Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 5 mos · Within 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan

• Web development consulting, outsourcing, SaaS, and EC.
• Products stack:
• Vue, Vanilla Javascript, NodeJS, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, Linode VPS, MySQL, SQLite, macOS, Linux, etc.

Jan 2018 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Within 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan

• Creating innovative ways to connect the right and brightest talent to the coolest and most noticeable startups in Japan. At Spotted, I was directly involved with and responsible for the development of the company's tech division, as well as its products: RepoTenshoku; Repo Messenger, and lately, Repo CRM.
• As the head of the tech division and development team, I was overseeing the entire development process from day 1, from its most basic fundamental architecture to the review and supervision of the UI/UX and customer success support.
• Also, directly involved with the business planning, marketing, and candidate/ client acquisition strategies definition, I managed a team of 2 junior engineers, an intern, and a sales representative.
• Stack:
• Vue, Vanilla Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, jQuery, Linode VPS, MySQL, Google APIs; LinkedIn APIs; Github APIs; Facebook APIs; Twitter APIs; DevOps;

Apr 2017 – Mar 2018 · 11 mos · Within 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan

• Rapyuta Robotics creates solutions by seamlessly integrating aerial/ground-based mobile robots and corresponding software services.
• As the only senior UI/UX engineer at the time, I was responsible for making the company technology accessible to the masses and deeply involved in the development of a web application for route planning, real-time flight data tracking, and video-streaming, leading a small international junior team spread across India and Japan.
• I helped the company growing their web software from a very early stage MVP to its Beta version, successfully released and deployed to clients in different locations in Japan, as well as creating and defining the general frontend development coding style, UI guidelines and helping to implement CI through the automated unit and regression tests.
• Stack:
• HTML5; CSS3; React; Vanilla Javascript; RESTful API; ROS; Websocket;

Jun 2015 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos · Tokyo, Japan

• Rakuten is a Japanese e-commerce and Internet company based in Tokyo. Its B2B2C platform Rakuten Ichiba is the largest e-commerce site in Japan and among the world’s largest by sales.
• I contributed to the company as a frontend engineer, first in the Creative Web Development Department, then in the Center of Excellence in Marketing Department.
• I was part of an international frontend engineer team, at the top level of organisation structure in Rakuten, where the team keys responsibilities were to provide technical guidelines for UI/UX as well as research, test and apply the trading frontend technologies for all existing and new company products and services, pursuing achieve a very high-level user experience for all customers and merchants.
• I worked in many exciting projects, some internal applications and some public services supporting thousands of clients.
• Stack:
• React, Vanilla Javascript, HTML5, PHP, Git, Gulp, Grunt, JSON ...

Jan 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

• Stuff In Bag was an amazing and revolutionary platform for a collaborative logistic system.
• As Uber has transformed all car drivers into taxi drivers, Stuff In Bag had the potential to transform travelers into carriers. People were able to buy things from abroad, paying less for a faster shipping, while travelers would making additional incomes delivering goods and helping others.
• The service was shut down in late 2017, once changes in the countries border policy (especially in Brazil, the main target) turned the business model not viable!
• Stack:
• PHP5 (Codeigniter); HTML5; CSS3; jQuery (Javascript); MySQL; Subversion; Apache 2; Linux; Facebook API; Paypal API; Google API; Twitter API;

Nov 2012 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mie, Japan

• A few months after starting as a web developer, I got promoted to head the technology division from the company.
• I walked through many different challenges, and got interesting achievements in the period:
• Managed an international (local and remote) team, in a time where remote work was out of the radar for most of companies
• Released and supported open-sourced web applications and libraries;
• Delivered 10 websites, 4 custom web and mobile applications for clients built with hybrid technology (Cordova, etc)
• Led negotiations resulting in over ¥500 million of additional annual revenue in deals with suppliers and distributors across Brazil, Philippines, and Japan
• Stack:
• PHP 5 (Codeigniter); HTML 5; CSS 3; jQuery (Javascript); MySQL 5+; Phonegap; Linux; Windows; Subversion; VPS; Google Apps; Apple Store; iTunes Connect; Xcode;

Jan 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos · Toyota, Japan

• Vailah! was a niche social network platform for Brazilians living abroad to share their consumer experience with companies and informal businesses offering products or services for Latin-Americans around the world.
• I bootstrapped the project as a solo-maker and played several roles while overseeing its execution. It reached a user base of hundreds of active users, but was eventually shut down once the business model was proven unsustainable.
• Stack:
• PHP5 (Codeigniter); HTML5; CSS3; jQuery (Javascript); MySQL; Subversion; Apache 2; Linux; Facebook API; Google API; Twitter API;

Aug 2011 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Toyota, Japan

• Aug, 2011 ~ Dec, 2011 | May, 2012 ~ Sep, 2012
• Taught basic web development for students who were seeking relocation in Japan, through the Hello Work program. Mostly foreigners.

Jun 2009 – May 2012 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Curitiba Area, Brazil

• Playing many roles, from software development; pre/post sales; R&D, etc. I helped Awin Technologies to deliver customized solutions to match customers and partners business needs.
• In total, over 70 websites and 6 web applications have been built for different customers and partners in 3 years, resulting in up to 70% of net profit in some cases.
• Stack:
• HTML (4+); CSS (2+); PHP 4+ (Zend Framework, Codeigniter and other); Java (GWT, Framework Pinhão and other); ASP and VB.NET; Javascript; MySQL 5+; PostgresSQL; Version control systems (Subversion, Google Code and other);

Oct 2001 – Dec 2007 · 6 yrs 2 mos · Curitiba Area, Brazil

• Connected to the Government of State for over 6 years, I was involved in many different projects, including one of the first web applications for the Strategic and Security Bureau, which directly served over 10 million residents in Paraná, Brazil.
• I led projects and technically coordinated a team of 50 people. I gave speeches at international events such as Latinoware 2006, and internal tech events.
• Stack:
• Windows, Linux, ASP, Java, PHP, SQL-Server, Postgres, MySQL, RUP, UML, MS-Project, Planner, etc

Oct 1999 – Sep 2001 · 1 yr 11 mos · Curitiba Area, Brazil

• My debut in tech. I supported end-users, developed tools to increase the productivity of the clearance mortgages division.
• Stack:
• Windows, MS-DOS, Visual Basic 6, SQL-Server, Access.