Gabriel Alejandro López López

Background

About

I have a strong background in LAMP, Yii PHP Framework, Bootstrap, Docker and others. With over 10 years of experience in software engineering and development, I have a proven track record of success delivering high-quality, scalable solutions for a variety of clients in different industries. My expertise in project management, systems architecture, and development has allowed me to lead successful teams and contribute to the growth and success of several organizations.

Work Experience

Software Development Engineer, Zillow
Dec, 2025 - Present
Software Development Engineer.
Senior Web Application Developer, TechniqueWeb
Apr, 2020 - Nov, 20255 years 7 months
Website support and development of the integrated CRM for a major truck insurance company.
Skills: Software engineering, PHP, Yii, OOP, Docker, Web Development, WordPress, Bootstrap, jQuery, MySQL, Apache, jQuery UI, Linux, Gitlab
- System migration and integration: I led the migration of the CRM system to PHP 7.4 and the latest Yii PHP framework, and successfully integrated it with 3rd party services, resulting in more than 50% manual data entry reduction on key process, improved system performance and functionality.
- UI redesign: I facilitated a general UI change, moving away from the legacy Blueprint based design to a modern Bootstrap 5 design, which resulted in a more user-friendly and visually appealing interface.
- Deployment optimization: I implemented changes to the application deployment process using Docker, which improved deployment efficiency and reduced downtime
- Version control setup: I set up the project in a control version system, which facilitated the integration of new team members and improved collaboration.
- Onboarding new developers: I successfully onboarded new developers to the project, ensuring a smooth transition and effective integration into the team.
- Totally rebuilt an associated job board website for truck drivers: including migration of legacy accounts, UI redesign and deployment optimization.
- Also provided support for the design and development of other client's websites using Wordpress.
Senior Software Engineer, Unosquare
Mar, 2022 - Jun, 20231 year 3 months
Provided staff augmentation services on Achieve (formerly Freedom Financial Network) as senior software engineer leveraging REST APIs, LAMP stack, OOP, Docker, Laravel, Web Development, Zend Framework, jQuery, jQuery UI
- Development and enhancement of CAP (Client Acquisition Portal), a critical platform for Achieve's wholesale operations
- Implemented new features that improved the overall user experience and functionality of the platform.
- Provided production support to ensure the smooth operation of the platform.
- Led migration efforts of legacy sections of the code base, ensuring a seamless transition with minimal impact on business processes.
- Worked on the integration of CAP with 3rd party services, allowing for improved data sharing and streamlined workflows between different platforms.
- I also provided made the required changes in other applications written in Laravel and Golang to ensure the correct integration between them.
CEO & Co-Founder, Daxslab
Aug, 2012 - Jun, 20229 years 10 months
Skills: Software engineering, PHP, Yii, Web Development, Responsive Web Design, Bootstrap, jQuery, Business Management, JavaScript, CSS, HTML 5, jQuery UI
- Project management: I served as a project manager for multiple projects, overseeing all aspects of project planning, execution, and delivery. I was responsible for ensuring that projects were completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of our clients.
- Systems architecture and development: I leveraged my expertise in systems architecture and development to design and implement robust and scalable solutions for a variety of projects, contributing to ensure that our clients have access to cutting-edge technologies and solutions that meet their unique needs.
- General business management: I was involved in various aspects of business management, including strategic planning, financial management, and team leadership. My contributions helped to ensure the smooth operation of the company and the achievement of our goals.
- Marketing and customer service: We were able to build strong relationships with our customers and increase our brand awareness.
Instructor/Consultant, Proyecto CubaEmprende
Apr, 2015 - Mar, 20226 years 11 months
Teaching the "Marketing and Administration" and "Sales and Customer Service" modules of the Taller Emprende. Also provides especialized advice to entrepreneurs in these areas.
Senior Web Application Developer, TennisCall
Feb, 2019 - Apr, 20201 year 2 months
As website developer, I made contributions to enhance the user experience in the following areas:
- Player profiles: I implemented improvements to the player profiles section, which has helped users to better showcase their skills and achievements.
- Court management: I developed functionalities to streamline court management, making it easier for users to reserve and book courts for their games.
- Local leagues: I worked on the development of local league management tools, which have helped to organize and manage tournaments more efficiently, resulting in increased user engagement and satisfaction.
- Skills: Software engineering, PHP, Yii, OOP, Web Development, Software Development, Bootstrap, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, Gitlab
Professor, Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafael Rodríguez
Sep, 2012 - Aug, 20152 years 11 months
- Courses taught in pre-course: Data Structures 1, Data Structures 2, Business Application Development
- Postgraduate courses taught: Web development with Yii PHP Framework
- Skills: Software engineering, PHP, Yii, OOP, Web Development, Software Development, Algorithms, Java, Data Structures,

