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I'm John, a consulting analyst, events host, manager and programmer, full-stack to the core, currently based in Brisbane, Australia.
Recognised open-source contributor elevated to Committer status on three distinct Apache Top-Level Projects, demonstrating a proven track record of community governance and high-impact code delivery.
Active open-source contributor to the official mruby GitHub organization, I provide a high volume of commits across the core codebase, the mgem-list package registry, and the official website.
nameJohn Bampton
aliasjohnbam
cityBrisbane, Australia
cs interestsConsulting, Management, Team Leading
dev interestsScrum Master, System Admin, Developer Relations
instrumentsXbox Series X, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2
sportBasketball, Boardgames, Crosswords
GitHub Involvement
Manage GitHub organizationContribute bug fixesSuggest improvementsProvide consulting
education
Education & study.
2016-Completed more than 25 online certificates in Data Science and Programming — DataCamp · completed
2014-Completed more than 1,600 kata and reached 2-kyu purple belt overall — Codewars · completed
1999-2006Bachelor of Information Technology Computer Science Major — Queensland University of Technology · not completed
1995-??Bachelor of Science Mathematics Major — University of Queensland · not completed
1995-1999Bachelor of Commerce — University of Queensland · not completed
languages
Spoken.
nativeEnglish
memberships
Affiliations.
2025–Member - Tasmania Devils Football Club
2025–Member - YMCA Queensland
2023–Apache Committer - The Apache Software Foundation
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Reach out.
Email is best - I read everything sent there.