Mark Van Straten
Manager Platforms NN Bank
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMark Van Straten is a seasoned technology leader with 14 years of experience, currently heading platform strategy as Manager Platforms at NN Bank in The Hague. He blends deep engineering roots—from software development and DevOps architecture to mission-critical systems—with strong product and organisational fluency, having progressed through roles such as Staff Engineer and Lead Developer at Nationale-Nederlanden and long tenure at Q42. Mark is a pragmatic enabler who focuses on creating reliable, scalable platforms that bridge business goals and technical execution, and he pairs Scrum certification with hands-on systems experience. An intriguing aside: he once balanced software work with training as a ski and snowboard instructor, reflecting a practical, people-oriented approach to coaching and team leadership.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
ing. Informatics, ing. Informatics at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied SciencesCertified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Master at Scrum AllianceAnwarter Skiing Snowboarding, Anwarter Skiing Snowboarding at Tiroler Skilehrerverband
German, c#, Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
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rxjs
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Github Skills (179)
kubernetes10
go10
docker10
rxjs10
javascript9
mesos9
linux9
observable9
angular9
reactive-programming9
serverless-plugin9
js9
shell9
prometheus-exporter9
visual-studio9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Q42Philips/statsd-daemon
May 2017 - Oct 2018
Simple StatsD server to observe metrics being emitted
Contributions:1 release, 3 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 6 months
npm-packagenodejsobservemetricsstatsd
crunchie84/rxjs
Jul 2017 - Oct 2019
A reactive programming library for JavaScript
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
rxjsfunctional-programmingfunctional-reactive-programmingjavascriptreactive-programming
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