John Bien
Development Team Lead at Avenu
Western Cape, South Africa
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SeniorJohn Bien is a Development Team Lead with eight years of leadership experience in software engineering, based in the Western Cape, South Africa. He specializes in Java application and system design and is currently leading delivery at Avenu since March 2020, focusing on fast, secure, usable solutions that enable cross-industry interaction, learning, and trade. His career spans senior Java development and architectural roles at organizations including Estalea, Media24, Fundamo (a Visa company), Visa, and Royal Bank of Scotland, giving him a broad enterprise perspective. He is driven by the challenge of balancing rapid technology evolution with security and scalability, and he mentors teams to turn complex requirements into robust, auditable systems. With a track record across banking, payments, and IT services, he brings practitioner-level depth and a leadership mindset to align technology with business outcomes. He is committed to building solutions that empower people from all industries and walks of life to interact and trade more effectively.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
English, Afrikaans, Dutch
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Github contributions (1)
marcelstoer/nodemcu-custom-build
Apr 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:3 commits in 4 years 1 month
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