A father, New Zealander & CEO at Autohand AI.
Now
- Building Autohand AI
Previously
- Senior roles at Microsoft, GitHub, AWS
- Led and influenced a lot of GitHub Copilot deployment, features
- Co‑creator of the GitHub Well‑Architected Framework for SDLC
- Co-creator of the largest marketplace platform in Brazil for Americanas, Shoptime, Submarino
Something about me
- Grew up in Petrolina, Brazil
- I’ve cycled the equivalent of 1.5 trips around the world
- On the internet since 1998; bought a second‑hand Pentium II 233 MHz PC
- Did my master’s in ML at MiT
- Immigrated to New Zealand in 2015 and met the love of my life
- Started 3 companies (igworks, Jynx, Riacycle), failed my first ; now on my 4th
- I love writing code in Rust, Jax, Python, and C++
- Wrote a bunch of Javascript, ActionScript and Flex in the past, a lot of my good mates are from Macromedia/Adode era
- Member of the Apache Software Foundation since 2007
Some things I believe and value
- I'm passionated about DevTools
- Semper fidelis
- I love autonomy, agency and simplicity
- Have good mentors and role models; I am fortunate to be surrounded by them
- Write, publish, make mistakes, and learn again
- Be resourceful
- If you cannot build without money, money is not the problem
- You have to take risks; life is too cushy with a paycheck
- Read widely; approach things with a child's curiosity
- Family is where my mind feels joy