Summary
Gabriel López is a seasoned Software Development Engineer with over 10 years building scalable web applications and leading cross-functional teams across startups and enterprise clients. He brings deep PHP expertise—especially with Yii—plus practical experience modernizing legacy systems, migrating to PHP 7.4, redesigning UIs with Bootstrap 5, and containerizing deployments with Docker. Gabriel has run his own software company, taught university courses in data structures and web development, and led CRM and portal projects that cut manual data entry by over 50%. Comfortable in both hands-on development and project/people management, he also integrates third-party services and multi-language stacks (Laravel, Go) to deliver production-ready systems. Based in Cancún, Mexico, he mixes entrepreneurial grit with academic rigor (MSc in Business Administration) and a habit of onboarding and mentoring new engineers to accelerate team impact.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Softcomputing, Postgraduate Softcomputing at Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas
Pre-Intermediate English English, Pre-Intermediate English English at Good News Language Institute
Taller Emprende Business Administration and Management General, Taller Emprende Business Administration and Management General at Proyecto CubaEmprende
Master of Science (MSc) Administración de Negocios, Master of Science (MSc) Administración de Negocios at Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafael Rodríguez
Posgrado Infraestructuras de datos geoespaciales, Posgrado Infraestructuras de datos geoespaciales at Universidad de Ciencias Informaticas
Spanish, English