Carlos Zavala is a seasoned web developer and CEO with 13+ years building web applications, relational databases, and digital products from León, Mexico. He combines hands-on full-stack development (PHP, CakePHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, XML) and MySQL database design with agency leadership steering Neoideas since 2005. Carlos has a strong usability and SEO mindset, a track record growing site traffic and intranets, and notable open-source contributions to the popular Bolt CMS—focusing on internationalization and backend improvements. His background spans broadcasting business leadership and technical blogging, and he pairs graduate-level studies in computer science and web/mobile technologies with earlier training in mechatronics and international business. This blend of entrepreneurial, technical, and cross-discipline education gives him a pragmatic edge in turning complex requirements into usable, localized web products.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
International Business, International Business at Universidad de Guanajuato
Bachelor of Computer Science and Business Administration (CSBA) Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science and Business Administration (CSBA) Computer Science at Universidad de León (MX)
Master in Computer Science Computer Science, Master in Computer Science Computer Science at Tecnológico Nacional de México Campus León
Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya
Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg
Master's degree in Web Technologies and Mobile Devices Computer Programming, Master's degree in Web Technologies and Mobile Devices Computer Programming at Universidad de La Salle Bajío, A.C.
Bolt is a simple CMS written in PHP. It is based on Silex and Symfony components, uses Twig and either SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:27 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Carlos primarily contributed to internationalization efforts, adding translatable strings across various parts of the Bolt CMS, including the backend and user interface components. They modified code related to user management, file deletion, and search functionality, integrating these changes with the existing translation system. The commits involved modifications to PHP files and Twig templates to incorporate the new translations and ensure correct display of localized text. Furthermore, they made changes to the database schema, modifying the contenttypes column.
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