Marco Franssen
Principal Platform Architect
Limburg, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMarco Franssen is a Principal Platform Architect with 15 years of hands-on experience building cloud-native platforms, secure software supply chains, and automation at scale. He blends deep Go and JavaScript expertise with a pragmatic, language-agnostic approach to architecture—frequently contributing to CNCF projects and maintaining Spire Helm charts to drive real-world adoption. Marco has led Kubernetes PaaS initiatives and implemented CI/CD, image signing (Sigstore), and provenance practices that materially improved operational security and competitive advantage. A pragmatic leader who leads by example, he coaches teams through hands-on prototypes and migrations to inner-source and open-source models. Outside work he experiments with OSS blockchain, IoT and crypto trading, and maintains a personal blog and front-end OSS contributions that reflect his broad technical curiosity.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
People and Organization, People and Organization at Atos Talent ManagementBachelor Information and Communication Technologies, Bachelor Information and Communication Technologies at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
Dutch, English, German
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Github Skills (41)
go-modules10
github-ci10
javascript10
docker10
jquery10
image10
bots10
bash10
hexo10
containerization10
dockers10
cicd10
trading-bot10
automation10
go10
Programming languages (31)
Github contributions (5)
ppoffice/hexo-theme-hueman
May 2018 - Apr 2020
A redesign of Alx's wordpress theme Hueman, ported to Hexo.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 12 PRs, 13 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Marco primarily focused on enhancing the front-end capabilities of the Hexo theme. They upgraded jQuery versions to address vulnerabilities and incorporate new features. Key contributions included adding PWA (Progressive Web App) functionality, improving the accessibility of social links, and incorporating Google Adsense widgets. Furthermore, the user updated the theme's meta tags for better SEO and integration with platforms like Twitter and Apple.
alxwordpresswordpress-themehuemanhexo
notaryproject/notary
Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
Notary is a project that allows anyone to have trust over arbitrary collections of data
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:1 review, 17 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Marco's contributions primarily centered around enhancing the project's build and deployment infrastructure. They implemented Go Modules, updated Docker images to use Go 1.12.15, and integrated a vendor validation script to ensure dependency integrity. The user also modified Dockerfiles, set default Go flags, and included vendor checks in the CI/CD workflow, demonstrating a focus on build process improvements and automated testing.
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