Gerard Llop
CTO at Certex Innova
Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolGerard Llop is a backend-focused technology leader and serial founder with 12 years of experience designing APIs, databases and resilient infrastructure for consumer and event-driven platforms. As CTO and co‑founder at multiple startups, he blends product-minded decision making with hands‑on architecture and implementation—delivering payment integrations, admin panels, mobile APIs and monitoring systems that scale. He’s comfortable working at the intersection of product, users and ops, shipping features that prioritize measurable user value and growth. A contributor to the Laravel language packs for Catalan, he brings practical localization experience that improves UX for multilingual audiences. Based in Sabadell, Catalonia, he pairs technical depth with community energy—volunteering as a festival promoter for large local events—showing an unusual mix of engineering rigor and grassroots product empathy.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor in Multimedia studies Tecnología de la información, Bachelor in Multimedia studies Tecnología de la información at Centre de la Imatge i la Tecnologia Multimèdia | CITM (UPC)Apprenticeship in Audiovisual Studies (multimedia branch) Audiovisual communication video editing and postproduction 3D Photoshop Illustrator Flash..., Apprenticeship in Audiovisual Studies (multimedia branch) Audiovisual communication video editing and postproduction 3D Photoshop Illustrator Flash... at ITES Hub Audiovisual
Catalan, Spanish, English
Github Skills (9)
i18n-js10
localization10
ember-i18n10
rails-i18n10
laravel10
translation10
laravel-mix10
php9
lang9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Laravel-Lang/lang
Oct 2014 - Apr 2020
List of 126 languages for Laravel Framework, Laravel Jetstream, Laravel Fortify, Laravel Breeze, Laravel Cashier, Laravel Nova, Laravel Spark and Laravel UI.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:10 commits, 1 PR in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Gerard's primary contribution focused on updating and adding translations for the Laravel framework's language files. They modified validation, authentication, and password reset messages, specifically for the Catalan language. Their work involved correcting, updating, and adding translations to ensure the application's user interface and error messages were correctly localized for the Catalan locale.
cashiermollietranslationvoyagerlaravel-spark
gerardnll/umami
Apr 2024 - Aug 2024
Umami is a simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics.
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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