John Whitton
Research Engineer
Lake in the Hills, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Whitton is a research engineer and seasoned IT sales leader with 11+ years in technical roles and over three decades of combined experience across software development, IoT, AR/MR, cloud, and data analytics. He has led large, multi-model IT engagements from presales and contract negotiation through solution delivery, most recently serving as VP for US markets at Softweb Solutions. Equally comfortable managing engineering teams and interfacing with C‑level stakeholders, he pairs hands‑on technical fluency (DevOps, data science/visualization, mobile, SAN, VMware) with financial acumen from prior Series 7/63 registration. Known for bridging business and technical needs, he has deep domain expertise in finance, OEM, and IT verticals and a track record of scaling cross‑functional teams. Based in Lake in the Hills, IL, he brings a pragmatic blend of sales leadership and applied R&D that helps translate emerging technologies into revenue-generating solutions.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BBA, BBA at Iowa State University
Github Skills (102)
geth10
contract10
sharding10
cryptocurrency10
abi10
authenticator10
otpauth10
polkadot10
p2p10
crypto10
wallet10
solidity10
harmony10
golang10
substrate10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
1wallet-dev/1wallet
Mar 2022 - Aug 2022
1wallet - unconventional keyless, non-custodial wallet secured by Google Authenticator. EVM-compatible, smart contract operated, with composable security.
Contributions:171 pushes, 8 branches in 5 months
authenticatorsmart-contractethereumsecuredcontract
polymorpher/sms-wallet
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
SMS Wallet - non-custodial wallet bound to phone number
Contributions:146 reviews, 95 commits, 17 PRs in 1 month
phone-numberphonesmswalletnon-custodial
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