Marcus Kern
Chief Technology Officer at Real Ideas
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMarcus Kern is a veteran technology leader and serial founder who has built and scaled mobile messaging and payments platforms since founding voiceIT in 1998. As CTO of Fonix and former CTO of Mobile Interactive Group, he architected carrier-grade SMS/MMS systems and led teams through hypergrowth, helping MIG reach 200 employees and top ranking in the Tech Track 100. His background in physics (University of Hamburg; MSc work at Southampton) informs a methodical, systems-first approach to engineering and product design, applied to payments innovations like DUESDAY. Marcus combines hands-on DevOps instincts with strategic product delivery—equally comfortable designing high-throughput telecom architectures or guiding fintech launches—and has been recognised as Digital Entrepreneur of the Year for translating technical vision into commercial success.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom Physics, Diplom Physics at University of Hamburgmsc Laser Physics, msc Laser Physics at University of Southampton
English, German, French
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Github Skills (92)
windows10
tray10
winget10
cli10
installer10
package-manager10
command-line10
dotnet9
powershell9
dotnet-core9
csharp9
scintillanet8
windows-package-manager8
wrapper8
coreclr8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
skyhoshi/CatFeederRFID
Sep 2015 - Oct 2020
Windows IOT - Rasberry Pi 2 C# application
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
rasberryraspberry-piwindowsrasberry-piwindows-iot
skyhoshi/skyhoshi.github.io
Apr 2019 - Sep 2023
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 41 PRs in 4 years 6 months
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