Chema Garrido
Co-Founder at Picstome
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolChema Garrido is a seasoned web technology consultant and serial founder based in Barcelona with 13 years of commercial experience and a long history in open source development since 2005. As co-founder of Picstome and former Founder/CTO of Yclas and Open Classifieds, he combines hands-on backend engineering (PHP, MySQL, Redis) with product and team leadership across SaaS and marketplace platforms. He’s contributed deeply to PHP framework internals—helping maintain the Koseven (Kohana fork) codebase by fixing core bugs and security issues—reflecting a strong grasp of framework architecture and legacy modernization. Chema advises startups on LAMP stack choices, agile/Lean practices, recruitment and hosting/cloud strategy, and holds advanced training in software engineering and PMP project management. Known for turning open-source projects into commercial products, he pairs pragmatic engineering with entrepreneurial drive and a knack for stabilizing legacy systems while steering teams to ship.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
PMP, Project Management, PMP, Project Management at UC BerkeleyUPC Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaGESEM
English, Spanish
Github Skills (4)
mvc-framework10
debug10
php10
unit-testing9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
koseven/koseven
Mar 2016 - Dec 2018
Koseven a Kohana fork compatible with PHP7
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 101 commits, 81 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Chema primarily contributed to the Kohana framework, focusing on bug fixes and enhancements. Their work involved modifying core files like `Request.php`, `Core.php`, `Security.php`, `Session/Native.php` and test files to improve functionality, and fix vulnerabilities. They also addressed issues related to query parameter parsing and deprecated functions. The user's commits demonstrate a strong understanding of the framework's internal workings.
minecraftkosevenphpkohana-documentationkohana
yclas/common
Jun 2014 - Jan 2017
Contributions:29 releases, 577 commits, 141 PRs in 2 years 7 months
pythonclassifieds
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