Steve Poole
Developer Advocate
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Poole is a Developer Advocate and seasoned technical leader with over 30 years of experience in software development, AI adoption, DevOps, and software supply chain security. He combines deep Java and cloud-native runtime expertise with hands-on experience leading OpenJDK work at IBM and guiding developer communities at Red Hat, Sonatype, and IBM Cloud. As an independent consultant he advises on cyber software regulation and practical AI adoption, helping teams balance productivity with compliance. A recognised international speaker with hundreds of conference talks, he excels at translating complex technical and legislative topics for executives and developer audiences alike. Comfortable scaling from single projects to multi‑billion dollar programs, he also quietly mentors engineers and fosters vibrant open-source ecosystems. Based in London, he brings a rare mix of historical platform-level engineering and contemporary advocacy in AI and software supply chain security.
11 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Dartford Polytechnic
Github Skills (30)
eclipse-temurin10
docker-commands10
java10
openjdk10
docker-container10
cacert10
theia10
swt10
eclipse10
appsody4
lists4
security4
ansible-collections3
docker2
javascript2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
10xjava-dev/10xjava-dev.github.io
Apr 2024 - Aug 2024
Contributions:76 pushes, 5 branches, 21 issues in 4 months
spoole167/spoole167.github.io
Mar 2019 - Feb 2021
Code that'll help you kickstart a personal website that showcases your work as a software developer.
Contributions:9 pushes in 1 year 11 months
reacttailwindcssshowcasessoftware-developerjavascript
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