Application Architect | Open Source Advocate | Systems & Standards Champion
With over 25 years of experience in the open source community, I'm passionate about designing scalable architectures and advancing open standards. I believe open source is a powerful mechanism to drive standards adoption and foster innovation. Currently architecting and managing Open-AudIT at FirstWave, while continuously exploring new technologies to solve real-world challenges.
- Leading Open-AudIT — Expanding and managing this critical open-source project at FirstWave
- GoLang & Security Research — Investigating GoLang as a robust solution for protecting sensitive information and code within PHP-based applications
- Open Standards Advocacy — Championing open standards and their role in enabling wider adoption across the tech ecosystem
- Architectural Excellence — Designing scalable, maintainable systems that solve enterprise challenges
- Languages: PHP, Python, GoLang, Bash, JavaScript, and multi-language adaptation expertise
- Architecture: Microservices, Scalable Systems, API Design, Security-First Architecture, Database Design
- Infrastructure: Linux, Windows, macOS System Administration, Cloud Architecture, DevOps
- Specializations:
- Database Design & Optimization
- Application Scalability
- Cross-Platform System Administration
- Security Architecture (particularly PHP-to-Go integration)
- Open Source Project Management
- Open-AudIT — Open-source IT asset discovery and audit management system
- Explore more of my contributions across the open-source ecosystem
- 🌐 Open Standards First — Believing in transparency, collaboration, and community-driven solutions
- 🔒 Security by Design — Building architecture that protects sensitive data and code
- 📈 Scalability Matters — Designing systems that grow with business demands
- 👥 Community Driven — 25+ years proving that open source builds better software
- 🧠 Continuous Learning — Rapidly adapting to new languages and technologies
- 🏛️ Architecture Excellence — Every decision serves the long-term health of the system
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/markunwin
- Email: mark.unwin@gmail.com
- ✅ 25+ years in open source community
- ✅ Database design and optimization
- ✅ Multi-platform system administration (Linux, Windows, macOS)
- ✅ Application scalability architecture
- ✅ Security-focused Go/PHP integration
- ✅ Open standards advocacy and adoption
Currently: Researching GoLang for sensitive data protection in PHP applications | Leading Open-AudIT expansion at FirstWave
Last updated: March 19, 2026
