Mark Schouten
CTO Owner at Dutch Cloud Community
Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Schouten is a pragmatic technology founder and CTO with 14 years of professional experience building and operating private cloud and internet infrastructure from Gelderland, Netherlands. As owner of Tuxis and former owner of IceWarp Nederland he blends hands-on backend engineering with strategic product and datacenter leadership, having risen from helpdesk and junior developer roles into running full Linux and NOC operations. He is an active open-source contributor to notable projects such as PowerDNS and LibreNMS, delivering DNSSEC and zone-management features and improving monitoring, IPv6 support and integrations for Proxmox and Ceph. Board-level involvement in the Dutch Cloud Community underscores his commitment to the cloud ecosystem and to practical interoperability. Colleagues describe him as a problem-solver who treats challenges as opportunities to increase reliability and efficiency across systems.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MBO, Automobile Mechanics, MBO, Automobile Mechanics at ROC LeidenTechnic Informatica, Technic Informatica at ID College Gouda
French, German, English
Github Skills (23)
monitoring10
authorisation10
c-language10
apidoc10
powerdns10
network-monitoring10
authority10
dnssec10
php10
api10
dns10
proxmox10
ceph10
cprogramming-language10
auth10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
PowerDNS/pdns
May 2014 - Jun 2021
PowerDNS Authoritative, PowerDNS Recursor, dnsdist
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 9 PRs, 21 comments in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Mark implemented features for the PowerDNS API, focusing on zone management and DNSSEC configuration. They added functionality to the API for handling cryptokeys, including listing and retrieving individual keys with associated data. Furthermore, they integrated zone import capabilities, enabling the loading of zone data from external sources. Their contributions involved modifying backend code and updating the API to include new features and address issues related to zone configuration and security.
dnsdistpowerdns-recursordnssystems-programmingrecursor
librenms/librenms
Aug 2015 - May 2016
Community-based GPL-licensed network monitoring system
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 15 PRs, 24 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Mark primarily focused on improving the efficiency of the application's internal processes, specifically in the context of network monitoring. They refactored code to reduce duplication and streamlined application recognition within the system. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to logging and data processing, including IPv6 compatibility and replaced debug statements, suggesting a focus on system performance and data integrity. They also added support for Proxmox and Ceph monitoring, extending the system's capabilities.
snmpcommunity-basedlicensedgplphp
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