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<p dir="ltr">Markus Merzinger (<a href="https://www.xing.com/profile/Markus_Merzinger" target="_blank">Xing</a>) has over 14 years of experience in software engineering, including several years as development lead. He has a knack for technically challenging projects and loves to deliver state-of-the-art solutions in agile work environments.</p> <p dir="ltr">When he’s not developing <a href="https://lingohub.com" target="_blank"><em>Lingohub</em></a>, he is an an avid drummer (Markus played in several alternative bands during the last 15 years) and co-founder of the Linz-based music label <a href="http://www.interstellarrecords.at/">Interstellar Records</a>.</p>

In this article, we will introduce you to the founders of Lingohub and focus on the CTO, Markus. Join us as we explore more about him and his role in the company.

Meet the founders: Lingohub's CTO

Helmut (<a href="https://www.xing.com/profile/Helmut_Juskewycz" target="_blank">Xing</a>) studied business and computer sciences at the JKU Linz, and has now been working in the software sector for eleven years. His start-up experience includes <em>Jumio</em> and <em>Runtastic</em>. He is passionate about user-centered applications that innovate and solve real-world problems.
With <em>lingohub</em>, he wants to change how global localization of websites and apps works, to empower translators and make roll-outs of multilingual products a true on-demand service.

Among other things, he loves windsurfing and a great barbecue, when he's not developing <em>Lingohub</em> or following the start-up scene, in Linz and globally, intrigued by the new dynamics that are evolving. Stay tuned for his impressions from<em> Pioneers Festival</em> 2012.

In this article, we will introduce you to the founders of Lingohub and focus on the CEO, Helmut. Join us as we explore more about him and his role in the company.

Meet the founders: Lingohub’s CEO

<p style="text-align: left;">Last weekend I had the great chance to be part of <a title="BaRuCo" href="http://baruco.org/">BaRuco</a>. A Ruby conference in sunny Barcelona. Believe it or not, it was my first time visiting this great city.</p>

BaRuCo, organized by <a title=":codegram" href="http://codegram.com/">:codegram</a>, was a fine Ruby conference with a bunch of great talks. The <a title="BaRuCo agenda" href="http://baruco.org/agenda">agenda</a> was quite dense. 8 talks per day. Maybe a bit too dense but I will talk about that later.

<h2>Cosmo Caixa</h2> 

First of all I really want to thank the organizers for choosing the venue: <a href="http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/cosmocaixabarcelona/cosmocaixabarcelona_es.html">Cosmo Caixa</a>, a technology museum, is a great place to stay for two days. Actually it is a kind of museum I have never seen before. Cosmo Caixa exhibition is quite unstructured with no real topic and it is a good thing. If you visit Barcelona you have to visit this place! 

<h2>Talks</h2> 

There are some talks I like to mention: 

<h2><a href="http://baruco.org/agenda/programming-workout">PROGRAMMING WORKOUT, BY MICHAŁ TASZYCKI</a></h2> 

Michal talked about the passion to continuous learning. How you keep your fire burning to improve yourself and stay focused. Plus some tricks to set your goals wisely. <h2><a href="http://baruco.org/agenda/tracing-your-way-through-ruby">TRACING YOUR WAY THROUGH RUBY, BY ELISE HUARD</a></h2>

A great talk about using <a title="dtrace" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace">dtrace</a> and how to probe your Ruby application if anything else does not give you that granular level of insight. <a href="http://tenderlovemaking.com/">Aaron Patterson</a> already added dtrace probes to MRI, but we have to wait for Ruby 2.0.

<h2><a href="http://baruco.org/agenda/rubymotion-for-faster-client-server-development">RUBYMOTION FOR FASTER CLIENT/SERVER DEVELOPMENT, BY RANDALL THOMAS & TAMMER SALEH</a></h2>

The two guys of Thunderbolt Labs gave a good insight to using <a title="RubyMotion" href="http://www.rubymotion.com/">RubyMotion</a> in client projects. RubyMotion promises to develop iOS application in Ruby. The presentation included information how RubyMotion development differs from your known Ruby development (eg. you cannot use require and gems).

<h2><a href="http://baruco.org/agenda/it-s-not-how-good-your-app-is-it-s-how-good-you-want-it-to-be">IT'S NOT HOW GOOD YOUR APP IS, IT'S HOW GOOD YOU WANT IT TO BE, BY JOSH KALDERIMIS</a></h2>

If you have never seen Josh on stage - go for it! This talk explained how the guys of <a title="Travis CI" href="http://travis-ci.org/">Travis CI</a> use several techniques to monitor what's going on in their application. Ranging from using <a href="http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Notifications.html">ActiveSupport Notifications</a> to add custom log entries. <a title="Papertrail" href="https://papertrailapp.com/">Pa</a><a title="Papertrail" href="https://papertrailapp.com/">pertrail</a> to aggregate and browse their logs. Josh told me that his talk will be online soon.

<h2>Seen crititical</h2> 

As I mentioned the schedule was quite dense, hence most of the time was spent sitting in the Auditorium. But besides listening to great talks, most of us who attend at a conference want to use some time to meet other developers. Chat about what you do and how you enjoy it. There was no real chance to skip a talk in advance to prolong a nice chat you just started during the short coffee break. The space outside of the auditorium was shut off for the "real" guests of the museum, so everyone automatically moved in again.

See you there next year!

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We had the great chance to be part of BaRuco. A Ruby conference in sunny Barcelona. 

BaRuCo - Barcelona Ruby Conference

We are proud to announce that we made it into the <a href="http://www.tech2b.at/en/home.html">tech2b</a> incubator. You maybe asking yourself now what tech2b actually is? Their introduction (from the tech2b website):

<em> As <a class="zem_slink" title="Upper Austria" href="http://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/" rel="homepage nofollow">Upper Austrian</a> innovation and partnership network for research-based and technology-orientated business concepts and business foundations, we help people to realise their ideas.</em>

What does this mean for lingohub? We have a shiny new office in the <a href="http://www.techcenter.at/">techcenter</a> with a beautiful view at the <a class="zem_slink" title="Danube" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube" rel="wikipedia nofollow">Danube</a> (I promise some photos in the future). On our way to be accepted to the program, we met a lot of interesting people who will work with us making lingohub a great service. And last but not least, we got another motivation/energy push (like we needed one ;)) and we plan to go in public beta soon.

If you are interested in what we are doing or you just want a good coffee (yes, that's a valid reason), stop by whenever you like.

PS: Thanks to all our supporters, friends, helpers, and mentors. Exciting times!