MP Marc Pope
Remote-first · Winston-Salem, NC Let's Talk
Platform LeadershipProduct Engineering

Build Platforms. Lead Teams. Own Outcomes.

From business priorities to architecture, automation, products, and the interfaces customers use. I spent 13 years building a company and its platforms, leading teams, running operations, and turning technology decisions into business results.

How I Lead BBS Case Study
How I Operate
Set Direction Turn business goals into a plan people can execute
Build Capable Teams Create ownership, mentor leaders, remove blockers
Simplify & Automate Remove toil before adding process or headcount
Stay Accountable Ship, measure, adapt, and answer for the result
Built end to end Borg Backup Server
800K+Downloads
320+GitHub stars
4,000+Protected endpoints
1,000+Servers running BBS
Feb 2026Public launch
The Proof

One Product. The Full Leadership Stack.

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Borg Backup Server dashboard Open source · In production
Flagship platform

Borg Backup Server

I took BBS from an internal tool to a public enterprise backup platform, then built the ecosystem around it.

Product direction, zero-trust architecture, full-stack engineering, fleet automation, user experience, documentation, releases, issues, pull requests, the website, and the companion iOS app all have one accountable owner.

Product strategy Platform architecture Full-stack engineering UX and brand Mobile app Community and releases
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The Through-Line

Breadth Is Not the Story. Integration Is.

The org chart, product roadmap, cloud bill, deployment pipeline, and user experience are parts of the same system. I lead across those boundaries because the outcome crosses them too.

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Set the direction

I turn ambiguous business goals into product and platform priorities, budgets, owners, and a sequence the team can execute.

Build the system

I design for security, operability, and scale from infrastructure through interface. The whole platform has to work.

Raise the team

I set clear standards, mentor engineers into owners, and keep decisions close to the people doing the work.

Ship and adapt

I shorten feedback loops, automate the repeatable work, measure the result, and change direction when the facts change.

What that has looked like
13 years Company builder

Partner and technology leader for a managed services and hosting company.

$1.2M Saved in six weeks

An in-house payments platform turned engineering into an immediate business result.

99.9%+ Fleet uptime

Multi-site infrastructure operated for more than 500 customers.

72 → 50K Monthly to daily visitors

Truth Network grew from 72 visitors a month to 50,000 a day.

Platform Portfolio

Three Platforms. One Way of Thinking.

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CortenDesk screenshot 02 CortenDesk The free enterprise control plane the open-source RustDesk server was missing. Built in a three-day weekend, then nearly 100 GitHub stars and 30+… Truth Network Platform screenshot 03 Truth Network Platform A years-built media, operations and AI content platform that helped grow Truth Network from 72 visitors a month to 50,000 a day. It manages stations…
Current Thinking

AI, Infrastructure, and Building What Comes Next.

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