Lara is delivering solutions in the digital lending space, bringing access to credit for the consumers in the form of "buy now pay later" products.My role was shared between building the technology stack (based on cutting-edge technology provided by AWS, such as EC2, Athena, Glue, and Sagemaker and the platform developed on Node.js and React) and managing product development.

At CellPoint, a Traveltech/Fintech, I was responsible for the solution engineering and technical pre-sales activities for the Americas business expansion efforts, providing payment solutions for the hospitality industry.Main activities involved creating solutions for the travel sector in the region and working closely with Business Development/Sales team to provide optimal payment strategy for this segment, covering areas as cross border strategy, Alternative Payment Methods portfolio… Show more At CellPoint, a Traveltech/Fintech, I was responsible for the solution engineering and technical pre-sales activities for the Americas business expansion efforts, providing payment solutions for the hospitality industry.Main activities involved creating solutions for the travel sector in the region and working closely with Business Development/Sales team to provide optimal payment strategy for this segment, covering areas as cross border strategy, Alternative Payment Methods portfolio, Mobile Payments, and additional services that might be needed.Also engaged with local players such as acquirers, payment schemes, DCC providers, and others in the LATAM region. Show less

While keeping the responsibility for the technical delivery for all fraud management solutions, I was also responsible for the strategic portion, not only improving/requesting changes on current systems but also working with partners and new providers for wider solutions.During this period, I had the opportunity to work in the introduction of VisaCheckout to the Brazilian market, being responsible for technical engagement with merchants and also supporting product team with market… Show more While keeping the responsibility for the technical delivery for all fraud management solutions, I was also responsible for the strategic portion, not only improving/requesting changes on current systems but also working with partners and new providers for wider solutions.During this period, I had the opportunity to work in the introduction of VisaCheckout to the Brazilian market, being responsible for technical engagement with merchants and also supporting product team with market localization. Show less

Expanding my role in pre­sales, I started to be responsible also for working on product localization and alliances.In this role is my responsibility to work closely with actual customers and prospects to gather needs, work on usual functionalities and specific details of the Brazilian market, communicating those to the product development team. This is also applicable to companies that want to have their products integrated/localized to the local market - As an example, I had the… Show more Expanding my role in pre­sales, I started to be responsible also for working on product localization and alliances.In this role is my responsibility to work closely with actual customers and prospects to gather needs, work on usual functionalities and specific details of the Brazilian market, communicating those to the product development team. This is also applicable to companies that want to have their products integrated/localized to the local market - As an example, I had the opportunity to work with the biggest GDS providers in the region, Amadeus and Navitaire. Show less

As a Sales Engineer, my role was to work closely with the Business Development team demonstrating the functionalities and details about fraud management solutions provided by CyberSource. Also, under my responsibility, resided the technical design and project management until the go-live phase.Providing guidance to companies willing to establish their business in Brazil was also something very usual in my work due to the global presence of the company.

As a Sales Engineer, my role was to work closely with the Business Development team to design solutions and integrations to customers' systems. This process started with understanding the business' needs and working on developing solutions, with the constant use of proof of concept.Responsible for providing training and guidance to the client's technical teams on PayPal APIs and supporting its full project lifecycle - from design to production. Evangelizer of PayPal APIs' use to the… Show more As a Sales Engineer, my role was to work closely with the Business Development team to design solutions and integrations to customers' systems. This process started with understanding the business' needs and working on developing solutions, with the constant use of proof of concept.Responsible for providing training and guidance to the client's technical teams on PayPal APIs and supporting its full project lifecycle - from design to production. Evangelizer of PayPal APIs' use to the Brazilian market through PayPal X Brasil website (paypal-brasil.com.br/x) and GitHub.Also responsible for presenting PayPal's product workshops with the sales person, ensuring innovative and complete solutions for customers in a wide variety of industries. Show less

