Yuriy Rusko
Director & CEO, PhpBB Ltd. at Self-Employed
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYuriy Rusko is a seasoned software leader with 17 years of experience, currently serving as Director & CEO of phpBB Ltd. and running independent work in web security and application development. He rose through support roles to lead and then helm phpBB, combining deep product and community knowledge with hands-on back-end development on the widely used phpBB open-source forum platform. His technical work includes refactoring core startup routines, database updates, and installer SMTP configuration—details that reflect a pragmatic focus on reliability and maintainability. As co-founder and former CEO of Forumatic, he pairs entrepreneurial experience with operational leadership. Based in Hoboken, NJ, Yuriy blends support, communication, and negotiation strengths with a developer’s attention to core system behavior.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Brooklyn Technical High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New BrunswickChemistry, Chemistry at City University of New York-Hunter College
English, Russian, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
php10
maintenance10
web-development10
web-application10
webapp10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
phpbb/phpbb
Jun 2011 - May 2014
phpBB Development: phpBB is a popular open-source bulletin board written in PHP. This repository also contains the history of version 2.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 3 comments in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Yuriy primarily focused on modifying and updating the phpBB codebase, introducing changes related to core functionalities such as startup procedures and the handling of global variables. Their work involved refactoring existing code, particularly in `includes/startup.php`, and updating database-related files. They also made changes related to footer credit lines and settings for the SMTP configuration during install procedures.
bulletin-boardbulletinforumphpphpbb
HobokenEMS/hobokenems.github.io
Nov 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:24 pushes in 4 months
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