Helgi is an Icelander transplanted in Ireland, working as the VP of Engineering and partner at Echolibre, an Irish company that prides it self of helping startups realise their dreams.

In his spare time Helgi is a PEAR extraordinaire, author, lecturer and passionate about anything performance related. Currently all his attention is divided between the PEAR installer, Pyrus and FRAPI.

Helgi frequently gives talks at various PHP and Web conferences around the world as well as writing articles for print and web magazines alike.