Simon Hampel
Founder at Hampel Group
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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SeniorSimon Hampel is a seasoned founder and web technologist who has built and scaled large online communities for over two decades, including PropertyChat—the fastest-growing Australian property investment forum—and ZooChat, a global hub for zoo and conservation enthusiasts. He blends hands-on technical leadership from his IT consulting background with deep expertise in community management, having overseen platforms with millions of posts and hundreds of thousands of photos. Based in Sydney, he runs Hampel Group to deliver web applications and community platforms, translating complex user needs into resilient, user-focused systems. Known for iterative rebuilds and long-term stewardship of online communities, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with practical engineering experience across both product and operations.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
2,726reputation
259kreached
28answers
3questions
ssl
top-1%
ssl-certificate
top-5%
Github Skills (68)
perl10
mysql-client10
ssl10
percona10
laravel9
mysql-database9
xenforo9
mysql-server9
ssl-certificate9
binlog9
php9
stability9
database-access9
youtube8
plugin8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
paulferrett/synergy-wholesale
Aug 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:173 commits in 9 months
hampel/xenforo-test-framework
Mar 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 branches, 6 tags in 9 months
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