Dmitry Kann
CEO, Founder at Rijkswaterstaat
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolDmitry Kann is a seasoned software engineer and serial founder with 21 years of experience building high-performance, production-grade systems across Java, Go, Python and full-stack web technologies. He currently runs Comentario, an open-source, privacy-focused commenting engine in Go/Angular, and operates fast web services like once.to while also contributing to large public projects such as Inno Setup localization. His deep expertise in Identity & Access Management, containerization, SQL/NoSQL and enterprise integrations has driven critical work for Dutch government DSO programs and major banks. Dmitry blends hands-on implementation with architecture and product leadership—favoring a "First Time Right" engineering ethos—and has repeatedly turned ambiguous, security-sensitive requirements into reliable, auditable solutions. Based in Utrecht, he pairs low-level systems experience (Delphi/assembler roots) with modern cloud-native practices, making him comfortable across the full stack and the full lifecycle of software.
22 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Information Systems Electronics Physics, Bachelor Information Systems Electronics Physics at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU)
Russian, Dutch, English
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Github Skills (17)
r10
localization10
installer10
rup10
gr10
g10
installers10
docker9
dockerfile9
pygobject6
angular6
ng-bootstrap6
gtk6
angularjs6
spring-mvc6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jrsoftware/issrc
May 2012 - Jul 2019
Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications by Jordan Russell and Martijn Laan. Since its introduction in 1997, Inno Setup has been trusted by developers and organizations of all sizes to reliably deploy software to millions of PCs worldwide.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 4 comments in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Dmitry primarily focused on updating and maintaining language files for the Inno Setup installer, specifically the Russian and Greek language files. Their contributions involved translating and correcting messages within the language files to ensure accurate and up-to-date localization. The user also merged in updates from the upstream repository and addressed specific translation issues related to button text and other user-facing elements.
inno-setupwindowswindows-applicationinstaller
flathub/com.yktoo.ymuse
Aug 2022 - Dec 2024
Contributions:5 PRs, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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