Sebastian Bergmann holds a degree in Computer Science and is a pioneer in the field of quality assurance in PHP projects. His test framework PHPUnit is a de-facto standard. He is actively involved in the development of PHP and a creator of various development tools. Sebastian is an internationally sought-after expert. As an author he shares his long-standing experience in books and articles. He is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world.

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.

In his free time, Sebastian likes to hack on Open Source software and to take photographs, preferably whilst travelling the world.