A timeline of my professional journey, from where I started to where I am today.
Cyntax
Jun 2024 — Present · 1 year, 9 months
Taking products from idea to scalable reality. Owning architecture, delivery and operations across greenfield and brownfield projects. Ranging from short- and long-term engagements to ongoing support and technical consultancy.
Connecthing Group
May 2019 — May 2024 · 5 years
Further development of SalesView Pro, a leading energy market sales platform, including integration with third-party sales applications and energy suppliers such as Engie, Essent, Enexis, Eneco and Greenchoice. Worked on and was responsible for Connecthing Cloud, a microservice-based application grounded in DDD and SOLID principles. Owned the CI/CD pipeline for both applications. Also worked on various internal tooling and big data processing.
Scherp Ontwikkeling
Jul 2016 — May 2019 · 2 years, 10 months
Built SalesView Pro, a leading energy market sales platform, including integrations with third-party sales applications and energy suppliers such as Engie, Essent, Enexis, Eneco and Greenchoice. Worked on narrowcasting solutions and large-scale business software for the energy and telecom markets.
Mediavisie B.V.
Aug 2015 — Jun 2016 · 10 months
Worked on an internal platform for project management, time tracking and document management (comparable to JIRA/Atlassian). Set up an e-learning and staffing platform for welders for Cottus, including a job assignment platform with employee scheduling and automatic route calculation for optimal deployment per job.
Adwise Internetmarketing
Dec 2013 — Jul 2015 · 1 year, 7 months
Built the credit application tool and My Qredits portal including Salesforce integration. Developed My Regina Coeli with e-learning module and course progress tracking. Worked on Magento modules for Kees Smit, optimizations and funnels for Atkins, various smaller projects and 2nd line expert support for the support department.
Sofito B.V.
May 2011 — Oct 2013 · 2 years, 5 months
Built a product configurator and complete website for Arfman Hekwerk. Developed the first e-commerce framework on MODX Revolution. Set up the credit application tool and built V1 of My Qredits — later redesigned at Adwise and landed back on my plate. Various web projects from blogs to advanced custom-built applications.
Code of the Geek
Aug 2009 — Aug 2019 · 10 years
Started as a side activity alongside employers such as Toko Webdesign and DreamCreek. Later freelanced for clients including 1Vision and various consumer websites. Foundation for later roles at Sofito and Adwise.
What others say.
“I've known Mark for years and have worked with him all that time. He is one of the best programmers I know. He works precisely, thinks along well, thinks in context and can accurately assess the consequences of changes. He is extremely meticulous in his work and driven in meeting agreements. Additionally, Mark has the unique combination of excellent communication skills alongside his technical insight. He understands the assignment or problem when we discuss it together and is able to translate this into a technical solution. But he can also convert complex technical problems or solutions into understandable language. As a client and previously as a colleague, I have come to appreciate this combination greatly and from experience recognize it as a unique combination, which is why I highly recommend him!”
Mark Abbes
Senior Certified Scrum Product Owner · Adwise
“I worked with Mark on the creation of a new social community in 2009. Not only did Mark design and develop the site from front to back, he also walked the extra mile and came up with amazing new features that added to the user experience. Mark is eager to learn and always looking for ways to improve his work. Mark has a valuable combination of technical, social and commercial skills! If the chance was there I would hire Mark again!”
Steven Biester
Global Managing Director of Marketing · SThree
“I worked with Mark for a year and a half at Adwise Internetmarketing. Mark is a perfectionist with an eye for every small detail. He maintains overview and calm and can perform excellently under high pressure. The quality of his delivered work is therefore always excellent. Mark is very flexible and a pleasant person to work with.”
Leonie Schonewille
Developer & Consultant · Freelance
“Mark is a very professional developer. I worked with him on a project where Mark integrated various workflow actions from a website with Salesforce. Mark had not worked with Salesforce before, but quickly mastered the material and built a quite complex environment. It was a pleasure working with him.”
Stephan van Reisen
Salesforce Consultant · Deloitte
“Mark has set up multiple large projects for Qredits, including connections between our website and CRM system. Besides his speed of work and high degree of precision, his always critical view is admirable. Mark goes a step further than an ordinary programmer because he also wants to understand business processes and therefore comes up with solutions that others haven't thought of. I'm glad that after Sofito we can now work with Mark again at Adwise.”
Vincent Stulen
Project Manager Salesforce · Qredits
“Mark is a driven programmer who always strives for the best solution. He is at his best with big challenges and in thinking along with complicated systems or structures.”
Frederieke Wessels
Graphic Designer · Shining Image
“I got to know Mark as a great colleague. Mark is and remains an excellent programmer that you as a company want to employ. Mark does his work correctly. If the end result isn't a 10, he's not satisfied. He always goes for the best and doesn't settle for adequate. Besides programming, he can also brainstorm well. Once he has the customer's wishes clear, he comes up with brilliant ideas where innovation and efficiency are important factors.”
Kristiaan ten Brinke
Pastor · Grace Church Twente