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Jono Bacon

Captain · DISC type DS
Founder and CEO at Stateshift
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Jono Bacon is the Founder and CEO of Stateshift, leveraging over 26 years of experience helping tech companies build user engagement and brand growth. An author of five books and graduate of the University of Wolverhampton, people who have worked with him often describe him as passionate, an outstanding colleague, and a true leader.

Outside of his professional life, Jono is deeply passionate about music and is the vocalist and guitarist for the heavy metal band Severed Fifth. He combines this interest with his expertise in open source, having released his music under a Creative Commons license. He has also shared an interest in running.

He once started a UK Linux community website using Microsoft Front Page, a fact he kept secret in the early days of his open source career.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Jono shows up

Planner & Achiever
Consummate Professional
Dynamic But Sincere

They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together.

Priorities

Topics Jono cares about

Community Building
This is the central theme of his entire career, demonstrated by his company Stateshift, multiple books on the topic like "The Art of Community", and past roles at GitHub and Canonical.
Developer Engagement
His firm, Stateshift, specializes in helping tech companies improve developer and user adoption, working with clients like IBM, Okta, and the Linux Foundation.
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Career

Work history

8-2022
Founder and CEO
Stateshift
9-2009
Founder
Jono Bacon Consulting
8-2020
Investor and Advisor
Commsor
8-2020
Investor
Coda
7-2020
Advisor
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In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1999 - 2003
Ba(Hon)
University of Wolverhampton
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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