Marco Jacob
Agile Coach at ivv GmbH
Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Region Germany
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Top SchoolMarco Jacob is an experienced Agile Coach and software architect with 14 years in IT, blending hands-on application development with leadership in mid-sized project delivery and team coaching. Based in the Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg region, he leads the PMI Local Group Hannover and founded the Projektleitertreffen Hannover to cultivate practitioner communities. His background spans software development, test automation, continuous delivery and Scrum, and he still contributes code—most notably enhancing offline static-map features in the popular c:geo Android geocaching app. At ivv GmbH he combines architectural responsibility with coaching to help teams adopt pragmatic agile practices and improve delivery quality. Known for turning complex project constraints into actionable processes, he brings a systems-thinking approach informed by a Dipl.Ing. in Technical Computer Science.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.Ing., Technische Informatik, Dipl.Ing., Technische Informatik at Fachhochschule Hannover
Github Skills (6)
javas10
geo10
android10
geocaching10
cg10
java10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cgeo/cgeo
Jan 2012 - Jan 2015
c:geo - The powerful Android geocaching app.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:175 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Marco implemented and enhanced features related to static maps within the c:geo Android geocaching application. Their contributions included adding settings and implementation for waypoint static maps, correcting marker icon URLs, and integrating downloads of static maps for both caches and waypoints. The user also worked on displaying the static maps after download and handling navigation to static maps. These changes improved offline map functionality within the app.
geoandroidcgeoopencachinggeocaching
marco-dev/c-geo-opensource
May 2014 - Jul 2014
Contributions:2 commits, 5 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
golanggeo
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