Douglas Véras
CEO (Founder) at Federal Rural University of Pernambuco - UFRPE
Pernambuco, Brazil
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Top SchoolDouglas Véras is a CEO-founder and computer science professor with a decade of experience building AI-driven products and leading research projects in Brazil. As founder and CTO of FoodRec, he combines entrepreneurial leadership with deep technical expertise in recommender systems, the focus of his PhD work at UFPE. He has steered innovation-funded initiatives (Inovapps, Centelha, Bônus Tecnológico) and translated research into applied solutions, including assistive-technology work with Cognvox. His background spans digital TV systems, data warehousing, and academic mentoring, reflecting a blend of industry engineering and scholarly publishing. Based in Pernambuco, he is comfortable moving between grant coordination, product development, and classroom teaching, bringing both project-level pragmatism and scientific rigor. An understated strength is his consistent track record of converting competitive research funding into deployed technologies and startups.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doutorado, Sistemas de Recomendação, Doutorado, Sistemas de Recomendação at Universidade Federal de PernambucoBacharel, TV Digital, Bacharel, TV Digital at Universidade Federal de Alagoas
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Github contributions (4)
douglasveras/cd-cars-datasets
Aug 2016 - Oct 2020
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
douglasveras/EuPolitico
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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