John Bristowe
Principal Developer Advocate
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolJohn Bristowe is a seasoned developer advocate and community leader with over two decades in software and 14 years in developer relations roles, currently serving as Principal Developer Advocate at Octopus Deploy. He has progressed through product, community, and VP roles at Octopus after earlier leadership at Progress and evangelism at Microsoft, blending hands-on technical knowledge of .NET and JavaScript with strategic developer outreach. Known for an engaging conference presence, John produces practical, consumable content—code, webinars, videos and podcasts—that helps teams adopt and integrate developer tooling. Based on a computer science and mathematics background from Bishop's University, he combines rigorous technical foundations with polished communication and team-building skills. Outside work he stays closely connected to tech trends and the online developer community, translating those insights into actionable guidance for users and partners.
14 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science Mathematics at Bishop's University
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Github Skills (148)
go-api10
terraform10
svg10
visual-studio10
serverless10
swiftui10
markdown10
javascript10
jquery10
continuous-delivery10
html10
cli10
uwp-apps10
teamcity10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
OctopusDeploy/vscode-octopusdeploy
Oct 2021 - May 2023
| Public | Octopus Deploy for Visual Studio Code :octopus:
Contributions:18 reviews, 26 PRs, 43 pushes in 1 year 7 months
octopus-deployvisual-studio-codesyntax-highlightingvisual-studiovscode
OctopusDeploy/run-runbook-action
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
| Public | :octocat: GitHub Action to Run a Runbook in Octopus Deploy
Contributions:1 release, 19 reviews, 107 commits in 1 year 9 months
octopus-deployrunbookclideployment
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