Brian Graham
Human In The Loop at BuildingBetterTeams.de
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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RockstarBrian Graham is a pragmatic software leader and consultant with 15 years of experience helping mid-sized engineering organizations (25–250 people) boost productivity and ROI. Currently operating as "Human In The Loop" and running BuildingBetterTeams.de, he blends hands-on engineering, DevOps and architectural thinking to diagnose organizational bottlenecks and turn those insights into executable plans. He has led teams at logistics and commerce platforms (Forto, Spryker, sennder) where he improved cycle times, release frequency and code quality while shipping reliable integrations and APIs. A former open-source contributor to high-performance PHP ORM testing infrastructure (Propel2), he still maintains a self-hosted code presence and prefers Forgejo over GitHub. Known for rapid turnaround on troubled projects, he pairs technical vision with coaching and process changes that produce measurable business outcomes. Based in Berlin, he brings a mix of developer empathy, architectural rigor and practical management to accelerate product impact.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
English, German
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
jquery10
onclick10
testing10
phpunit10
php10
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mysql9
postgresql9
boolean9
security9
forms9
sqlite9
modal-dialog9
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Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
propelorm/Propel2
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
Propel2 is an open-source high-performance Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for modern PHP
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:118 commits, 14 PRs, 190 comments in 28 days
Contributions summary:Brian primarily focused on updating and maintaining the project's testing infrastructure. They modified setup scripts for various database vendors (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite) to prepare test environments. Additionally, the user updated the testing dependencies, specifically related to PHPUnit, and addressed exception handling within the testing framework. The changes indicate a focus on ensuring the project's test suite functions correctly across different configurations and dependencies.
relationalphpmodern-phpperformancemapping
Incognito/git-exfiltrator
Dec 2019 - Jan 2022
Extract small increments from large changes
Contributions:2 releases, 17 commits, 4 PRs in 2 years 1 month
branchespythonversion-controlgit-hooksmercurial
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