Marc Bruins
CTO Xebia Microsoft Managed Services
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMarc Bruins is a technology leader and CTO of Xebia Microsoft Managed Services with a decade of hands-on experience building cross-platform mobile apps and cloud-native solutions from the Netherlands' Randstad. He rose through roles from mobile developer and Xamarin consultant to cloud architect and now CTO, combining deep iOS and .NET expertise with operational leadership. An active open-source contributor, Marc has improved notable projects like MvvmCross and Backstage—adding iOS UI enhancements, navigation features and robust Azure DevOps test coverage—demonstrating a knack for bridging developer experience and platform reliability. His background in updating legacy .NET code to modern standards and adding Bitbucket support to tooling shows a pragmatic focus on maintainability and integration. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture decisions that keep developer workflows smooth while delivering customer-facing value.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Informatica Information Technology, Informatica Information Technology at HanzeDiploma Applicatie ontwikkelaar, Diploma Applicatie ontwikkelaar at Friese Poort
English, German, Dutch
Github Skills (35)
azure-devops-server10
nuget10
javascript10
ios10
jes10
net10
xamarin10
dotnet10
ui-design10
mvvm10
asp-net10
backstage10
jestjs10
azure-devops10
bitbucket10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
NuKeeperDotNet/NuKeeper
Oct 2018 - Feb 2021
Automagically update nuget packages in .NET projects
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 5 reviews, 53 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Marc primarily focused on enhancing the .NET project by updating it to .NET standard and making code refactoring changes. They also added support for the Bitbucket platform, incorporating new models and fixing related issues. Additionally, the user implemented improvements for the local command functionality, along with adding relative path support and setting up the target branch.
dotnetnuget-packagenugetautomationcsharp
MvvmCross/MvvmCross
Apr 2016 - Mar 2018
The .NET MVVM framework for cross-platform solutions, including Android, iOS, MacCatalyst, macOS, tvOS, WPF, WinUI
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:209 commits, 31 PRs, 38 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Marc primarily contributed to the MvvmCross framework by implementing features for iOS mobile development. They introduced and refined functionalities related to side menu presentations and navigation within the iOS environment. Their work included modifications to presenters, view controllers, and presentation hints, along with the addition of a generic MvxAdapter and improvements to handle automatic cell resizing. Furthermore, the user integrated a hamburger icon for menu toggling, enhancing the user interface for iOS applications.
androiddotnetiosmaccatalystmacos
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