Andi Idogawa Software

Project Manager at Alos Solution AG (since 2025)

Alos Solution AG in Obfelden, Switzerland, helps companies digitalize their business processes. As a project manager, I lead projects from analysis to operation and develop much of the work myself, above all API solutions and interfaces.

My tasks:

• Workflow automation with JobRouter, for example for accounts payable and approval processes
• Connecting third-party systems through APIs, such as ERP systems like Microsoft Business Central
• Solutions around DocuWare: capturing, archiving and automating documents
• AI applications with language models, for example for reading documents and for suggestions in processes
• Custom extensions and applications for JobRouter
• Cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud
• Tools for the team, from automated tests to AI-assisted development

Hitobito Developer for Puzzle ITC (2024)

In 2024, I worked as a developer on Hitobito in a fixed-term engagement for Puzzle ITC, an open-source web application for managing large organizations with complex hierarchical structures, such as associations and clubs.

My focus was the implementation for the Swiss Alpine Club SAC, a significant organization with 110 sections and 180,743 members as of the end of 2025. This included wizards for joining and leaving, the membership card with a QR code, household management for family memberships, course notifications by email and the connection to the Abacus accounting software.

Hitobito on GitHub Hitobito Swiss Alpine Club

Open Source Contributions

Besides my work, I maintain several open-source projects around Ruby and contribute to others:

• Ruby (CRuby): a faster File.stat on Windows, which speeds up require at startup (commit)
• IronRuby 4.0: Ruby 4.0 on .NET 8, a modernized fork with prism as its parser
• OCRAN: maintainer of the successor of OCRA for Windows, Linux and macOS
• Gems: openssl-win-root (co-owner), ruby_pptx, clogs, jsg, file_exists
• Scarpe: fixes for timers, transparency and backgrounds in the Webview display of Shoes
• ruby.wasm: proposals for an easier JavaScript bridge, and a quickstart template

All projects on GitHub

Ruby Koans in the Browser (2024)

I brought the popular programming exercise Ruby Koans to the browser using Ruby.wasm and JavaScript. Ruby Koans in the Browser

Retweeted by Yukihiro Matz Matsumoto and 26 others and 84 likes

Also featured on popular newsletters Ruby Weekly and Short Ruby News

I also collaborated with commiters and contributed to the development of Ruby.wasm by improving the JS bridge in Ruby.wasm and creating quickstart guides.

Multilingual Webshop of Swiss Chimney Sweepers (2021-2023)

As the lead developer, I created a bespoke multilingual webshop that seamlessly integrates with the client’s accounting software via a custom Ruby-based connection tool. The shop offers advanced features such as product variants (e.g., different clothing sizes) and accessories. The webshop software was reused from a previous project, where I created a solution from scratch heavily adapted for the swiss market. I also developed the content management system (CMS) to provide a user-friendly interface for managing the webshop’s content and products.

Key features:

• Full synchronization with client’s accounting software
• Support for product variants and accessories
• Multilingual interface
• Heavily customized Bolt CMS with self-made extensions, contenttypes and design for easy content management

You can see the webshop and cms in action at Kaminfeger.ch

CS-Connector (2015-present)

CS-Connector is a Ruby application to connect ERP Software such as SelectLine to web services. As the creator and lead developer, I strived to help small to medium sized companies to get the most out of their ERP software by avoiding manual data entry between the ERP software and the web service. The software continues to save companies many hours of manual data entry each day.

Creating a webshop for a sugar refinery with user designs

I created a custom web shop from scratch that is multilingual and fully adapted to the swiss market. It contained a design tool that let users print their design on a small sugar sachet. I collaborated with the printing company in order to automatically create and send suitable PDFs to the printing machine. I also implemented and partially designed the multilingual responsive website of the company using a user friendly CMS.

Technologies: PHP, Ruby, Slim framework, JavaScript, fabric.js, pouchdb

Service Provider Directory of Association K.

Association K consists of many small service providers. In order to show those to clients of K, I added a service provider directory to the website I created. Employees of K can easily add new service providers to the directory through their accounting software, which is also synchronized with the corresponding web shop. All pages can easily be edited in the CMS through employees of K.

Not shown is a separate application, which lists specialized services providers of K.

Software developed to help with Psychometric Study Data collection

A software for a local university to help with collection of psychometric data. Python is used together with VLC. Using python installer, the software is distributed to Windows, Mac and Linux users. The software exports data to an excel sheet.

Website and Webshop of Company P, which makes testing products

Created a highly customized webshop according to the clients requirement of selecting similar products by tags. The clients article data is coming directly out of their accounting software, so there is no need to manage the webshop. All orders are read back into the accounting software as well. The webshop is multilanguage and comes with a website using a single design template, which I implemented from mockups from the designer