Simon Hampel
Founder at PropertyChat
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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SeniorSimon Hampel is a seasoned founder and web technologist who has built and scaled large online communities for over two decades, including PropertyChat—the fastest-growing Australian property investment forum—and ZooChat, a global hub for zoo and conservation enthusiasts. He blends hands-on technical leadership from his IT consulting background with deep expertise in community management, having overseen platforms with millions of posts and hundreds of thousands of photos. Based in Sydney, he runs Hampel Group to deliver web applications and community platforms, translating complex user needs into resilient, user-focused systems. Known for iterative rebuilds and long-term stewardship of online communities, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with practical engineering experience across both product and operations.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
2,726reputation
259kreached
28answers
3questions
ssl
top-1%
ssl-certificate
top-5%
Github Skills (55)
ssl10
xenforo10
perl10
mysql-tuner10
laravel9
ssl-certificate9
utility9
php9
console-application8
illuminate8
mysql8
wordpress7
plugin7
command-line7
micro-framework7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
hampel/wback
Sep 2023 - Feb 2026
Contributions:2 releases, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 5 months
paulferrett/synergy-wholesale
Aug 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:173 commits in 9 months
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