Summary
John Bien is a Development Team Lead based in the Western Cape, South Africa, with nearly a decade of formal experience and a long career in Java-centric application and system design dating back to the late 1990s. He has progressed from hands-on Java and C++ development through senior engineering and architecture roles at organizations including Visa, Fundamo, Media24 and FNB, to leading development teams at Estalea and Avenu. John focuses on building fast, secure and usable solutions that scale, with particular interest in security and the societal implications of internet trends. He combines practical delivery experience across payments, media and banking with solutions architecture chops to turn complex requirements into pragmatic systems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technologist who balances innovation with careful consideration of how technology impacts everyday life. His background as both a developer and architect gives him a rare ability to lead teams while still contributing technically at code and design level.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
English, Afrikaans, Dutch