Summary
Maarten Merken is a Solution Architect and seasoned software engineer with 11 years of professional experience, blending cloud-first architecture with deep hands-on .NET and full-stack engineering. He founded MRKN BV to deliver pragmatic software consultancy and technical training rooted in real-world projects, and has held lead and architect roles at organizations including Wolters Kluwer, Macadam Europe, Atlas Copco and Brainsquare. Comfortable moving between high-level design and low-level debugging, he’s known as a “senior debugger” who enjoys exploring new technologies and driving reliable production systems. Maarten pairs formal studies in applied computer science and AI architecture with ongoing postgraduate work in AI business and technical architecture, signaling a move into intelligent systems design. Based in Beringen, Belgium, he balances freelance consulting with corporate architecture roles and brings a practical, family-oriented perspective—husband and father of two—that informs his collaborative leadership style. An avid tinkerer, he often translates experimental learnings into tailored trainings and actionable improvements for teams.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Informatica-Beheer C++/VB6, Informatica-Beheer C++/VB6 at Provinciale Handelsschool Hasselt
AI Technical Architect, AI Technical Architect at Hogeschool PXL
French, Dutch, English