Marc van Neerven

Independent Software Business Consultant

Neerventure.com

Helping startups & scale-ups with their technical strategy, in terms of (Native) Cloud Solutions Architecture, Digital Transformation, Agile, Team Growth, Governance, Change Management, etc.

Founder & CTO

Mentoring (aspiring) CTOs on leadership, cultural, strategic, psychological, and systemic aspects of the CTO role.

CTO Mentor

World of WOW

Chief Technology Officer (Fractional)

Advising WOW on B2C SaaS development & scaling.

Strategic Board Advisor

Qogni Technologies

Development (PWA, AI, Cloud) and SaaS Strategy

CTO and Partner

Helping Qogni with the next steps of their Health Platform and Movement

Knights Absorb - Learning

Helping with software strategy and product development

Interim CTO (Fractional)

Pure Web Foundation

Doing extraordinary stuff while keeping close to official web standards....

Founder, Lead Architect & CTO

ISV Canvas

Presenting an assessment tool for Software Tech (ISVs, Startups, Scaleups) to validate their technical maturity in 7 key areas and providing guidance for growth.

Microsoft

For Microsoft, I assess startups' technology status using a Tech Canvas I developed, loosely based on Lean Canvas and Business Model Canvas.

Independent Startup/Scaleup advisor

Mentoring scale-up companies in the Microsoft for Startups' Amsterdam Scale Up program.

Scale Up Mentor

MT/Sprout

Writing blogs about the life of a CTO at Startups and Scaleups.

Startup Expert

Get-e

Providing strategic advice on Software Architecture, Cloud Fit, Processes and Team Structure.

Senior Advisor to the CTO

Adapta

Helping to realize Adapta's ambitious plans with their healthcare super app

Interim Chief Technology Officer

Fractional CTO 💡 Top Startups Voice⚡ Helping startups make better SaaS

I'm an experienced SaaS CTO, working on a 'Fractional' basis, meaning that companies can hire me part-time as their Interim CTO, or as an advisor to the board. 

I work for startups, scaleups, ISVs and other software companies, or consultancies turning into SaaS companies.

My work is transformational: when I leave, a company should be better off in terms of their (tech) strategy and/or operational excellence.

Before becoming a CTO, I have been a solutions and cloud architect. I still code, as an open source contributor, and sometimes for 'my' startups, doing Proof-of-Concepts.

I'm a Web Standards evangelist, and a Social Impact Lover. 

I've seen it all, with more than 30 years of experience in Software Development, and I'm now focusing on Native Cloud as a natural fit for startups and scaleups.

I write a lot about the life of a CTO, and about the Modern Web.

Writing blogs about the life of a CTO at Startups and Scaleups. 

ToTravelTo.com

We're making European travel-travel POSSIBLE.
Utilising Generative AI to make planning a long-distance trip viable.
ToTravelTo.com is exploring how we can make Europe more sustainable, through getting more people using trains instead of air, saving 8x to 28x CO2 emissions.

Founder & Technical Product Manager.

alter.is

Small company doing big things? A technical and product consultancy, partnering with others where they need help moving projects forward.

We specialise in Ruby On Rails development, but with over 10 years of software implementation we love code in any language, and are happy to pair or mob with your developers.

Product Management; we love successful products. This means understanding what your customer needs to do, and seeing how they try to do this with your solution, and helping iterate through experiments to improve the product. 

We love working with funded startups & corporate venturing spinouts; admire the passion & dedication to do something new in creative business.

I often work in a Pair or Ensemble (mob).
Based in Berlin, Málaga and Manchester. Can travel for requirements / monthly meetings. 

We're available for 2 man+ team based development, ideally in an agile manner for a number of sprints. 

Skills: Ruby On Rails, Ruby, RSpec, TDD, BDD, Sinatra. Product Management. Pair Programming. Mob Programming. Strategy.

Technology Consultant

196 Destinations

196 Destinations was a website you can add all the places you'd like to go "one day," share with your friends, and receive regular updates on the prices to get there at the frequency you want.

Skills: Ruby, Ruby On Rails, Front-end design, Skyscanner API, Booking.com API.

Founder

Follogro

We built a suggestion platform to help infleuncers engage and grow their following.
The team of two went through Manchester's first tech accelerator. A great learning experience, but not without issues. 

Skills: Ruby On Rails, Company formation, Twitter API.

Cofounder & CTO.

On The Beach Ltd

Developer gaining exposure to a busy package operator providing beach holidays to the British masses. Got developers understanding they were selling holidays through call centre pairing.

Skills: Ruby On Rails, Javascript, JQuery. TDD, Rspec.

