Alex Simanovich is a Senior Software Engineering Manager, Head of PHP and Drupal practices at EPAM Systems. Our PHP and Drupal expertise consists of about 200 engineers experienced in various platforms and technologies including Drupal, Symfony, Magento, Zend, Yii, eZ Publish, etc. Alex has been developing PHP for over eight years and has vast experience in creating complex solutions with large loads, high traffic, and scalable architecture. Alex is one of the organizers of PHP User Group in Minsk. He has public speaking experience on number of user group meet-ups, DevConf conference in Moscow and PHPConf conference in Minsk. He has successfully conducted technical and soft skills training.