Thomas Koch
Chief Marketing Officer at Japan Experience
Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Top SchoolThomas Koch is a seasoned marketing executive with 15 years of cross-industry experience, now serving as Chief Marketing Officer at Japan Experience after a string of senior and interim leadership roles across tech and creative businesses. He builds global marketing strategies and compelling brand narratives that drive engagement and long-term growth, with hands-on experience scaling operations in EMEA markets at Patreon and consulting at Publicis Sapient. Comfortable in both startup and corporate environments, he has repeatedly led rapid marketing transformations during interim assignments. Uncommonly for a marketer, he has contributed to open-source backend and DevOps work on the YaCy distributed search engine, streamlining build and installer processes—an indicator of his technical fluency and operational mindset. Trained in international marketing, he blends strategic rigor with pragmatic execution to align product, growth, and engineering teams.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BAC ES (OIB) with honors, BAC ES (OIB) with honors at Ermitage International SchoolMaster of International Marketing, Master of International Marketing at ESCE International Business School
French, German, English
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Github Skills (19)
git10
search-engine10
github10
git-repository10
java10
javas10
build-automation10
windows-installer9
software-packaging9
unicode8
remote-access6
emacs6
packaging6
data-mining6
dpkg6
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
yacy/yacy_search_server
Mar 2022 - Jul 2022
Distributed Peer-to-Peer Web Search Engine and Intranet Search Appliance
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:19 commits, 14 PRs, 5 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily focused on improving the build and installation process of the YaCy search engine. They removed unused build properties, such as PKGMANAGER and DESTDIR, and deprecated the GitRevTask, optimizing the build process. Additionally, the user made adjustments to the Windows installer, including implementing Unicode support, updating the Java download URL, and adding a call to action for Windows developers. These changes streamlined the build and deployment procedure.
intranetapplianceweb-searchsearch-enginepeer-to-peer
thkoch2001/zookeeper
Dec 2010 - Nov 2011
Contributions:41 commits in 10 months
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