John Paxton
Trainer, Programmer, Consultant at Speeding Planet
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Paxton is a versatile trainer, programmer, and consultant with 11 years of professional software experience based in New Jersey. He specializes in Java, XML, JavaScript, Perl, and PHP, and has deep operational experience across application servers (WebLogic, JBoss, Tomcat, GlassFish) and databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL). John has delivered and supported high-throughput financial systems processing hundreds of thousands of trades daily, combining hands-on refactoring and 24/7 level-3 support with reporting and compliance work. As an independent consultant at Speeding Planet he blends technical delivery with client-facing training, translating complex architectures into practical, teachable solutions. His background in history from Johns Hopkins underpins a clear, communicative approach to documentation and training that helps teams adopt and maintain robust systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityRegis High School
Spanish
Github Skills (36)
capstone8
planet8
markdown8
javascript7
slideshow7
remarkjs7
html6
react6
esri6
client-server6
aio6
reference-implementation6
browser6
protractor6
reveal-js6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
speedingplanet/eslint-config
May 2023 - Oct 2024
Speeding Planet's ESLint configuration
Contributions:1 release, 8 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 5 months
speedingplanet/class-setup
Jun 2020 - Feb 2025
Documents on how to set up computers for the classes Speeding Planet teaches
Contributions:4 PRs, 11 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 8 months
set-upplanetspeedingcomputers
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