Marcel Mol is a seasoned Unix/Linux specialist and entrepreneur with over 16 years of hands-on experience building and architecting resilient systems, from kernel-level work to application development. As Founder and CEO of MESA Consulting and co-founder/core developer of the OpenPli set-top box project, he blends embedded systems expertise with practical open-source contributions—most notably enhancements to the widely used enigma2 GUI. Marcel has a strong security and observability pedigree from multi-year roles at Shell, where he led vulnerability management, Splunk analytics, and migration to modern SecOps platforms. He pairs this enterprise experience with DIY engineering: designing sustainable new-build homes and a Victron-based battery system to optimize his 8 kW solar installation. Comfortable across C, Perl, shell scripting, and modern cloud/SaaS tooling, he excels at solving thorny integration and performance problems. Based in The Hague, he brings both academic rigor (TU Delft) and pragmatic execution to long-running, cross-disciplinary projects.
16 years of coding experience
TU Delft
Vaarbewijs I en II, Watersport, Vaarbewijs I en II, Watersport at Vaarschool Albatros
Masters Degree, with Honor, Computer Science , Electrical Engineering, Computer Architecture, Masters Degree, with Honor, Computer Science , Electrical Engineering, Computer Architecture at Technische Universiteit Delft / Delft University of Technology
Information and Administration Management (BiBA), selective certicifcates, Information and Administration Management (BiBA), selective certicifcates at HEAO IJselland
Contributions summary:Marcel primarily contributed to the `openatv/enigma2` repository by implementing enhancements and fixes within the Enigma2 environment. Their work involved modifications to the positioner setup, specifically improving autofocus for low symbol rates. Additionally, they focused on language support, adding Norwegian Bokmål, and made cosmetic changes like standardizing code formatting and optimizing `lamedb` processing. Furthermore, they have made several changes to the handling of hardware information including the addition of device model and revision retrieval functions.
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