Wieland Lindenthal
CTO Co-founder at OpenProject | open source project management software
Alaró, Balearic Islands, Spain
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Top SchoolWieland Lindenthal is a seasoned software leader and CTO-cofounder with 13 years of experience building product-focused web platforms and open-source ecosystems from Mallorca. He co-founded OpenProject and has driven its technical direction—especially the BIM edition—contributing full-stack code, API integrations, and architectural refactors to one of the leading open-source project management projects. As founder/CEO of Newstral and Forkmerge, he blends entrepreneurial product sense with hands-on engineering, shipping web products that prioritize clarity and user workflows. A proponent of open culture, his GitHub work on BIM/BCF integration and attachment storage shows deep domain knowledge in construction workflows and file management beyond typical app engineering. Trained at Hasso-Plattner-Institute and steeped in startup incubation, he balances strategic leadership with active coding and community stewardship.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc Software Engineering, M.Sc Software Engineering at Hasso-Plattner-InstituteLomonosov Moscow State University
German, Spanish, English, Russian, French
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Github Skills (17)
openproject10
ruby-rails10
apidoc10
rails10
ruby10
api10
javascript9
npm9
webapi9
activerecord9
nokogiri9
front-end-development8
back-end-development8
e-mail6
angular6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
opf/openproject
Oct 2016 - Dec 2022
OpenProject is the leading open source project management software.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:381 reviews, 1495 commits, 577 PRs in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Wieland contributed to multiple aspects of the OpenProject codebase, with a focus on the BIM module and its integration with features such as BCF (Building Collaboration Format) issues and file management. Their commits show a strong understanding of both front-end and back-end development, including modifications to the user interface, API integrations, and the creation of features related to importing and managing BIM model data. Moreover, they were involved in architectural changes related to the overall framework, the file storage for the attachments, and refactoring aspects, showcasing broad experience within the project.
taigascrumbcfproject-planningruby
wielinde/toggl-button
May 2017 - Jul 2019
Toggl Button extension for Chrome and Firefox
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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