Marco Marquez
Head Of Solutions Engineering, EMEA at Hightouch
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolMarco Marquez is a seasoned solutions engineering leader with 14 years of experience driving adoption of cloud-native API and service-mesh technologies across EMEA and LATAM. Currently Head of Solutions Engineering, EMEA at Hightouch and formerly a foundational Go‑to‑Market engineer at Kong, he helped scale the company from early days to unicorn status while influencing product roadmap and customer success. He blends hands-on engineering—contributions to Kong, Kuma, and Unirest repos including docs, Docker images and service-mesh features—with strategic revenue-led leadership that repeatedly earned global SE awards and President’s Club recognition. Comfortable across DevOps, backend, and developer experience, Marco is known for translating complex hybrid-architecture challenges into pragmatic, deployable solutions. His background combines a BS in Computational Engineering from UC Berkeley and an MBA in Entrepreneurship, reflecting both technical depth and commercial acumen. An underrated detail: he moved from scripting Linux operations early in his career to shaping enterprise API strategies, giving him uncommon empathy for both operators and execs.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computational Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computational Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Business Administration (MBA) Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at WU Executive AcademyNot pursuing a degree, Not pursuing a degree at City College of San Francisco
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Github Skills (31)
service-mesh10
kubernetes10
docker10
apidoc10
authentication10
user-authentication10
bash10
httpc10
dockers10
java10
javas10
api-documentation10
http-client10
php10
go10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
Kong/docker-kong
Feb 2015 - Sep 2017
:monkey: Docker distribution for Kong
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:119 commits, 30 PRs, 152 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Marco primarily focused on configuring and maintaining the Docker environment for Kong, an API gateway. Their contributions included modifying the entrypoint script, updating Docker Compose templates, and adjusting environment variables to streamline deployment and improve the overall configuration. Key tasks involved setting up and configuring the Nginx reverse proxy, and also removing debugging statements. These changes enhanced the deployment and operational efficiency of the Kong API gateway.
docker-distributionkong
Kong/unirest-php
Apr 2012 - Apr 2014
Unirest in PHP: Simplified, lightweight HTTP client library.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:83 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Marco contributed to the Unirest PHP library, focusing on enhancements to the HTTP client functionality. They added features like user-agent and JSON body support. Additionally, the user addressed authentication, fixed bugs, and refactored code, demonstrating a focus on improving the library's core functionality and usability.
http-clientphpunirest
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