Summary
Gilson Ferraz is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience building products and leading technical teams across enterprise, embedded, and web domains. He founded and scaled two software companies, transforming Devmaker from crisis to R$3M revenue while adopting Agile practices and delivering mobile and web projects. Hands-on across low-level and high-level stacks, he has shipped solutions in Assembly and C for embedded POS systems, Java transactional processors, and Ruby-based web apps including NF-e compliant invoicing. Gilson combines product ownership and technical delivery—designing dashboards, payment systems and custom enterprise tools—while mentoring teams and driving go-to-market strategy. Based in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil, he pairs deep legacy systems expertise with modern API and web development, and has a postgraduate specialization in networks and distributed systems. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of reviving underperforming engineering organizations into predictable delivery engines.
10 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
English, Portuguese