Przemek Sobstel (a.k.a. Sopel) is 25-year-old Zend certified developer mainly specializing in standards compliant websites, database web applications, content management systems and various backend solutions as well as search engine optimization.

Active member of SegfaultLabs. Employed as an webdeveloper at Crimson Oak.

Contact at przemek@sobstel.org.

On the net: Forum.php.pl, Del.icio.us, Eioba, GoldenLine, Profeo LinkedIn, PHP Professionals, Amazon Wish List, Hattrick.

Worth visiting: Mateusz Małczak, Maciej Suder, Planet PHP, Ajaxian Team, SEOmoz Team, RSnake.

Current

PHP, SQL, MySQL, SQLite, JavaScript, Ajax, XHTML, HTML, CSS, Subversion, test-driven development, object-oriented programming, design patterns, search engine optimization, XML, XPath, DOM, DocBook, XSLT, Apache (inc. mod_rewrite), internet marketing, e-PR.

Past and abandoned (for some time or for ever)

CVS (switched to SVN), Prototype and script.aculo.us (switched to jQuery), Pascal (a few years, since about 1996 till 2001), C and C++ (a few months in 2003-04), Prolog (a few weeks in autumn 2005), Sphinx (2005-2006), Flash (just a little bit in Flash 4/5 times), Basic (my first prog language ever in primary school times around 1993/94 etc, at unforgettable C-64).

Diplomas

Zend Certified Engineer certificate (2007)
The Zend PHP Certification exam encompasses curriculum that is essential to demonstrate expert proficiency in PHP. It evaluates knowledge of PHP and programming for web in general from a practical perspective.

MSc in Economic Information Technology at University of Economics in Katowice (2006)
Faculty: Management. Major: Information Technology and Econometrics, final grade: 4.125/5.
Thesis: "Ochrona internetowych aplikacji bazodanowych" ("Database Web Applications Security"), grade: 5/5.

European Computer Driving License qualification (2001)
Sections covered: Basic Concepts of IT, Managing Files, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Databases, Presentations, Internet and Email.

Awards

1st in PHP.pl's "Useful and practical libraries"
The library that won the competition (scSession) is currently being developed under the name kcSession as a part of Komposite Components.
Konkurs "Pożyteczne i praktyczne biblioteki" - Wyniki (php.pl)