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São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Backend (Elixir)- Created Postgres tables with Ecto, facilitating seamless data migration and schema creation, and ensuring code sustainability for a revamped data model.- Implemented and maintained GraphQL APIs with Absinthe, optimizing data retrieval and enhancing performance by reducing over-fetching, and increasing developer productivity through comprehensive documentation.- Maintained RESTful APIs with Phoenix, optimizing data exchange and reducing API response time, enhancing system performance.- Developed comprehensive unit tests with ExUnit, ensuring functionality and reliability of all API functions.Frontend (Elm)- Developed new platform features for data exploration and visualization, reducing the time needed for presentation preparation and accelerating the generation of marketing insights.- Refactored platform authentication to email verification, reducing error complaints from multiple per month to nearly zero, enhancing user experience and security.- Designed and implemented modular UI components, improving developer productivity through reusable code and standardized design.- Resolved multiple UI/UX and functional bugs, decreasing support and training costs, and increasing user engagement.- Contributed to translating complex problems into granular tasks, optimizing task allocation and execution, resulting in reduction in project timelines and enhanced team productivity.

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

ZAG (payment app)- Implemented responsive frontend components using React.js and related libraries (React-Router, Axios, Styled-Components, Jest) on the admin web page for clients to easily track and manage employees’ expenses and reimbursements.- Implemented requests and handled responses to the PostgreSQL database using RESTful APIs.- Worked closely with designers and product managers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions (agile methodologies).- Followed best practices and coding standards while ensuring the code was readable, modular, and testable.

São Paulo, Brazil

Specialize in long-term export credit agency and structured financings for projects worldwide.- Managed the disbursement of large, U$30-300 million, financing projects in a wide range of industries involving government agencies in the US, UAE, Korea, Italy, UK and others.- Expanded clients in Brazil closing 6 new projects (U$ 300+ million total) in Western Africa.

New York, New York, United States

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

- Idealized, planned, and fully operated a coffee shop business.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

- Gained keen understanding of business models and valuation methods (DCF, multiples) by building financial models.- Analyzed and interpreted financial statements and derived indicators.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance

International Program In Management - Ipm

Korean Language