inhausmakers

Software Engineer, Designer

Cătălin is a software engineer with 7+ years experience in creating Internet applications interested in Computer Science & Engineering and Visual Arts (both digital and traditional).

Specialized on WordPress and Drupal, Cătălin developed various skill sets.

PHP ecosystem:

• WordPress (6+ years) – Core Contributor and Plugin author
• Drupal 7, 8 (4+ years)
• WordPress & Drupal Theming (advanced level)
• Custom plugins/modules
• Multi-environment setups, basic testing and deployment
• UNIX, Shell scripting, Version Control (git, svn)
• Relational and non-relational databases, MySQL, SQLite
• HTTP servers, Apache, Varnish Cache, Pound

Web Design & Development

• HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• PSD to HTML
• Bootstrap, Semantic UI
• Composer, npm, Grunt, Gulp, LESS, lint, minify
• SEO, Social Media integration, Performance and Security
• Custom PHP applications, static site generators, Jekyll

Graphic Design

• UI/UX Design (intermediate)
• Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
• Design and Illustration
• Drawing, Sketching (pen and paper)

He thinks about projects like his own “paintings”, always striving to deliver even better than his previous works. A typical approach of a new project is a step-by-step process from initial consulting, sketching the idea based on agreed specifications to giving life to a usable system with modern architecture, maintainable code and functional design.

While he invested more than 6 years in formal education (software engineering), Cătălin is a goal-oriented, self-driven person ready to join your team or take an individual project. He is looking for both personal growth and improving the environment and teams he works with. To feel complete, he always enjoys to push some pixels or, whenever the opportunity arises, to craft a full design proposal. He believes a great project is great user experience and client satisfaction, while technologies are just tools to achieve those results. At the end of the day it’s all about humans.

He shows huge respect to highly skilled individuals and is always willing to learn more.