RoR Software Developer

CTI Digital (formally known as CTI Support Networks)

Development for a business intelligence C-level reporting suite for an Insurance company.
CSV import -> Charts, Graphs, PDFs and Excel. 

Skills: Groovy, Grails, jQuery, Geb, Spock.

Senior Developer

Liquid Bronze

Liquidbronze was a UK based web services company offering professional bespoke development. 
We built many projects in RubyOnRails. Often the 1st version of bootstrapped startups. A small team of 3-5 people with project management in Redmine - agile, visible, interactive manner.
* Producing a Waste Logistics and Scheduling software as a service as our own product.
* Producing a business listings plus site, that anyone will be able to add a business into and rate on various statistics.
* Produced an extranet, with a permission based document storage, and external customer management. S3 for documents. Solr for search.
* Produced an auction site for a designer & end-of-line clothes wholesaler. Went live in under 4 months. Fun & interactive front-end elements using protototype.js 
* Co-developed a Newsletter Content Management System for a marketing agency that required remote login access and customisation of a template by over 60 sites.
 
* Developed ecommerce web stores for a variety of businesses from Pet Stores, Shoe Shops and even Baby Showers. Produce and support a medium sized Education Conference companies bespoke intranet system.
* Involved in various aspects of launching several new products aimed at B2B sectors including Logistics, Reycling, Insurance, Surveying, Fleet Management.

Skills: Ruby on Rails, CSS, HTML, JS(AJAX), MYSQL. S3. Eclipse(Aptana) / UltraEdit.

Software Consultant

Atos Origin

Designer/Developer for 200 person project for  DEFRA (UK government department) based  in London.

Skills: Java/J2EE/Oracle.

Software Engineer

Teleca

Wrote bespoke software for a large variety of blue chip corporate clients, in a seconded manner on-site for the client in a multi-discipline team composed of full-time, freelance and contract staff. Telco/HR/Workflow & Library Management systems.

Skills: Perl, HTML, VB, Java, J2EE, Oracle, Mysql.

Thales Underwater Systems

Worked in the Human Factor Rapid Prototyping Facility producing a system that went on to be used as a trainer for a new submarine system.  Contributed to several projects, mentored a junior, and setup our intranet site. 
(This company was previously known as Thomson Marconi Sonar Ltd)

Skills: C, C++, Graphical development with XWindows.

Very experienced technical consultant, and collaborative team player.
BOOK AN INITIAL CALL HERE: https://calendly.com/howcanihelpyoutoday/20min
I contract for established companies, financed startups and teams within collaborative product agencies.

I mix my time on my own products with freelance consultancy & development. I will be developing for others in Ruby On Rails, and have the capability to build a team in Málaga & Berlin.

BOOK AN INITIAL CALL HERE: https://calendly.com/howcanihelpyoutoday/20min

With alteris we have been working for a variety of clients the last few of years. From startups needing someone to integrate with a mobile payment provider in ruby,to an agency requiring some dynamic Javascript elements adding to their website & an update to a national transport website utilising a SOAP web service built using ruby & sinatra.

My permanent roles included RoR developer at On The Beach, and Groovy developer for CTI Digital, which involved bespoke development of a reporting suite for a rapidly growing insurance company using Grails, with Geb & Spock from integration testing.

Previously I have been key in developing Liquid Bronze's solution for: a Workflow and Document Management system called Work Hub and a Scheduling & Rostering System called Malinko. These were developed in Ruby On Rails in an agile manner with TDD. 

Additionally, a Consultant for Teleca, working across many large corporations in South East UK producing bespoke solutions and lead small teams.

I currently interested in exploring how agile techniques can be used in practice & when to be pragmatic. 

It's important that there is a Product Management process that validates features according to customer demand & need.

BOOK A CALL: https://calendly.com/howcanihelpyoutoday/20min

See me in:-
* Manchester: NWRUG + XP Manchester + ThoughtWorks presentations. 
* Berlin: B::RUG (Berlin Ruby User Group)
* Hamburg: ruby meetup.
*Málaga - rebooted malaga.rb.

 Enjoyed the Berlin robocart challenge -  would be great to learn more AI.

Promoted & enjoy the Global Fluid Mob Programming day. Great to be at the 1st global circumvention of this technique.

BOOK A CALL: https://calendly.com/howcanihelpyoutoday/20min
Specialties: Back-End Web Development,
Ruby On Rails Development,
Web Development,
System Integration,
Architecture,
Product Management,
Mob Development,
(Rotational)Pair-Programming.
Analytical Skills.

Languages: English (Native Speaker), French ( a little), Spanish (a little), German (a little).

BOOK AN INITIAL CALL HERE: https://calendly.com/howcanihelpyoutoday/20min

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