Erik Edespong
Chief Software Architect at Sectra
Linköping, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolErik Edespong is a Chief Software Architect based in Linköping, Sweden, with 11 years of experience shaping product-focused engineering at Sectra after early startup and internship roles. He combines deep technical craftsmanship—demonstrated by refactoring and porting performance-sensitive rules in the high-profile dotnet/roslyn-analyzers project—with a product-minded perspective that keeps systems future-proof. Colleagues describe him as a positive, curious leader who experiments and learns continuously, bridging hands-on development and long-term architecture. With an MSc in Media Technology and a postgraduate exchange in computer science, he pairs academic breadth with practical delivery and a knack for spotting subtle performance and maintenance issues before they surface.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Media Technology and Engineering, Master of Science in Media Technology and Engineering at Linköping UniversityPostgraduate Exchange, Computer Science, Postgraduate Exchange, Computer Science at RMIT University
Github Skills (8)
net10
asp-net10
dotnet10
roslyn-analyzer10
csharp10
performance-optimization10
dotnet-core10
unit-testing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/roslyn-analyzers
Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 4 PRs, 19 comments in 15 days
Contributions summary:Erik's primary contributions involved refactoring and porting rules within the Roslyn Analyzers project, specifically related to explicit allocation detection. They moved and adapted existing code, such as the `ArrayCreationRule` and other explicit allocation checks, to utilize `IOperation` for improved analysis and accuracy. Their work focused on identifying and diagnosing performance-sensitive code patterns related to object creation, including implicit and explicit array creation and boxing scenarios. The changes involved modifications to existing analyzer classes and unit tests to reflect the porting effort.
microsoft/RoslynClrHeapAllocationAnalyzer
Dec 2017 - Nov 2018
Roslyn based C# heap allocation diagnostic analyzer that can detect explicit and many implicit allocations like boxing, display classes a.k.a closures, implicit delegate creations, etc.
Contributions:21 commits, 13 PRs, 27 comments in 11 months
csharproslyncompilerallocations
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