Summary
Mark Foppen is a Senior Software Developer and certified Azure Solutions Architect with 9 years of experience building secure, cloud-native systems across the full stack. As a freelance founder of Cre8-it and founder of GroomSome, he combines entrepreneurial drive with hands-on expertise in C#, .NET, Blazor, TypeScript, Bicep and Azure. He has repeatedly led architecture and delivery work—from re-architecting a real-time auction platform for massive concurrency to shaping IntelligentHive’s full-stack roadmap and deployment pipelines. Mark favors practical, future-proof solutions that prioritize scalability, maintainability and security rather than aesthetics for their own sake. Based in Harderwijk, Netherlands, he brings a product-minded approach to engineering, pairing deep Microsoft-stack knowledge with experience running his own client-focused consultancy. Colleagues value his ability to think end-to-end—from developer ergonomics to cloud infrastructure—so teams ship reliable, high-impact features faster.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology Technische Informatica, Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology Technische Informatica at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
English, Dutch