I am Professor of Software Engineering, with more than 25 years of experience on teaching, research, industry-academia cooperation, and higher education management and leadership. I investigate and develop tools and techniques for improving software development quality and productivity levels, especially by reducing unnecessary effort and frustration in software developers work activities. I pursue a mix of academic excellence with societal relevance.My main research interests are in the following topics and their integration: advanced (semi-structured, structured, semantic) code merging tools, code integration conflicts, continuous integration and deployment, software modularity, software product lines, and refactoring.I co-founded Qualiti Software Processes, a start-up specialized on software development tools and processes. This was one of the first companies to join Porto Digital, now one of the major information technology hubs in Brazil.