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 Approvers ([@open-telemetry/java-contrib-approvers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/teams/java-contrib-approvers)):
 
+- [John Watson](https://github.com/jkwatson), Splunk
 - [Lauri Tulmin](https://github.com/laurit), Splunk
 - [Pablo Collins](https://github.com/pmcollins), Splunk