Summary
Caluã De Lacerda Pataca is a Lecturer in Computer Science in Birmingham with nine years of professional experience blending UX/UI, branding, and software design. He co-founded Preface Design, growing a small studio into a multidisciplinary practice serving startups and long-running projects like the National Olympiad in History of Brazil, where he led brand and web interface work for a largely virtual event. His background spans creative arts and technical degrees up to a PhD in Computing and Information Sciences from RIT, reflecting a rare combination of visual design sensibility and rigorous research in computing. Comfortable shipping interfaces and architecting information-rich web platforms, he brings practical product experience from early web work to recent graduate research. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges creative storytelling and technical clarity—translating complex requirements into elegant, usable systems.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computing and information sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computing and information sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology
Técnico em informática Processamento de Dados, Técnico em informática Processamento de Dados at Colégio técnico da Unicamp
High School, High School at Farlingaye High School
Master of Science - MS Engenharia de Computação, Master of Science - MS Engenharia de Computação at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Portuguese, English, French