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Portugal

As one of the founding members of Team Atlas, I contributed significantly to shaping the team's technical foundation and overall strategy. Leveraging my analytical skills and experience in developing effective solutions, I spearheaded the creation of a central software platform to unify all applications built on our Linux-based server. This platform serves as the primary gateway for external communication and streamlines internal communication between applications.Key Achievements:- Centralized Application Integration: Developed and implemented a central software hub, consolidating the team's applications on our Linux server, optimizing inter-app communication, and streamlining external interactions.- Technological Consolidation: Successfully ported a major application into the centralized system to reduce the technological stack, improve efficiency, and provide seamless support for our product offerings.- Licensing System Development: Built a custom licensing system from the ground up, ensuring effective management and distribution of licenses for our products.- Portal Maintenance and Rebuild: Maintained and later rebuilt the primary portal for configuring our Linux-based server. Initially designed as a microservices architecture, the rebuild transitioned to a monolithic architecture, which significantly improved performance due to the system's low user base and minimal requests per minute.- Data Portal Support: Provided ongoing maintenance for the data portal, which aggregates data from the company’s ecosystem server.- Event-Driven Kafka Solution: Implemented an event-driven solution using Kafka, enabling remote maintenance and efficient data retrieval from servers, enhancing system responsiveness and scalability.- Legacy System Support: Provided ongoing maintenance for the legacy portal, which aggregates data from the company’s ecosystem server.

As one of the founding members of Team Business Solutions, I was responsible for analyzing, restructuring, and modernizing critical systems within the company. I led the redevelopment of the company’s data-gathering portal, which processes machine data from operations across the globe, and spearheaded the backend development of several key platforms.Key Contributions:- Data-Gathering Portal: Analyzed, restructured, and rebuilt the company’s global data-gathering portal with a modern technological stack, enhancing performance and scalability to handle machine data from worldwide operations.- HR Portal Development: Developed the backend of a new HR portal to replace the outdated system, addressing the evolving needs of the company and improving functionality for the HR team.- Game Math Performance Portal: Engineered the backend for a portal to analyze game math performance, leveraging game logs to deliver critical insights into performance metrics.- Linux Server Configuration Portal: Contributed to the development of a portal assigned to the team, enabling streamlined configuration and management of the company’s Linux-based game server.- Project Management Portal Enhancements: Implemented continuous improvements to the project management portal, refining functionality and enhancing user experience for more efficient project workflows.

As a QA team member, I played a dual role in testing the company’s games while continuously seeking opportunities to improve team efficiency. My proactive approach led to the development of custom tools that streamlined game testing and project management processes.Key Contributions:- Game Log Analysis Tool: Identified the need for a more efficient way to handle game logs, resulting in the creation of an app to read, analyze, and extract crucial data from logs, significantly enhancing the QA team’s workflow.- Web Portal Development: Rebuilt the log analysis tool into a web portal using Microsoft Silverlight, which introduced advanced features like quick search, game scenario replication, remote game configuration, and a calendar scheduler. This tool helped both the QA team and project management streamline operations and organize tasks more effectively.- Project Management Web App: Recognized for my development skills, I was tasked by project management to build a custom web application integrated with the Jira API. This app retrieved project data, organized it into custom formats, and provided the entire company with a centralized tool to track work progress and generate efficiency reports.

I contributed to the development of an Android app designed to facilitate interactive learning between teachers and students in schools. Initially, I supported the lead developer, but eventually, I took over full development responsibilities as the project progressed. Key Contributions: - Interactive Classroom App Development: Played a pivotal role in building an app aimed at enhancing classroom interactivity, enabling real-time communication and collaboration between teachers and students.- Technical Leadership: Transitioned from assisting the lead developer to managing the development process, taking ownership of feature implementation and app functionality.- Challenging Circumstances: Despite my commitment to the project, the venture faced challenges, including lack of compensation, which ultimately forced me to step away from the project for personal and professional reasons.

During my academic internship with the GECAD group, I developed a multi-touch application using Microsoft WPF. The goal was to create an engaging and interactive tool to introduce the group’s work to visitors.Key Contributions:- Multi-Touch Application Development: Designed and developed a WPF-based multi-touch application that allowed users to interactively explore and learn about the GECAD group’s projects and research.- Interactive Presentation Tool: The application served as a dynamic presentation platform, enhancing visitor engagement and providing an innovative way to showcase GECAD’s work.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology

Cap - Curso De Formador

High School, Curso Profissional, Técnico De Gestão E Programação De Sistemas Informáticos

Activities and Societies: Organização de Lan Party 2006,2007

Bachelor'S Degree, Informatics