Projects Experience

CAP (Client Adquisition Portal), Unosquare
Jun, 2022 - Jun, 20231 year
Critical system in Achieve's wholesale operations
- Implemented new features that improved the overall user experience and functionality of the platform.
- Provided production support to ensure the smooth operation of the platform.
- Led migration efforts of legacy sections of the code base, ensuring a seamless transition with minimal impact on business processes.
- Worked on the integration of CAP with 3rd party services, allowing for improved data sharing and streamlined workflows between different platforms.
- I also provided made the required changes in other applications written in Laravel and Golang to ensure the correct integration between them.
TruckDriverJobs411.com, TechniqueWeb
Mar, 2021 - Apr, 20221 year 1 month
Trucking jobs board for owner operators, truck drivers, trucking companies, and recruiting agencies.
- Totally rebuild of the website
- Migration of legacy accounts
- UI redesign
- New features development
- Deployment optimization
- Setup of job and mail queues
- Setup integration with Western Truck Insurance Services' Website and CRM
WTIS Rating System, TechniqueWeb
Feb, 2020 - Apr, 20222 years 2 months
CRM for Western Truck Insurance Services internal operations
- Lead the infrastructure update (libraries, database, etc.)
- Fixed data inconsistencies
- 3rd party services integration
- Version control setup and deployment optimization
Western Truck Insurance Services, Inc., TechniqueWeb
Feb, 2020 - Apr, 20222 years 2 months
Company website allowing visitors to obtain information about services and request truck insurance quotes.
- Theme organization
- Optimization of custom operations
- Deployment optimization
Tenniscall.com, TennisCall
Feb, 2019 - Apr, 20201 year 2 months
Tenniscall - Find tennis partners, coaches, tennis clubs. Organize tennis leagues & tournaments. Book a court & play matches. It's 100% free.
- Player profiles: I implemented improvements to the player profiles section, which has helped users to better showcase their skills and achievements.
- Court management: I developed functionalities to streamline court management, making it easier for users to reserve and book courts for their games.
- Local leagues: I worked on the development of local league management tools, which have helped to organize and manage tournaments more efficiently, resulting in increased user engagement and satisfaction.
ComoHay, Daxslab
Jun, 2020 - Jul, 20201 month
Search engine for popular Cuba ads websites
CEAC, Daxslab
Apr, 2018 - Mar, 20223 years 11 months
Website for Center of Environmental Studies of Cienfuegos.
HogarEnCuba, Daxslab
Apr, 2014 - Present
Cuba focused Real Estate portal with powerful search features and a great user experience.
- Helped the transition of a 20 years old business to the digital environment.
- Praised as "the best real estate website" because of the focus on content and lack of ads.

