Owen Johnson
Research And Development Director at voestalpine Metsec plc
Lichfield, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOwen Johnson is a chartered structural and building engineer who leads R&D for purlins, metframe and SFS systems at voestalpine Metsec, combining 11+ years of hands-on product and software development with strategic innovation in light gauge steel. He has driven industry-first testing and launched the reduced‑carbon Metsec Decarb range, translating research into practical, code‑compliant solutions that improve constructability and sustainability. Previously he built Revit‑integrated design software and expanded accredited fire and acoustic test data, shortening delivery times and raising technical standards across the business. Known for publishing guidance used by designers and regulators, he blends rigorous engineering with customer-focused documentation and team development. Based in Lichfield, he’s been contributing to open source projects since 2001, a detail that hints at a long-standing curiosity for tooling and automation beyond core structural work. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic innovator who thrives on interdisciplinary collaboration to modernise construction practices.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering at University of Birmingham
English, German, French
Github Skills (109)
url-routing10
currency-api10
sqlite-database10
backend10
jquery10
mistral10
golang10
currency-exchange-rates10
ollama10
image-gallery10
protected10
llama10
screensaver10
go10
minimax10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
attogram/attogram
Sep 2014 - Jan 2017
Contributions:46 releases, 948 commits, 6 PRs in 2 years 4 months
protectedadmin-webphp-skeletonparsermarkdown
attogram/clean-repo-games
May 2019 - Jan 2020
The Clean Repo: Games project supports, creates and publicizes open source game repositories that are advertising-free, analytics-free, and trojan-free.
Contributions:44 commits, 1 PR, 44 pushes in 8 months
trojan
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