Thomas Ardal is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 14+ years of professional experience building SaaS, mobile and web applications, best known for creating elmah.io — a cloud-based error management platform for .NET web apps. He combines deep hands-on .NET expertise with full-stack experience across Java, AngularJS, and cloud technologies like Azure, RabbitMQ and Elasticsearch, gained through roles from systems engineering to technical lead and architect. Thomas has a track record of founding developer-focused products (including NuGet Server, later acquired) and running his own consultancy, giving him strong product instincts and operational know-how. He’s comfortable both shipping production systems and coaching teams, having trained developers in TDD and agile practices. Based in Denmark, he’s pragmatic, ambitious, and experienced at turning complex integration challenges into maintainable solutions. A less obvious strength is his blend of infrastructure-level skills (build/test automation, deployment) with developer tooling product design, bridging developer needs and reliable operations.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Academy Profession Datamatiker, Academy Profession Datamatiker at Datamatiker
Contributions:24 releases, 17 PRs, 67 pushes in 6 years
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