Gustavo Violato is a technical director and entrepreneur with 17 years of engineering experience at the crossroads of wind energy, probabilistic design, and data-driven product development. After leading simulation, loads and control teams at Vestas and contributing to international standards like IEC 61400-9, he co-founded and now leads the technical strategy of Oportunidados, a BI platform that enriches Brazilian public data with proprietary algorithms. He combines deep domain expertise in turbine dynamics and model validation with hands-on systems engineering skills from MIT Professional Education and ITA. An early contributor to the Paparazzi open-source UAV project, he has practical embedded/IoT and simulation experience that complements his analytics and product leadership. Known for turning complex physical models into actionable business insights, he thrives on bridging rigorous engineering with scalable software products.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Aeronautical and Control Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Aeronautical and Control Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITA
High School, High School at Colégio Militar de Curitiba
Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems Systems Engineering, Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems Systems Engineering at MIT Professional Education
Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project for unmanned (air) vehicles. This is the main software repository.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Contributions:38 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Gustavo contributed to the Paparazzi project by modifying and adding code related to wind tunnel experiments and simulator components. The changes involve serial communication, data processing, and integration with the Ivy bus for data transmission. The user also worked on integrating JSBSim, a flight dynamics model, to test and simulate autopilot behavior.
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Gustavo Violato - Technical Director at Oportunidados