As a Project Leader I had under my responsibility to control all projects life-cycle, starting from suppliers/tools definition, RFP development, assessment of responses, purchase recommendation and deployment, and verification. After the full deployment, on-going activities related to IT may also be part of my responsibilities.Created a "Software Quality" study group that developed a new delivery structure for continuous integration based on automated tests and builds. The tools used were… Show more As a Project Leader I had under my responsibility to control all projects life-cycle, starting from suppliers/tools definition, RFP development, assessment of responses, purchase recommendation and deployment, and verification. After the full deployment, on-going activities related to IT may also be part of my responsibilities.Created a "Software Quality" study group that developed a new delivery structure for continuous integration based on automated tests and builds. The tools used were Hudson, Junit, Emma, and Ant. Show less

"Policy-driven Environment for SOA Governance" - developed at "EDS Innovation Centre - Silicon valley" between September/2008 and December/2008 as part of the "EDS Top Gun Program" - a total immersion program for nominated EDS senior-level architects and innovators to interact with major partners. The purpose was to create a framework of Policies for an SOA environment using the "Oracle SOA Governance Suite".- Requirements, priorities, and changes management on an ITIL environment with… Show more "Policy-driven Environment for SOA Governance" - developed at "EDS Innovation Centre - Silicon valley" between September/2008 and December/2008 as part of the "EDS Top Gun Program" - a total immersion program for nominated EDS senior-level architects and innovators to interact with major partners. The purpose was to create a framework of Policies for an SOA environment using the "Oracle SOA Governance Suite".- Requirements, priorities, and changes management on an ITIL environment with systems provided by a third-party vendor to meet the pipeline. An important task was identifying and solving performance problems, starting by creating means to measure the overall performance and then coordinating the developers, telecom, and hosting teams to identify and fix the problems. - Worked on rearchitecting internal systems and process, reducing overall processing time, international link load, and decommissioning one MQ Series Server for Mainframe and three clients. - BackOffice Systems maintenance - In a portfolio composed of more than 20 applications my main focus was on "Web Applications", using JEE, Sybase, and Weblogic.- Borland Tools rollout - Responsible for verifying processes and pattern adherence. In this project, I had the opportunity to work on "Global Teams" integration, defining details to improve the "Configuration Management" and "Release management" processes. - Interviewed in the CMMi 5 certification process as a developer.- Top submitter on the "iMatter Innovation Program" for Latin America with 20+ ideas submitted and approved in the initial assessment. Show less

- Worked on a short term project for the "Online Human resources" system, developed integrating the SAP ERP with a web interface.- For this project was used the SAP Enterprise Portal 5 with a custom framework for special functionalities, using Hibernate and SQLServer functionalities.- My main activities were bug correction and specifying and develop new features.

- Worked on a short term assignment as a Software Developer for Visanet.- This project was developed using the J2EE platform with Struts and BC4J frameworks.- My activities included the UML documentation analysis, implementation of software components, and create testing components using JUnit.

- My main activities were to detail and develop content management and publishing systems using different technologies such as PHP, ASP, JAVA, DB2, Oracle e Vignette. - Worked converting systems from ASP/SQLServer to PHP/Oracle, focusing on low maintenance costs and functionality after conversion. I also worked on the conversion and extension of these systems using J2EE/Oracle with Vignette CMS. - Another responsibility was to keep the quality and security of the systems, auditing the… Show more - My main activities were to detail and develop content management and publishing systems using different technologies such as PHP, ASP, JAVA, DB2, Oracle e Vignette. - Worked converting systems from ASP/SQLServer to PHP/Oracle, focusing on low maintenance costs and functionality after conversion. I also worked on the conversion and extension of these systems using J2EE/Oracle with Vignette CMS. - Another responsibility was to keep the quality and security of the systems, auditing the source code, correcting and updating insecure areas, and developing procedures for "safer coding". - Some of my projects: Brturbo web portal (Brasil Telecom), Cartao Unibanco Intranet (Financial), and CNA portal (English school). Show less