Summary
Mark Penner is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with 12 years of building scalable web applications. Based in San Bruno, he currently works at Google on YouTube, while serving as CTO of Kymark Innovations, a startup targeting the limo and partybus market. His career spans hands-on roles—from developing health care web apps with PHP/MySQL to leading Django-based projects and shipping ShipSmartly.com from ground up. He brings leadership, mentoring, and a track record of turning ambitious ideas into production systems, demonstrated by roles at NucleusLabs and entrepreneurial work at ShipSmartly. A Simon Fraser University BSc in Computing Science, Mark bridges robust backend engineering with polished front-end delivery, and thrives at the intersection of startup agility and large-scale platforms. He combines practical product sense with a penchant for teaching others and shaping technical strategy.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Walnut Grove Secondary
BSc, Computing Science, BSc, Computing Science at Simon Fraser University
English