Ruby on Rails Developer

Summary

Software Developer with 10+ years of experience delivering innovative and quality solutions for diverse industries. Focused on web and mobile technologies. Currently working with open source technologies like Ruby on Rails, Ruby Motion, Ember. Extensive experience with C#, ASP.NET MVC, .NET framework. Always open and willing to learn new technologies and interested in a challenging career.

Experienced in:

  • Developing web applications and services
  • Analysis and design of databases and user interfaces
  • Working with agile methodologies
  • Implementing software development life cycle policies and procedures
  • Managing and supporting multiple projects
  • Effective communicator with good leadership and project management skills
  • Highly adaptable in quickly changing technical environments with strong organizational and analytical skills

Work Experience:

MeYouHealth - August 2013 - Present moment - Boston, MA USA

Rails and RubyMotion Engineer

Working with Ruby on Rails and Ruby Motion on Hello200 (iOS app).

Antlia IT Consultancy - July 2010 - February 2012 - São Paulo, Brazil

Software Developer - Project Leader

Re-engineered parts of a critical financial system, fixing bugs, adding new features, which resulted in an over 200% performance increase.

Designated to be the Project Leader of various projects due to impressive results and client satisfaction, leading to new opportunities for the company.

Responsible for developing solutions for one of the biggest private banks in Brazil, using Microsoft SharePoint, ASP.NET and C#

Introduced and evangelized new technologies to the company such as Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Applied successfully agile metrologies in a non-agile-friendly environment Technologies Used: SharePoint, ASP.NET, C# e .NET 3.5, jQuery, RubyOnRails e SQL Server.

KokoonMe - October 2009 - Present - London, England

Co-Founder - Software Engineer

Co-founded this London based health startup. Responsible for delivering all technological solutions, including analysis, front and back-end development Assisted in the creation of the brand, designing the web site UI, logo and other marketing solutions. Integrated the website with Facebook and Twitter Technologies Used: Ruby on Rails, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3 (current version in development) - ASP.NET MVC, C#, jQuery, SQL Server (first version)

Freelancer - May 2008 – October 2009 – Buenos Aires, Argentina; Milan, Italy, Seville, Spain

Software Developer - Project Manager

Wake-up call in professional career. Exposed to new technologies that helped me think “outside the box”. Analyzed, developed and deployed small and medium size projects for several clients in Brazil and United States. Technologies Used: ASP.NET MVC, C#, jQuery, CSS, SQL Server and MySql.

T-Systems Brazil - February 2007 – May 2008 – São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Analyst Developer

Successfully migrated the Volkswagen Call Center System (Remedy ARS/SQL Server) to the Oracle platform, supporting the existing legacy system until its retirement. Lead Developer of many applications for the Volkswagen Dealers Network Intranet and for the Volkswagen Marketing/CRM area. Developed communication skills to intermediate and improve the managers and client’s relationship. Technologies Used: ASP.NET, C#, Ajax, SQL Server and Oracle.

Allianz Brazil - November 2006 – February 2007 - São Paulo, Brazil

Analyst Developer

Participated in the migration of a critical system, developed in Oracle Forms to the .NET platform. Technologies Used: ASP.NET, C# and Oracle.

Telefónica Brazil - July 2006 - November 2006 - São Paulo, Brazil

Analyst Developer

Became one of the Lead Developers of a sales system migration in the middle of a delayed project. Helped put it back on track and delivered it with quality that was higher than the client expectations. Developed and implemented many functionalities for the migrated system to support the new requirements. Technologies Used: ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, Ajax and SQL Server.

Grupo Pão de Açúcar - July 2005 - June 2006 - São Paulo, Brazil

Analyst Developer

Responsible for the analysis and development of a Campaign Analysis system for the Marketing/CRM area of the largest Brazilian supermarket group Integrated the Campaign Analysis system with the company’s Business Intelligence using Teradata and SAS First to implement AJAX functionalities to legacy systems improving significantly the performance and user’s satisfaction Technologies Used: ASP Classic, Visual Basic 6, ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, XML, Teradata and Oracle.

Ford Credit Brazil - December 2003 - June 2005 - São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Analyst Developer

Collaborated in the development of a web application to manage all the wholesale operations providing reports and analytic data to the users. This application was used in Brazil, Latin America and the United States. Technologies Used: ASP.NET, C#, XML, Java, Struts, JSP, EJB, Oracle e DB2.

E-Consulting Corp. - November 2002 - November 2003 - São Paulo, Brazil

Developer

First experience as Project Leader, leading a small team to develop an insurance quote system, integrating it with API’s for DaimlerChrysler Insurance Brazil Integrated and developed several projects and corporate websites for the following clients: MasterCard, RedeCard, Itaú Bank, BBA Bank Technologies Used: ASP Classic, Visual Basic 6, JavaScript and SQL Server.

Web4Solutions - October 2001 - November 2002 - São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Developer

Member of the development team for the new Ford Credit Brazil web site Maintained and implemented new features to the Ideas Generator System for Volkswagen Brazil, fixing bugs and improving the user experience, resulting in higher usage of the system Technologies Used: ASP Classic, Visual Basic 6, ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server and Oracle.

MicroPower - May 1999 - December 2000 - São Caetano do Sul, SP, Brazil

Webmaster

Created an electronic manual in HTML and Flash distributed in CD-ROM for training the dealer’s salesman and another manual for Painting Processes Modernization for General Motors Brazil. Designed a new logo for the company that is still in use Redesigned the company’s web site and was responsible for the introduction of web development technologies. Technologies Used: ASP Classic, Visual Basic 6, ColdFusion, HTML, CSS, Flash and JavaScript.

Education & Certifications:

  • Database Technologist with focus on Software Development and Project Management - Instituto Brasileiro de Tecnologia Avançada - São Paulo, Brazil (completed in June 2006)
  • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) - (December 2011)
  • .NET Framework 4, Service Communication Applications
  • .NET Framework 4, Web Applications

Languages:

  • English Fluent
  • Portuguese Fluent
  • Spanish Intermediate

Courses and Trainings:

  • Software Engineering for Software as a Service - University of California, Berkeley / Coursera.org – 5 weeks
  • Developing Web Applications with Ruby on Rails - ObjectData Training - 64h
  • OWB - Oracle Warehouse Builder - T-Systems do Brasil - 30h
  • Programming with C# (2124) - KaSolution
  • Programming ADO.NET (2389) - KaSolution
  • Developing XML Web Services using Microsoft ASP.NET (2524) - KaSolution
  • Building COM+ Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services (2557) - KaSolution
  • Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database (2073) – KaSolution