Mark Overmeer
Founder at MARKOV Solutions
Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMark Overmeer is a veteran software engineer and founder with over four decades of programming experience and 24 years in professional roles, combining deep UNIX/Linux sysadmin expertise with systems-level programming in Perl and C. He leads Skrodon to build open infrastructure for public search engines and previously ran MARKOV Solutions as a freelance developer handling complex, often bespoke, infrastructures. A long-time open-source advocate and prolific CPAN contributor, he also designs XML schemas, SOAP/WSDL interfaces and wrestles with software pathology in mission-critical environments. His background includes implementing core internet services for the .nl TLD and maintaining a security-advisory system for Dutch critical infrastructure, reflecting a knack for trustworthy, resilient tooling. Based in Arnhem, he prefers tackling problems that commercial teams avoid, favouring open solutions and practical engineering over hype.
24 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
primary school, primary school at Emmausschool (merged into De Zyp)MSc, Computing Science, MSc, Computing Science at Radboud Universitysecondary school, VWO, secondary school, VWO at KGL Arnhem (merged into Beekdal Lyceum)
English, Dutch, German
Stackoverflow
576reputation
3kreached
1answer
0questions
Github Skills (124)
uri9
mime9
perl9
magic-numbers9
mime-types9
compilation9
xml-schema9
filetype9
xsd9
macros9
cpan9
coordinates9
bounce8
edifact8
geopandas8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gitpan/BPM-XPDL
Jul 2009 - Sep 2014
Contributions:5 commits in 5 years 2 months
markov2/perl5-Mail-Message
Jan 2018 - Jan 2025
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Contributions:17 releases, 1 PR, 50 pushes in 7 years 1 month
mimeperl
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