John Yorke
Director Software Engineering at Mastercard
Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Yorke is a seasoned software engineering leader with three decades of experience and a current role as Director of Software Engineering at Mastercard, specializing in Agile, Lean, Systems Thinking and the Theory of Constraints. He has a rare blend of hands-on systems and embedded software roots from Bell Labs and Alcatel-Lucent and later scaled people-first engineering operations—creating a 300-person remote Agile office across 35 states and multiple countries. His career spans high-assurance work for the Ministry of Defence and product-focused R&D at Emerson, giving him deep expertise in secure, reliable delivery at scale. John combines strategic planning and process optimization with active team mentorship, fostering continuous improvement and measurable delivery outcomes. He also writes about software delivery on his blog and founded a community for Agile product ownership, reflecting a commitment to practitioner-led learning beyond corporate roles. Based in Missouri, he brings a practical systems perspective to complex organizational and technical constraints.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
A-Levels, Mathematics, Economics and Computer Science, A-Levels, Mathematics, Economics and Computer Science at Stratford-upon-Avon High SchoolBSc (Hons), Computer Science, 2:1, BSc (Hons), Computer Science, 2:1 at Oxford Brookes University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
linegraph10
ios9
android-app8
tuya7
nodejs7
ruby7
android7
automation7
android-apps7
iot6
mobile6
cloud-services6
fastlane6
swift5
carthage4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
johnyorke/JYGraphView
Dec 2013 - Sep 2015
Simple line graph view for iOS.
Contributions:17 commits, 2 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 9 months
ioslinegraph
johnyorke/blog
Feb 2020 - Apr 2026
Contributions:4 PRs, 57 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 2 months
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