Skills

Languages
PHP

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

SASS

C++

Python

Java

Go (Programming Language)
Libraries
Yii PHP Framework

Bootstrap

jQuery

jQuery UI

Zend Framework

Laravel

CodeIgniter

Qt

Vue.js

Svelte

WordPress
Databases
MySQL

PostgreSQL

SQLite

MongoDB
Systems
Docker

Apache

Linux

Gitlab

Github

Bitbucket
Other
Software engineering

Software Development

Architecture

Data Structures

OOP

Web Development

Responsive Web Design

REST APIs

Algorithms

Git

Open Source Software

Business Management

Customer Service

Education

English, Postgraduate, Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafael Rodríguez
Dec, 2012 - Dec, 2013
Administración de Negocios, Master of Science (MSc), Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafael Rodríguez
Dec, 2013 - Dec, 2015
Business Administration and Management, General, Taller Emprende, Proyecto CubaEmprende
Dec, 2015 - Dec, 2015
Infraestructuras de datos geoespaciales, Posgrado, Universidad de Ciencias Informaticas
Dec, 2012 - Dec, 2013
Pedagogy, Postgraduate, Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafael Rodríguez
Dec, 2012 - Dec, 2013
Softcomputing, Postgraduate, Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas
Dec, 2013 - Dec, 2013
Informático, Ingeniero, Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafael Rodríguez
Dec, 2007 - Dec, 2012
English, Pre-Intermediate English, Good News Language Institute
Dec, 2011 - Dec, 2015

Awards

Best student in Research and Development , Universidad de Cienfuegos
Awarded on: May 31, 2012
Award given to the graduating students with outstanding activity in research and development in projects not included in regular curriculum.

Volunteer Work

Software Engineer, University of Havana
Mar, 2020 - Jul, 2020
Working on Covid19 Cubatadata dashboard used
- Improved the data visualization using HTML/CSS/Javascript skills with responsive web design techniques.
Software Engineer, CubaWeather
Dec, 2019 - Sep, 2021
Developing Cuba Weather platform
- Created the initial Python library to gather weather data from Cuban local sources.
- Helped with website design and maintenance
- Promoted the project on traditional and social media collecting the resources to maintain the hosting running for several years
Maintainer, Cuban Opensourcers
Jun, 2019 - Present
Awesome list of Cuban open source projects. Just to know what is being openly developed in Cuba.
Software Engineer, Daxslab
Jan, 2018 - Present
Yii2 Tagged View: Yii2 extension to help setup the standard HTML meta tags besides the ones defined by Opengraph and TwitterCard to contribute to website SEO.
- Improved the performance of several websites
- Leveraged skills on PHP, Yii, HTML, OpenGraph and TwitterCard
Software Engineer, Daxslab
Dec, 2017 - Present
Yii2 Uploader-behavior: Yii2 extension to generate thumbnails for images of any size.
- Contributed to excellent SEO positioning of several websites
- Leveraged skills on PHP, Yii, Imagine and caching
Software Engineer, Daxslab
Dec, 2017 - Present
Yii2 Uploader Behavior for Active Record: Simplify the process to upload a file at model level.
- Automates file uploading for every attribute tagged with file or image validation rule. It also configures the way that filename should be renamed and stored in database as attribute value.
- Leveraged skills on PHP and Yii
Software Engineer, Daxslab
Mar, 2019 - Present
Yii2 Website Module: CMS module for Yii2 based websites based on a tree structure for pages. Frontend design agnostic.
- Module behind several websites created by Daxslab as a key favor on reducing the development time
- Leveraged skills on PHP and Yii

Publications

How to email error logs to developer on Yii2 apps , Personal Website
Published on: Sep 15, 2020
Use yii\log\EmailTarget to receive error messages/warnings from your Yii2 application directly in your inbox.
How to add Schema.org markup to Yii2 pages? , Personal Website
Published on: Sep 11, 2020
Let's use Schema.org on our website to help search engines to know more about the content of this URL. Here I'll you how to do it on Yii2 applications.
How to add Open Graph and Twitter Card tags to Yii2 website , Personal Website
Published on: Sep 10, 2020
Small tutorial on how to use TaggedView Yii2 extension made by Daxslab to add OpenGraph and Twitter Card tags to any Yii2 application or website. Efficient and time saver!
Personal directory distributed over several physical disks , Personal Website
Published on: Mar 12, 2020
How to split your home directory in several disks instead of having a bunch o units visibly mounted on your file manager.
Save time integrating git with pass , Personal Website
Published on: Jan 18, 2020
Use this recipe to save time if you continuosly are using git online services as Gitlab, Github, Bitbucket. You just need to remember one password and enter it once per session.

