused on addressing previous installation and upgrade issues.
vpnwireguardopenvpn
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