Mark Heckler
Thinker Of Thoughts, Doer Of Deeds at Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 864
Godfrey, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMark Heckler is a seasoned software leader with 13+ years of experience helping organizations get Java and JVM applications to production securely and reliably. As a former Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft and Senior Director of Field Engineering at Moderne, he blends developer advocacy, product strategy, and hands-on engineering to drive cloud adoption and AI integration. He’s a published author and Java Champion known for making complex cloud-native concepts accessible through keynotes, books, and workshops. Mark has a history of rescuing mission-critical systems and modernizing enterprise architectures across finance, telecom, and healthcare. Based in Godfrey, Illinois, he pairs technical depth with an MBA, and outside of work he leads an Experimental Aircraft Association chapter—evidence of his systematic curiosity and appetite for real-world systems. Colleagues know him as a pragmatic thinker who ships robust solutions while mentoring developer communities.
14 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (AS), Mathematics and Computer Science, Associate of Science (AS), Mathematics and Computer Science at Lincoln Trail CollegeMaster of Business Administration (MBA), International Business, Finance, Master of Business Administration (MBA), International Business, Finance at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (122)
spring-security10
security10
java-bytecode10
stream10
ai10
spring-cloud-stream10
azure10
artificial-intelligence10
oracle-database10
java10
spring-boot10
spring-cloud10
spring10
rsocket10
config-server9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
mkheck/building-reactive-pipelines
Feb 2019 - Sep 2019
Reactive Spring Cloud Stream projects to accompany my session "Building Reactive Pipelines"
Contributions:17 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
springspring-cloud-stream
mkheck/MonologFX
Nov 2012 - Jun 2015
Contributions:18 commits, 1 push, 2 comments in 2 years 7 months
javajavafx2-x
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