John Ferlito
Founder at Coviu Global
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolJohn Ferlito is a founder and seasoned technology leader with nearly two decades of experience scaling and pivoting startups into multimillion-dollar, ASX-listed businesses. As co-founder and CTO of Bulletproof Group he led market-first cloud services, drove the company through public listing and the post-acquisition integration with AC3, and now advises boards and founders while building new ventures like Gladly and Inodes. He blends hands-on engineering with product, finance and governance expertise — contributing to prominent open-source projects such as the Serverless Framework (adding Cognito authorizer support) and React Native Vector Icons — demonstrating practical fluency across backend, mobile UI and serverless architectures. A UNSW mentor and active investor, he’s known for turning complex technical choices into investor-ready roadmaps and high-performing teams.
19 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
UNSW SydneyFoundations of Directorship, Finance, Governance, Stratgey and Risk, Foundations of Directorship, Finance, Governance, Stratgey and Risk at Australian Institute of Company DirectorsEmerging CEOs Program, Emerging CEOs Program at The CEO InstituteNewington College
English
Github Skills (37)
ui-d10
javascript10
react-native10
amazon-cognito10
ui-design10
amazon-dynamodb10
aws-cloudformation10
javascripts10
dynamodb10
aws10
front-end-development10
api-gateway10
font-awesome10
serverless10
frontend-development10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
oblador/react-native-vector-icons
Nov 2022 - Mar 2025
Customizable Icons for React Native with support for image source and full styling.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:48 releases, 25 reviews, 81 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:John contributed significantly to the React Native UI library, making improvements and adding support for new icon sets. They addressed compatibility issues by fixing integration with react-native-web and incorporated Font Awesome 6 support including adding new pro icons styles. Additionally, they developed scripts to upgrade and manage Font Awesome Pro fonts within the project. They also performed code cleanups, including formatting.
reactocticonsreact-nativeiconcustomizable
aws-amplify/amplify-cli
Mar 2019 - May 2022
The AWS Amplify CLI is a toolchain for simplifying serverless web and mobile development.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 6 PRs, 30 comments in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:John primarily contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements within the AWS Amplify CLI. Their work involved addressing issues related to file handling, particularly with dot files in the compilation process. They also implemented a new feature adding DynamoDB point-in-time recovery. Additionally, the user addressed the correct use of AWS profiles when utilizing credential_process in AWS configurations.
amplify-cliaws-lambdaserverlessnotificationsstorage
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