Career
Where I've worked, in reverse chronological order.
Verve For Advertisers — Senior Software Engineer · Dec 2025 – Present · New York
Building backend systems for an ad platform reaching 100M+ users.
Hent — Founder & CTO · Aug 2019 – Dec 2025 · Recife / São Paulo
YC W20 fintech for real estate receivables in Brazil; acquired by Arke in 2024. Continued as Head of Engineering for the Hent product post-acquisition through Dec 2025.
Incognia — Head of Product, SMB Ads · May 2018 – Apr 2019 · Recife
Launched an advertising platform connecting online campaigns to in-store visits.
ChefsClub — CTO · Mar 2016 – May 2018 · Rio de Janeiro
Led platform redesign, native mobile rebuild, and a competitor-acquisition integration.
Eventick — Founder & CEO · Nov 2011 – Mar 2014 · Recife
Self-service event ticketing platform; acquired by Sympla in 2016.
AgendaRecife.com — Founder · 2009 – 2011 · Recife
Started as a portfolio piece for Atela, it became the go-to events website for Recife and the spark that led to Eventick. We later expanded to other Brazilian capitals: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Natal, Fortaleza, and João Pessoa.
Atela — Founder & Director of Tech · 2009 – 2011 · Recife
Web agency.
Codemedia — Founder & Director of Tech · 2008 – 2010 · Recife
Built an SMS wallet system. As a first endeavor it didn't thrive, but it was my first real startup experience.
Programs & Fellowships
- Endeavor Scale Up
- AWS CTO Fellowship