Michael Kroes
Team Manager Software Engineering at Thales
Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands
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RockstarMichael Kroes is a pragmatic software engineering leader with 11 years of hands-on experience in high-performance C# and .NET development, now managing teams at Thales. He excels at solving "non-Googleable" performance and reliability challenges, applying TDD, low-allocation strategies, and multithreading to squeeze maximum throughput from complex systems. Michael pairs deep implementation expertise — including work on NCrunch integrations and contributions to the well-known Mail-in-a-Box project — with CI/CD and DevOps improvements that boost team productivity and observability. A committed open-source contributor and Type 1 diabetes advocate, he leverages engineering to build practical tools that help communities as well as products. Based in the Netherlands, he balances technical depth with people leadership, mentoring large teams while remaining an active problem solver and lifelong learner.
11 years of coding experience
English
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Github Skills (20)
sendmail10
send-email10
bash10
smtp10
smtps10
e-mail10
smtpd10
php10
system-administration10
devops10
server10
apache9
fail2ban9
docker8
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mail-in-a-box/mailinabox
Oct 2015 - Oct 2020
Mail-in-a-Box helps individuals take back control of their email by defining a one-click, easy-to-deploy SMTP+everything else server: a mail server in a box.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 89 commits, 88 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on improving and maintaining the infrastructure and backend configuration of the mail server. Their work included updating software versions like Z-Push, modifying configuration files for IMAP and CalDAV backends, and implementing backup and logging mechanisms. They also made changes to the management interface and added checks for system status and resource usage, improving the overall reliability and monitoring capabilities of the system. These commits involved various system configuration and maintenance tasks.
everythingdovecotdkimdisposablemailbox
yodax/LoopFollow
Dec 2021 - Feb 2025
A general Follow app for parents of T1D Loop Users
Contributions:31 pushes, 2 branches, 8 tags in 3 years 2 months
followt1dandroidloopios
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