Thomas Scheffler
Deputy Head Of Section at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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Top SchoolThomas Scheffler is a seasoned software professional with 23 years’ experience, currently serving as Deputy Head of Section at Friedrich Schiller University Jena where he leads development and mentorship efforts. He has steered the UrMEL and MyCoRe projects for over a decade, blending hands-on MyCoRe application development with coordination of distributed, open-source teams. A dedicated advocate for open source and apprentice training, he excels at turning academic archive requirements into maintainable software and sustainable developer communities. Based in Jena, Germany, he combines deep institutional knowledge with a pragmatic leadership style that boosts team performance and professional satisfaction. An offbeat detail: his background includes both a top-grade Diplom in Computer Science and prior military training, shaping a disciplined, collaborative approach to long-running projects.
23 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom, Informatik, sehr gut, Diplom, Informatik, sehr gut at Friedrich Schiller University JenaMilitary, Military at 6. LAR 1 Goslar
German, English, ungarisch
Github Skills (120)
mongoose10
commons10
quicktime10
open-access10
open-science10
svn10
audio-files10
mir10
migration10
testbed10
acronym10
jsonwebtoken9
jwt9
xmp9
azerothcore9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
MyCoRe-Org/selenium-utils
Dec 2017 - Aug 2025
Selenium Utilities for JUnit
Contributions:6 PRs, 12 pushes, 8 branches in 7 years 9 months
selenium-javatestingselenium-webdriverjavawebdriver
MyCoRe-Org/mycore-parent-pom
Dec 2016 - Mar 2026
The MyCoRe Parent POM holds mailing list, continous integration and plugin definitions used by all MyCoRe Maven projects.
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 98 pushes in 9 years 4 months
maven-plugincontinousmavenparent-pommailing-list
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