Stephan Ferraro
Gastdozent at DHBW Mannheim
Stuttgart Region Germany
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Top SchoolStephan Ferraro is a versatile software architect and founder with 13+ years delivering full-stack solutions, system administration, and product leadership across startups and enterprise clients. He blends deep hands-on expertise in TypeScript, PHP (ZCE), Java, iOS/Objective‑C, and Linux with cloud and CI practices to build resilient, test-driven systems. As founder of TrashMail.com and Ferraro Ltd., he has practical experience operating high-traffic web services, writing native modules and browser add-ons (one with ~485k downloads). He has held CTO and managing director roles, driving agile teams, KPIs and technical strategy while continuing to consult as a security-focused team architect. Based in the Stuttgart region, he also teaches Linux fundamentals as a Gastdozent, signaling a commitment to mentorship and knowledge transfer. His uncommon combination of low-level C/kernel work, web product engineering and operational security gives him a rare end-to-end perspective on software quality and reliability.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Information Technology, Software Development, Master of Information Technology, Software Development at EPITECHGerman-French university-entrance diploma 2001, main subjects math and biology, German-French university-entrance diploma 2001, main subjects math and biology at German-French Secondary School
English, German, French
Stackoverflow
13reputation
763reached
1answer
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Github Skills (31)
php-library9
php8
e-mail8
smtp8
email-validation7
mailer7
sdk7
mailbox7
api7
mongodb7
shell6
cloudflare-api6
chmod6
attachment6
open-source6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
AiondaDotCom/trashmail-addon
Nov 2017 - Mar 2020
Contributions:7 releases, 31 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 4 months
firefoxtrashmailfirefox-extensionfirefox-addonadd-on
ferraro/postfix-mongodb
Dec 2012 - Aug 2019
Postfix for MongoDB
Contributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 39 pushes in 6 years 8 months
mongodbpostfix
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