Iacovos Constantinou
CTO at Qobo Group - Developers of Qobrix
Nicosia, Lefkoşa District, Cyprus
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Top SchoolIacovos Constantinou is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO with 14 years of experience building scalable SaaS and large-scale telco/billing systems from Cyprus. He architects and runs Qobrix, a global real estate CRM, having designed its multi-region SaaS provisioning, per-tenant isolation, white-labeling and secure-by-default controls while streamlining DevOps on AWS. Previously he led development at Cablenet, honing expertise in high-volume customer platforms, TDD, automated quality gates and enterprise integrations. A hands-on engineer and mentor, he contributes to open-source (notably adding Cyprus-localized providers to the popular Faker PHP library and improving CakePHP SMTP handling), demonstrating attention to regional detail and protocol-level robustness. Known for automating “the boring bits,” he focuses teams on high-impact outcomes while experimenting with side projects to keep his craft sharp.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of CyprusMaster's degree, Design and Evaluation of Advanced Interactive Systems, Master's degree, Design and Evaluation of Advanced Interactive Systems at Lancaster University
English, Greek
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Github Skills (26)
cakephp10
lib10
data-modeling10
smtps10
faker10
smtp10
smtpd10
localize10
php10
localization10
locale10
localized10
testing8
xml6
mysqli6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cakephp/cakephp
Jan 2019 - Aug 2022
CakePHP: The Rapid Development Framework for PHP - Official Repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 9 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Iacovos primarily contributed to the CakePHP framework by enhancing its SMTP mail transport functionality. Their work involved adding an authentication type option, including the automatic detection of SMTP authentication types (PLAIN, LOGIN), and implementing corresponding getter methods. Further contributions included refactoring the code by removing configurations and associated auth type settings upon disconnection. The user also added type hints, and constants to improve the overall codebase.
php-frameworkormform-buildervalidationpsr-7
fzaninotto/Faker
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Faker is a PHP library that generates fake data for you
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 10 days
Contributions summary:Iacovos primarily contributed to the Faker library by adding localized (el_CY) data providers. They implemented classes for phone numbers, person names, addresses, payment information (IBAN), internet domains and company details. These contributions involved defining data formats, arrays of names, city names, and other region-specific information, demonstrating a focus on extending the library's capabilities for Cyprus-specific data generation. Furthermore, the user improved coding style and added references.
factorytestingphpdummy-datafaker
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