Simon Therkildsen
Chefingeniør at Energinet
Vejle, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Therkildsen is a seasoned transmission grid engineer with 14 years’ experience in strategic planning and integration of large-scale renewable generation into Denmark’s electricity network. As group leader for Netberegninger at Energinet he translates long-term policy goals into concrete grid models, connection point analyses and investment rationales, while enabling his team to deliver robust technical solutions. His background combines hands-on PowerFactory modelling and short-circuit, loading and grounding studies with stakeholder-facing communication to make complex technical issues actionable for developers and municipalities. Simon also brings a software-minded approach from years contributing to open-source Android tooling—improving UI libraries and back-end code generation—which reflects a pragmatic focus on reliable, reusable engineering. He is based in Vejle and known for linking strategic network planning with practical methods that streamline project execution.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering College of Aarhus
Github Skills (14)
javas10
mobile-development10
ui-design10
android10
android-development10
java10
annotate9
annotations9
database-design9
animation9
user-interface8
interface-design8
api-design7
accessibility7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SimonVT/android-numberpicker
Apr 2012 - Jun 2013
A backport of the Android 4.2 NumberPicker
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:18 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the Android NumberPicker component, backporting it and adding functionality. They implemented a samples project to demonstrate the component's usage, including light and dark theme examples. Code changes include modifications to the core NumberPicker class, adding features, and updating the library to incorporate changes from AOSP.
kotlinnumberpickerbackportandroid
SimonVT/android-menudrawer
Sep 2012 - Jun 2014
*DEPRECATED* A slide-out menu implementation, which allows users to navigate between views in your app.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:190 commits, 2 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the implementation and improvement of a sliding menu implementation for Android applications. Their work involved adding features like turning off menu offsetting, saving drawer state, and fixing drawer state events. The user also addressed issues related to touch handling and back button behavior within the application's sample activities. Furthermore, they made improvements to the drawer indicator and added new samples, and also optimized for memory use.
menuslidenavigateandroidios
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