John Daniel
Owner at Steampunk, Inc.
Greater Richmond Region United States
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Top SchoolJohn Daniel is an experienced technology leader and owner with over a decade of engineering and architecture experience, currently serving as Owner of Chesapeake E-Ventures and Senior Director of Digital Platforms at Steampunk. He has deep expertise in Salesforce and platform architecture, having held senior roles at Rootstock, FinancialForce, and Morgan & Morgan, and co-founded the Low-Code Security Alliance to shape secure low-code operating models. An active open-source contributor under @ImJohnMDaniel, he has contributed meaningful backend improvements to the widely used fflib-apex-common Apex library, including currency handling, lookup updates, and Unit of Work enhancements. John combines hands-on code contributions with strategic platform leadership, bridging DevOps, security, and product delivery for enterprise-scale systems. His background in physics and a long track record across consulting and product firms give him a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to solving complex technical and organizational problems.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
United States Naval AcademyAssociate of Science (A.S.), Associate of Science (A.S.) at Richard Bland CollegeBS Physics, BS Physics at Virginia Commonwealth University
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Github Skills (8)
apex10
salesforce10
soql9
unit-testing8
object-oriented-programming8
software-design7
egit6
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Github contributions (5)
apex-enterprise-patterns/fflib-apex-common
May 2015 - Dec 2022
Common Apex Library supporting Apex Enterprise Patterns and much more!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:57 reviews, 59 commits, 65 PRs in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:John primarily contributed to the `fflib-apex-common` library, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes within the Apex code base. They added functionality to manage currency-related settings, including adjustments for specific system objects. The user also addressed a bug related to the `STANDARD_WITHOUT_CURRENCYISO` configuration and introduced a new method for handling lookup field updates. Furthermore, the user updated the Unit of Work class by modifying access modifiers and adding email relationship management capabilities.
salesforce-developerssalesforcepatternssupportingapex-enterprise-patterns
ImJohnMDaniel/reference-fflib-apex-common
May 2022 - Mar 2025
Common Apex Library supporting Apex Enterprise Patterns and much more!
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 16 branches in 2 years 10 months
patternssupportingapex-enterprise-patternsapexenterprise
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