Martin Boers
Technical Specialist - PLCnext Technology at Phoenix Contact
Mississippi, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMartin Boers is a seasoned industrial automation specialist with three decades of experience translating process and manufacturing challenges into reliable control solutions, and over a decade focused on PLCnext and industrial communication technologies. Currently a Technical Specialist at Phoenix Contact, he combines hands-on PLC and fieldbus engineering with product management and business development experience across Australia, Ireland and Germany. His background spans large-scale conveyor systems, traffic management re-automation for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and integration of Profinet, AS‑i and safety networks into robust operational platforms. Comfortable bridging technical and commercial teams, he brings both engineering depth—Siemens PLCs, SCADA, embedded web apps—and strategic product insight from launching and marketing industrial control products. Notably, he pairs a chemical engineering honours degree with postgraduate business and computing diplomas, reflecting a blend of domain understanding, commercial acumen and continual technical upskilling.
10 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Diploma, Science in Computing, First Class Honours, Higher Diploma, Science in Computing, First Class Honours at Institute of Technology, CarlowPostGraduate Diploma in Enterprise Development, PostGraduate Diploma in Enterprise Development at Waterford Institute of TechnologyUNSW Sydney
Github Skills (85)
siemens10
eclipse10
cpp10
client-library10
eclipseiot10
paho10
plc10
api-documentation10
linux9
scada9
java-bindings9
api9
cmake9
windows9
visual-studio9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
martinboers/plcnext
Feb 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
martinboers/rust-plcnext
Mar 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:19 commits, 1 branch, 1 comment in 7 months
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