Pedro López is a seasoned software developer based in Barcelona with 26 years of hands-on experience building and stabilizing systems across networking, cybersecurity, and embedded audio. He currently contributes at ITK Engineering and has a long track record at firms like Tecnocom/Getronics and Seidor, delivering pragmatic software solutions in enterprise and security contexts. Pedro is an active open-source back-end contributor to the well-known FluidSynth project, where he modernized the WASAPI audio driver and improved build and packaging workflows—work that reflects deep systems-level and cross-platform expertise. He combines low-level audio and driver knowledge with practical DevOps skills (cmake, packaging, linking fixes), enabling reliable production deployments. Trained as a Técnico Especialista in IT and with additional conservatory studies, he brings a rare blend of technical rigor and attention to detail informed by musical discipline. Colleagues value him for durability in legacy codebases and for untangling complex initialization, threading, and event-handling issues.
26 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Universidad Santiago de Compostela
Técnico Especialista en Informática de Gestión, Técnico Especialista en Informática de Gestión at Instituto Politécnico de Vigo
Software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:30 reviews, 24 commits, 20 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Pedro primarily worked on the WASAPI audio driver for the fluidsynth library, reorganizing the code, and fixing initialization issues to improve stability. They made significant changes to the driver's internal structure, including event handling, thread management, and audio format configurations. Additionally, the user contributed to cmake modernization by improving the build process and adapting the Debian packaging. This involved modifying build scripts and correcting linking issues.
Contributions:63 pushes, 2 branches, 8 tags in 3 years 10 months
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