I am a software engineering aficionado, and the founder here at Abstratt. For details such as work history, see my resume. For a history of consulting engagements, see clients I have worked with in the past. For OSS projects I have been working on, see my Github activity. In case it helps, I am a Brazilian/Canadian citizen.
Experience
- senior software engineer at Gradle Inc (since May 2022)
- consultant in software improvement (since 2013)
- senior developer/architect at Genologics (2008-2013)
- Jazz SCM client developer at IBM Canada (2005-2006)
- Eclipse Platform Core developer at OTI/IBM Canada (2002-2005)
- senior developer/team lead at Perfil Tecnologia (2001-2002)
Strengths/interests
- model-driven development
- modernization of legacy codebases
- domain specific language design and tooling
- development of code generators
- domain-driven design
- evolutionary design
- object orientation (analysis, design, coding)
- componentization/modularization
- API design (in code, or inter-process)
- code readability, representation of domain knowledge in code
- OSGi/Eclipse plug-in development
- distributed systems
- parallel programming
- performance, scalability, reliability
- test driven development and automated testing
- reuse
- continuous integration
Academic background and certifications
- BS and MSc (thesis in pt_br) in Computer Science (UFSC, 2000 and 2004)
- Java certified Programmer and Developer (Sun, 1999 and 2001)
Personal interests
Running
Picked up running in 2011, after dismissing it as too boring for 36 years.
Music
Had lessons for a few months in my teens, only resumed studying acoustic guitar in my forties (learned some drumming as well). Focusing on Brazilian popular music, mostly Samba, Bossa Nova and Samba Rock. Sorry for the singing, it is a new thing for me.