John Barker
VP, Strategic Planning & Thought Leadership
Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Barker is a strategic leader and seasoned thought leader with 16 years of experience bridging product strategy, regulatory compliance, and innovation across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. As VP of Strategic Planning & Thought Leadership at Bonar Institute and former Wolters Kluwer strategy lead, he designs market-driven product roadmaps, competitive intelligence programs, and regulatory-compliant product strategies that executives rely on. A lawyer by training with an MS in Regulatory Compliance from Northwestern, he uniquely combines legal research rigor with practical data governance, quality management and UX-informed product development. He pairs executive coaching and editorial reach—hundreds of articles and frequent conference presentations—with hands-on technical contributions to open-source projects like Chainlink and gormigrate, where he improved transaction and reliability behaviors. Known for rapid learning and pragmatic innovation, he has advised innovation labs, led global task forces, and even translated professional content into software-enabled workflows. He also invests in startups, bringing an operator-investor perspective to corporate innovation and go-to-market strategy.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Philosophy, BA, Philosophy at KU LeuvenMaster of Science - MS, Regulatory Compliance, Master of Science - MS, Regulatory Compliance at Northwestern UniversityJuris Doctor (J.D.), Law, Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law at Tulane University Law School
English, Dutch, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (32)
database-migrations10
transaction10
go-gorm10
testing10
databases10
capybara10
webkit10
ruby10
transactionscope10
go10
sql10
blockchain10
database-migration10
transaction-manager10
database10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
smartcontractkit/chainlink
Apr 2018 - Nov 2021
node of the decentralized oracle network, bridging on and off-chain computation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 357 reviews, 2207 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:John has been working on core components of the Chainlink node, specifically in the realm of transaction management and processing. They have implemented new features in the gas bumping system, which are related to ensuring the node operates safely on the blockchain. The user's code changes touch upon different aspects of the system, including database interaction, blockchain interactions, and transaction processing.
golangcomputationethereumblockchaindecentralized
go-gormigrate/gormigrate
Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:John focused on improving the database migration process within the Gorm ORM context. Their contributions involved refactoring database interaction logic, including the creation of the schema table using optimized SQL queries and transactions, along with improved handling of database dialect differences and transaction support. The user also added comprehensive tests to validate the migration process, covering transaction scenarios, rollback mechanisms, and dialect-specific behaviors. These changes ensured the robustness and reliability of the database migration helper.
golangmysqlsqlgorm-ormdatabases
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