Mark Bertels is a Director of Enterprise Architecture with a decade of experience building and stabilizing large-scale Java and cloud-native platforms, currently leading deployment automation and GitOps initiatives at FlatexDEGIRO. Grounded in a mechatronics background, he brings a hands-on curiosity—once extending robot functionality and running game servers on a Pentium—that fuels his focus on connecting people and software. He has progressed from developer to solution manager and architect roles across fintech and digital banking, driving Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and GitLab-based delivery while ensuring regulatory compliance. Known for empowering teams with practical tooling and platform improvements, his work reaches hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. Mark blends entrepreneurial experience as a former CEO and community manager with enterprise-grade architecture skills, making him adept at translating complex requirements into production-ready solutions.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of ICT Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of ICT Computer Software Engineering at Avans University of Applied Sciences
Contributions:6 commits, 9 PRs, 10 pushes in 8 months
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Mark Bertels - Director Enterprise Architecture at DEGIRO