John Yeary

John Yeary has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. John is currently working at Orange Bees as a Principal Software Engineer since November 2019. Prior to this, they were a Senior Software Engineer at the same company from August to November 2019.

From 2015, John has served as a Captain (CPT) - Marine Engineering Officer in the South Carolina State Guard.

John has also worked at HCL Technologies as a Senior Technical Specialist from June 2016 to July 2019. John was responsible for leading a team and implementing UI/UX using Java EE 6 technologies for the Epiphany CRM Outbound Marketing modules. Before this role, they were a Technical Specialist at HCL Technologies America Inc from November 2014 to June 2016, where they had similar responsibilities.

From 2002 to 2015, John served as the President of GreenJUG, an organization focused on Java technology.

At Infor, they worked as a Principal Software Engineer from September 2012 to November 2014, leading a team and implementing UI/UX using Java EE 6 and 7 technologies for the Epiphany CRM Outbound Marketing modules. Before this role, they were a Senior Software Engineer at Infor from September 2010 to September 2012.

John has also been involved in various community roles including serving as a Moderator at UCLUG from 2002 to 2014, and as the Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors at Southeast Linuxfest Foundation from August 2008 to June 2012.

Additionally, John has been a committee member for the Open Source Conference (OSCON) in 2011, responsible for reviewing technical presentations related to Java and JVM languages.

Before their current roles, John worked as a Senior Enterprise Software Architect at AGFA Healthcare from May 2002 to February 2010.

John Yeary earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Marine Engineering from Maine Maritime Academy, where they studied from 1992 to 1997. Following their degree, they obtained several additional certifications, including Google Baseline Infrastructure from Qwiklabs in February 2018 and CERT Train-the-Trainer (TTT) from FEMA in September 2016. John also completed various coding courses, such as "Cracking the Case With Flexbox" and "shaping-up-with-angular-js" Levels 1-5, provided by Code School. The specific months and years of completion for the coding courses are not available. Additionally, John attended Maritime Professional Training, although the start and end years, as well as the degree and field of study, are not provided.