John Thompson
Director Of Engineering at Platinum Relations
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Thompson is a director-level engineering leader and founder with nearly three decades of experience building secure, scalable Java/Spring systems and fintech infrastructure. Currently leading engineering at Platinum Relations and formerly head of engineering at Jember, he melds deep Spring expertise with AI-driven transaction orchestration to modernize payments and compliance workflows. He has driven SOC 2 readiness as a security-focused engineering leader, built developer-first platforms and over 180 REST APIs, and consulted for SpringSource and major payment initiatives like Visa Checkout. As the "Spring Framework Guru," he has taught hundreds of thousands of students worldwide and advances developer productivity through agentic tooling and open-source work. Based in Saint Petersburg, FL, he pairs technical rigor with practical pedagogy—an uncommon blend informed by a Master’s in Technical Communication and a habit of training the next generation of engineers.
12 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts / Master of Education Technical Communication Education Avation, Master of Arts / Master of Education Technical Communication Education Avation at Bowling Green State University
Github Skills (27)
web-application9
java9
spring9
spring-boot9
spring-security8
grails-plugin8
maven-project7
spring-data7
webclient6
spring-mvc6
cxf6
maven5
annotation-processor5
recipe5
spring-boot-starter5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
springframeworkguru/hello-world-spring-4
Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
Hello World Example with Spring 4
Contributions:3 commits in 7 months
spring-bootspringspring-frameworkspring-data
jemberai/jember-asyncapi
Sep 2024 - Sep 2024
Async API
Contributions:9 PRs, 5 pushes, 8 branches in 1 day
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