Hi!

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I help organizations build digital products & the teams behind them. I enjoy socio-technological challenges, growing teams across multiple countries & spanning industries while managing a diverse set of people, technologies & processes.

During the last decades, I've built meaningful digital products people use everyday. My passion is bridging business, people & technology.

I'm a software engineer at heart & businessperson by training.

I'm an alum of Columbia University (USA), London Business School (UK) & Unicamp (Brazil) where I received my MBAs & MSc respectively.

Interests

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In my free time, I'm an avid ultra-distance runner & board game enthusiast.

You may find me hiking, apple-picking, or enjoying a carefully brewed cortado in the charming Hudson Valley region of New York State where I've chosen to live with my wife, son & retired greyhound.

Experience

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I've worn many hats in my past life: Partner at Work & Co (USA), Software Consultant at Digitalist (Finland), Sr. Executive at Nokia (Finland & Germany), Sr. Director at Viasat (USA) & a CTO/Entrepreneur in Europe & Brazil.

While leading these organizations, I had the privilege of working with numerous Fortune 500 companies, tech startups & non-profits on a wide range of innovative software & hardware projects.

Noteworthy clients:

Awards

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Projects Awards

• 2018 Digiday - Best Brand Platform, Givewith
• 2018 CES Innovation Awards - Software & Mobile Apps, Philz Coffee
• 2018 W3 Awards - Mobile Features-Best User Experience for Mobile Sites & Apps, Philz Coffee
• 2018 HOW International Design Awards - Website, Aesop
• 2018 Design Week - Website, Aesop
• 2017 The One Show – Bronze Pencil Award, Virgin America Travel App
• 2017 CES Innovation Award Honoree - Virgin America Mobile App
• 2017 Webby’s – Best Practices Award & Best Travel App, Virgin America app
• 2017 Andy Awards - Mobile App, Digital Design, Virgin America app
• 2016 Pixel Awards – People’s Champ – Agency & Best Responsive Design Awards, Virgin America website
• 2016 CES Innovation Awards - Software & Mobile Apps, Virgin America app
• 2015 The One Show – One Show Merit Award, Virgin America website
• 2015 Webby’s – Best Visual Design Award, Virgin America website
• 2015 Webby’s – Best User Interface Award, Virgin America website
• 2015 Webby’s – Best Practices Award, Virgin America website
• 2015 Cannes Lions – Bronze Lion Award, Virgin America project
• 2015 Clio’s – Bronze Clio Award, Virgin America project
• 2015 Digiday Award for Best Brand Platform, Virgin America project
• 2015 Pixel Awards – News & Publications - Finalist, TMZ
• 2014 User Experience Awards – Grand Prize for Most Significant Industry Evolution, Virgin America project
• 2014 London International Awards – Silver Medal, Virgin America project

Company Awards

• 2019 AdAge's A-List
• 2019 Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Companies
• 2018 Digiday, Agency of the Year
• 2018 Cannes Lions, Grand Prix
• 2018 Cannes Lions, Titanium
• 2018 AdAge’s A-List
• 2017 Forbes - Next Big Thing
• 2017 Inc 5000 - #295
• 2017 Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Companies
• 2017 AdAge’s A-List
• 2017 Fast Company Innovation by Design, Websites
• 2017 Webby Awards, Professional Services
• 2016 DUMBO Improvement District - DUMBO Dozen
• 2016 Advertising Age’s “Agencies to Watch”
• 2014 Forrester "A Model to Follow"

Open Source

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Hodur Family

• Hodur Engine Domain modeling approach & collection of libraries to Clojure.
• Hodur Datomic Plugin Hodur adapter for Datomic schemas.
• Hodur Spec Plugin Hodur adapter for clojure.spec schemas.
• Hodur Lacinia Plugin Hodur adapter for Lacinia (GraphQL engine) schemas.
• Hodur Contentful Plugin Hodur adapter for Contentful CMS schemas.
• Hodur Graphviz Plugin Hodur adapter for GraphViz diagrams.
• Hodur Visualizer Web visualizer for Hodur schemas.

Resilience4clj Family

• Resilience4clj Circuit Breaker Functional implementation of circuit breakers.
• Resilience4clj Time Limiter Functional implementation of time limiters.
• Resilience4clj Retry Functional implementation of retry on failure.
• Resilience4clj Cache Functional implementation of distributed cached calls.

Others

• ContentQL Access Contentful data using Om Next Queries.
• Migrana Datomic migration tool that gives you the control over how your Datomic database evolves.
• Cambada Packager for Clojure based on deps.edn (AKA tools.deps).

Press

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Project-Related Publications

• 2018 TechCrunch - Philz Coffee’s order-ahead app rolls out to all stores
• 2018 Fast Company Magazine - New Philz App Takes The Preciousness Out Of Third-Wave Coffee
• 2016 Condé Nast Ttraveler - Virgin America's New App Lets You Book a Flight in 60 Seconds
• 2016 Fast Company Magazine - Virgin America's New App Puts A Travel Agent In Your Pocket
• 2016 Airways Magazine – AeroMexico Goes Green with a New Digital Platform
• 2016 The Next Web - Building the travel app that makes flying fun again
• 2015 UXPin - UX Case Study: The World’s First Responsive Airline Website
• 2014 Wired Magazine - The Super-Slick UX of Virgin America’s New Booking Site
• 2014 Fast Company Magazine - Virgin America Reimagines How We Book Travel

My publications

• 2017 TheNextweb.com - Smarter bots, deeper learning & better blockchaining: Mobile app trends in 2018
• 2017 Advertising Age (or “AdAge”) Magazine - Fake Apps on Rise: How to Protect Your Brand in the App Store
• 2017 TheNextWeb.com - Building the Travel App that Makes Flying Fun Again

Public Talks

• 2019 Clojure/South - Datomic vs. Crux & Why It Matters
• 2019 Heart of Clojure - Building Resilient Clojure Apps
• 2019 Clojure/North - Resilience by Design
• 2018 Clojure/conj - Declarative Domain Modeling
• 2017 Clojure/conj - The Power of Lacinia & Hystrix in Production
• 2017 TheNextWeb NYC - Afterhour Session: Tech's Toughest Questions
• 2015 Digital Dumbo - Panel: Quality in Digital Product Creation