Werner Van Deventer
Head Of Technology CTO at DevEnterprise Software
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolWerner Van Deventer is a hands-on engineering leader and Head of Technology/CTO based in Bristol, UK, with over 13 years of commercial experience and two decades of software engineering background. He builds modern, secure, high-performance payment and financial services at VantagePay while running DevEnterprise, delivering consulting and bespoke monitoring, analysis and automation solutions. Technically grounded in backend systems and test automation, he contributes to notable open-source projects like NLog—improving file archiving, robustness and test coverage for a widely used .NET logging library. Known for bridging strategic leadership with day-to-day coding, he brings a pragmatic focus on reliability, performance and observable systems. His practical Computer Science diploma (86%) underscores a career that blends entrepreneurial initiative with deep technical craft.
13 years of coding experience
Computer Science Diploma, Computer Science, 86%, Computer Science Diploma, Computer Science, 86% at CTI Education Group
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Github Skills (12)
net10
asp-net10
logging10
dotnet10
logger10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
testing10
debug9
unit-testing9
nlog9
file-handling8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
NLog/NLog
Feb 2013 - Jan 2016
NLog - Advanced and Structured Logging for Various .NET Platforms
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Werner primarily focused on improving the file archiving functionality of the NLog library. They addressed an issue related to file archiving, adding unit tests to demonstrate and resolve a bug. Additionally, the user optimized archive deletion processes and corrected spelling errors in the code documentation. These contributions centered on enhancing the robustness and reliability of file logging operations within the NLog framework.
structured-loggingloggingnetstandard13c-sharpuwp
brutaldev/logfile-grunt
Jan 2014 - Aug 2017
Simple text file logging for Grunt and task output.
Contributions:39 commits, 4 PRs, 19 pushes in 3 years 7 months
gruntgrunt-pluginstext-filejavascriptlogging
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