Bryan Cheung

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Liferay, Inc.

Bryan Cheung steers the company's strategic direction and worldwide business development efforts as one of the founders serving with the company since its inception in 2004. With technical experience to balance a strong commitment to end user experience, Bryan leads Liferay in meeting its commitment to deliver focused and effective business solutions to its customers and its community. Most recently, Bryan divides his time between Liferay's US and European headquarters and oversees Liferay's continued growth in its two largest markets. 

Bryan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science.

Ákos Gábriel

General Manager, Liferay Hungary

Ákos Gábriel serves as Managing Director of Liferay's Hungary subsidiary based in Budapest. As is the case for most members of the Liferay team, Ákos is gifted with both technical and business skills. Before joining the Liferay team, Ákos has worked as a consultant for Lufthansa and Deutsche Post, where he gained a wealth of knowledge, particularly around IT infrastructure. At Liferay Hungary, Ákos' organizational skills and hands-on approach ensure that clients have a successful experience with Liferay. 

Ákos has a MSc. in Electrical Engineering and Informatics from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary.

Zsolt Berentey

General Manager & Head of Development, Liferay Hungary

Zsolt Berentey leads the technical and development unit of Liferay Hungary and also acts as one of the General Managers. He began programming at the young age of 12 and has since deeply developed his analytical skills in order to effectly meet the challenges of enterprise software development. Zsolt is also a member of the Liferay engineering team and was responsible for the development of some of the new features in Liferay Portal 6.

Zsolt graduated from Gábor Dénes Technical College in Budapest, Hungary with Bachelors in Informatics.

Joseph Shum

General Manager, Liferay Germany

Joseph Shum was one of the earliest members of the Liferay team, joining the company in 2005 as a software engineer and architect in the professional services division. After working closely with clients and partners at companies like Intuit and Napster, Joseph's skills were redirected to building Liferay's international alliance program and assisting Liferay's partners to build successful solutions for customers.

Most recently, Joseph has been serving as General Manager of Liferay GmbH, Liferay's headquarters for the European market. In his new role, Joseph oversees the day-to-day operations of Liferay's second largest business unit, as well as overall sales and customer relationships throughout the European market. He holds a degree in Software Engineering from Lakehead University of Canada.

Julio Camarero

Software Engineer, Liferay Spain

Julio is a Core Developer for Liferay Portal working from the office in Madrid. His work focuses mainly on user interface, accessibility and usability. He is also the main coordinator of the Liferay Translation Team and is an excellent teacher and has performed Liferay training courses throughout Spain. He also participates often as an Architectural Consultant for Liferay customers. Julio holds a bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering and a master's degree in Computer Science from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.

He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in this field, focusing his research on web and intelligent techniques applied to disaster management response.

Péter Kalmár

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Webtown Informatika Kft.

Péter Kalmár founded Webtown, a Hungarian software company that recently became the first Hungarian Liferay Partner. Since its founding in 2003, Webtown has quickly risen to the position of one of the top players in Hungary's web software market. Péter, a natural enterpreneur, founded his first company at 18 years of age.

He holds an M. Sc. degree in Computer Sciences from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

Olaf Kock

Senior Consultant, Liferay Germany

After being an active part of the Liferay community for two and a half years, Olaf Kock has joined Liferay GmbH as a Technical Consultant and Trainer. After several years of software development experience in various, mostly server-side projects, Olaf now supports client teams in the architecture, implementation and development of solutions using Liferay Portal.

Igor Spasic

Senior Software Engineer, Liferay, Inc

Igor Spasic is a Senior Software Engineer at Liferay. He has been mastering the art of making elegant and sophisticated software for over a decade. He works out of Serbia and over looks the operation there. He is currently working on a few open-source projects and also a JUG (Java User Group) Chairman

Igor graduated from the University of Belgrade, Serbia in Automatic and Electronic Engineering majoring in Telecommunication.

Kálmán Szabó

IT Director, Fundamenta-Lakáskassza Zrt.

Kálmán Szabó currently heads the IT division of Fundamenta-Lakáskassza Zrt., the market leader of the building society in Hungary. He has been responsible for IT strategy, operation and development since 1997; since then he has built up the IT department of the company. He initiated the integration of the different front end sales systems into Liferay platform in 2009.

Kálmán holds a MSc. degree in Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Budapest and a phD degree in Physics. He took part in the scientific research and education at Technical Universities of Budapest and in Karlsruhe/Germany. Thereafter Kálmán broadened his software experience as a senior developer in Germany.