Experience

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  Myriad telecom, inc.

  Aug 1997 - Nov 1998

  Developer

  Participation in the development of an interactive distance learning solution based on analogue television + PCs (WorldClass Network ™), for Lux Inc., based in Syracuse, NY, USA, where, after returning to Portugal, continued to work as a programmer and where did the course internship. This application encompasses areas as diverse as communications (via lan, modem, and digital signal modulation along with an analog television signal), databases, windows interfaces and involved working with various specific hardware such as telephone line modems, vbi modems (for modulating / demodulating an information signal encoded with the television signal), video overlay cards, etc.The customers of the solutions were, among others, George Mason and Maryland Universities in Washington, and NASA's future school. Show less

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  Infopulse portugal

  Nov 1998 - Sept 2004

  Developer

  Member of the technical team of this company that, in Portugal, develops solutions in the Internet / e-business area, with clients such as Portugal Telecom, PT Prime, Areal Editores, etc ...Was jointly responsible for the development, coordination and support of various web solutions (such as Portugal Telecom's Internet and intranet sites or PT Comunicações online store).Participated in the development of a platform to support the rapid development of complete web solutions, called Enterprise Extender, used in several clients (management of PT's internal product catalogs, content management in PT Prime's institutional and intranet sites, etc.) Show less

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  Webware

  Sept 2004 - Mar 2005

  Cio

  Development of solutions in the area of Internet (websites, intranets, e-commerce).Participated directly in the development of WebLight website management solution.

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  Netcall s.a.

  Mar 2005 - Apr 2006

  Cio

  Development of solutions in the area of Internet, IP telephony etc.Netcall was the first Voip telecom operator in Portugal.Participated directly in the development of the company's offer in the area of voip.

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  Byside

  Apr 2006 - Oct 2018

  Cto & co-founder

  Technical co-founder responsible for the initial development of the SaaS product/platform in it's early days and the growth stage.Designed, developed and managed the web, voice, chat, email, sms, big data/analytics product/platform.Byside is serving customers all over the world, including names such as Portugal Telecom/Altice, NOS, Vodafone, Jazztel, Orange, Oi, Ikea, Continente Online, Worten, La Redoute and all major portuguese banks and online insurers.The platform is using >100 physical servers and is spread over >10 datacenters around the world.Each month handles >7M voice minutes, >25k chats, >100k sms, >20M emails, >300M page requests, >90M visits. Show less

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  Primedream, lda.

  Jun 2019 - now

  Co-founder

  Real estate investment

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  Biztapp gmbh

  Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  Senior software engineer / hands-on cto

  Responsible for delivering the company’s MVP, including creating the product infrastructure, architecture, team, requirements refining with stakeholders. BizTapp provides a SaaS product for companies human resources.

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  Wayfair

  Mar 2022 - Jun 2023

  Senior software engineer

  Senior software engineer at catalog team.Wayfair, Inc. is one of the largest online retailers for home goods in North America.

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  Papayya

  Jul 2023 - now

  Senior software engineer / hands-on cto

  Responsible for delivering the company’s MVP and then the product roadmap.Papayya provides an online personal trainer service where customers can subscribe, pay, book and participate in live online sessions with PTs.