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