Owen Howard
Technical Lead at Ziax
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolOwen Howard is a Technical Lead with 11 years of hands-on software engineering experience based in the United Kingdom, currently guiding development at Ziax. He blends practical backend expertise with leadership, having progressed from software developer roles into technical management since 2020. An active tinkerer in open source, Owen contributes to notable projects like GeyserMC—improving chunk handling, block translation, and stability to bridge Minecraft Java and Bedrock editions. He’s comfortable refactoring core systems, adding nuanced features such as waterlogging support, and evolving translation layers for complex real-time data. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic problem solving that balances maintainability and performance. Owen’s career reflects a steady trajectory from developer to technical lead while keeping his curiosity alive through sustained open-source contributions.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Somewhere
Github Skills (8)
minecraft10
amazon-bedrock10
javas10
protocols10
java10
bitrock10
fabric8
proxy7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
GeyserMC/Geyser
Jul 2019 - Oct 2022
A bridge/proxy allowing you to connect to Minecraft: Java Edition servers with Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 42 commits, 23 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Owen primarily focused on fixing crashes and implementing core functionality related to chunk handling and block translation within the GeyserMC project. They made code changes to several Java files, including those responsible for initializing translators, managing block storage, and handling chunk data. The user refactored code, renamed components such as `palette` to `BitArray`, and added waterlogging support. They also made changes to the item translation system.
bedrock-editiongeyserplayersproxyprotocol
BDS-API/headers
Nov 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:14 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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