Justin Mclean is an open source community leader and educator with 15 years of experience building sustainable, community-driven projects and training programs from Sydney. As Open Source Community Manager at Datastrato and long-time Apache Incubator VP, he has guided company-led codebases through open-sourcing and ASF graduation, blending pragmatic governance with hands-on contributor onboarding. He previously led global training and enablement at Instaclustr, designing LMS, certification and microlearning systems for Cassandra, Kafka and PostgreSQL to support long-term operational sustainability. A veteran committer, mentor and ASF board member, Justin pairs technical contributions across backend testing and front-end components with deep institutional knowledge of project governance. He founded IoT Sydney and runs a consulting/training business, bringing a rare mix of classroom pedagogy, product delivery and foundation leadership. Colleagues rely on him to translate real-world constraints into durable community processes that scale beyond any single company.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment at TAFE NSW
Masters, Interactive Multimedia, Masters, Interactive Multimedia at University of Technology Sydney
Contributions:1037 commits, 4 comments in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Justin primarily contributed to the Apache Flex SDK repository, specifically focusing on UI components and their associated functionality. Their work involved modifying the existing structure of the code to move certain components between projects, and to integrate new components and functionality. Key modifications include the introduction of new classes and components, and alterations to existing code for enhanced or changed functionality.
Contributions:115 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Justin primarily contributed to the codebase by adding unit tests and refactoring existing test code within the `plc4x` project. The commits focused on creating and modifying tests for various types and parameters used in the s7 protocol. The user also made changes to the existing test structure in order to improve it. Additionally, the user made general code cleanup changes and fixes.
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