Johannes Poortvliet
Communications Director
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJohannes Poortvliet is a Communications Director and community-first marketing leader with 14 years of experience building open-source brands and ecosystem-driven growth. Based in Berlin, he combines a background in organizational psychology with hands-on community management and technical writing for major projects like ownCloud and Nextcloud to align product, marketing and user needs. At Nextcloud he scaled inbound and community-led programs that drove rapid awareness and sustained lead generation, growing teams and market position without relying on paid short-term tactics. He excels in governance, PR and event strategy, turning grassroots relationships into predictable growth and durable brand equity. Known as a people-first technologist and “all-things-open” evangelist, he brings uncommon strength in translating developer-facing documentation into compelling public narratives.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master Organizational Psychology, Master Organizational Psychology at Utrecht University
German, English, Dutch
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Github Skills (9)
user-manual10
guideline10
rs10
coding-conventions10
restructuredtext10
coding-style10
sphinx10
documentation10
nextcloud9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
nextcloud/documentation
Nov 2016 - Nov 2022
📘 Nextcloud documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:13 reviews, 113 commits, 101 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Johannes's contributions primarily involve updating and improving the documentation for the Nextcloud project. Their work includes adding and refining content related to server-side encryption, two-factor authentication, Nextcloud Talk, federation, and the web installer. They also made improvements to the formatting and style of the documentation, and incorporated feedback to clarify existing information.
manualnextcloudsphinx
owncloud-archive/documentation
Apr 2014 - Mar 2016
:blue_book: The ownCloud documentation and manual
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:105 commits, 83 PRs, 60 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Johannes's commits primarily focus on updating and expanding the documentation for the ownCloud project. The contributions involve adding new sections, refining existing content, and incorporating information from external sources like the owncloud.org website. The user has edited various manuals including the README, coding guidelines, background jobs, and testing procedures. Their work improves the clarity and completeness of the documentation for developers and users.
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