Sebastian Bergmann holds a degree in computer science and is a long-time contributor to various PHP projects, including PHP itself. He is the creator of PHPUnit and other Open Source tools that help developers develop better software. As a Co-Founder and Principal Consultant with thePHP.cc, Sebastian offers consulting, training, and coaching services to help enterprises improve the quality assurance process for their PHP-based software projects. He is an incredibly talented and knowledgeable individual and we are honored to have him on our team!

Some little-known facts about Sebastian:

• He enjoys good chocolate and good tea — and he loves to cook
• He enjoys taking photographs
• He enjoys working on software that helps other developers build better software
• The first “foreign” language he learned was Latin.
• The first programming language that he mastered was ARexx.

What are other people saying about Sebastian?

Sebastian is one of my favourite sparring partners when discussing architecture and quality assurance topics regarding PHP. — Johann-Peter Hartmann, CTO of Mayflower GmbH

Sebastian is an excellent engineer, trainer, and speaker. He has a formidable knowledge of enterprise testing techniques, and even better is his ability to communicate that knowledge with engineering teams. — Dustin Whittle, Yahoo!

Sebastian will be co-presenting a code review tutorial, as well as giving a tutorial entitled “Quality Assurance in PHP Projects.”