Erol Fornoles is a highly-experienced software craftsman who has been working in the software engineering and development field for almost two decades. He has a strong background in agile development practices, Ruby on Serverless, and Javascript. He is passionate about delivering value with simple, tested, and maintainable code, and enjoys contributing to open-source software in his spare time.

Fornoles has previously held various senior roles, including Technology Lead at MoneySmart Group, People Lead and Senior Software Engineer at amaysim, Chief Architect and Lead Developer at Deal Grocer, and Senior Ruby on Rails Developer at Devex. Additionally, Fornoles has experience in consultancy, having worked at companies such as Sunworld Logistics and RBC Ministries.

Fornoles has a degree from the University of the Philippines and attended Casa del Nino Science High School. Throughout his career, he has sharpened a diverse set of skills including SQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Vim, OOP, TDD, BDD, Micro-Frameworks, Lean Architecture, API, Analytics, A/B Testing, Full-Text Search, Agile, Pair Programming, Mentoring, Tech Recruitment, Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Heroku, Docker, and Startups.