References

Travis Gould (Director of Product Management, Freedom Financial Network)
Over the past year plus I have had the privilege of working with Gabriel as a developer on the Scrum team which I lead as the Product Owner.
Between my Six Sigma work and my time in Product Management (20+ years combined), I have worked with a great number of developers, and Gabriel is amongst the very best I have worked with in terms of balancing back-end efficiency with elegant front-end user solutions. His ability to create high-quality UI functionality in a legacy system with a great number of pre-existing limitations has been superb.
In addition to the technical abilities Gabriel brought to the team, his personality, humor, and optimism were a bright spot in every day that I interacted with Gabriel. He has been an incredible asset to our team and I (along with the rest of the team) will miss him and wish him well in the next journey.
Any team that is fortunate enough to have Gabriel with them is a lucky team indeed.
Jose Luis Gonzalez Ochoa (Delivery Services Lead, Unosquare)
Gabriel has shown a great attitude during the time he's worked with us. His contributions to the project have been very valuable and he has received recognition both internally and by the clients he's worked with. Gabriel is very professional and possesses great development skills.
Josias Hernandez Perez (Communication and Marketing Independent Counselor)
This is one of the most intelligent and capable dudes I have ever met. Undoubtedly, Gabriel is remarkable for his versatility as a professional eager to learn and upgrade himself.
Yoel Suarez González (Manager, Sweet & Cortaditos)
He trabajado con Gabriel durante siete años y tiene capacidades de gran impacto en el mundo de la informática y la Administración de Empresas.
Ha trabajado como Instructor Asesor del Proyecto CubaEmprende en Cienfuegos y lo recomiendo para cualquier tipo de trabajo profesional.
Serguei Castillo (System Administrator)
Me llamo Serguei Castillo Castillo, He trabajado con Gabriel Alejandro por varios años ya, muy buen programador siempre al tanto de las últimas tecnologías y tendencias, capaz de realizar varios proyectos a la vez, con diferentes lenguajes de programación. Mu competente y lo recomiendo para su contratación. Un saludo, Gracias.
Jose Manuel Mc Langhlin Matienzo (Desarrollador de software .NET, CLT SA)
Tuve la suerte de que el Gabo fuera mi profesor de Estructura de Datos en segundo año de la carrera, uno de los mejores que tuve en mi época de estudiante, aprendí un moton de el. Eternamente agradecido
Adrián Fonseca Vega (Especialista Técnico L2, ARNALDO C. CASTRO S.A)
Un profesional competente , muy bien preparado, emprendedor, capaz de afrontar nuevas metas y salir exitoso, experto en desarrollo de aplicaciones, muy buen compañero de equipo.
Ibrahim Martín Lorenzo (IT Business Consultant - PM and Digital Strategy, Solution Architect, Network - System Administrator)
He trabajo con Gabriel en desarrollo de proyectos de software, muy resolutivo, posee un amplio conocimiento en el ámbito del software y las tecnologías libres, emprendedor por naturaleza y un pedazo de persona. Sencillamente alguien en quien depositar la confianza de desarrollo de un proyecto, sin lugar a dudas.
Erich J. García Cruz (CEO, QvaPay)
Excelente desarrollador web, multiples proyectos en su cartera hacen de Gabriel un profesional en el sector de desarrollo web. Altamente responsable y serio en su trabajo. Lo recomiendo notablemente.
Sandy Pérez (Senior Software Engineer, APPLICA CORP)
Excellent and focused developer, very good transmitting and creating ideas. Great as a teammate, has a really well skilled developer with lots of experience.