Alwyn Bester
Founder at Xojo3D.com
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolAlwyn Bester is a seasoned software developer and serial founder with over two decades of experience building e-commerce, education, and gaming platforms from South Africa. He leads multiple startups—Xojo3D (3D graphics), ChessConquest (online chess/community), and earlier GeoTrax—while managing development at CAMI Education, specializing in mathematics and science learning software. His technical roots in telecommunications switching and a B.Sc. in Mathematics with Computer Science give him a strong systems and algorithmic foundation that he applies to both product and platform work. Alwyn balances commercial projects with hobbyist open-source work (including a MongoDB driver for Xojo) and enjoys pushing 3D graphics development forward. Colleagues describe him as an entrepreneurial technologist who turns niche domain expertise into practical, user-focused software.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist at CTU TrainingGrade 12 (8 subjects), Grade 12 (8 subjects) at Hoërskool RandburgUniversity of Johannesburg 
Afrikaans, English
Github Skills (3)
xojo9
mongodb-driver7
mongodb6
Github contributions (5)
Zoclee/Shade
Mar 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:175 commits, 142 pushes, 1 comment in 3 months
alwyn1024/x3-viewer
Jan 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:100 commits in 8 months
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