Ivo Benedito
Head Of Engineering at iMotorbike
Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolIvo Benedito is a seasoned software and product engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling teams and platforms across startups and fast-growing companies. Currently Head of Engineering at iMotorbike and formerly Head of Software Engineering at Web Summit, he combines hands-on full‑stack expertise (Ruby/Rails, Hotwire, React, React Native, Electron, Python, AI) with a strong product and design sensibility. He has led engineering organizations through rapid growth and acquisition, including scaling a 60+ team at Runtime Revolution and serving as SVP of Software Engineering at iCapital. Based in Lisbon, Ivo is passionate about simple, elegant software and brings a maker’s creativity to leadership, often bridging design, product, and technical execution. An unexpected throughline in his career is a persistent focus on startup dynamics and practical product design, which informs how he mentors teams and shapes roadmap decisions.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Multimedia and Graphical Systems, Master of Engineering - MEng, Multimedia and Graphical Systems at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do PortoGraphic Design, Graphic Design at Tecla
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Github Skills (106)
dashboard10
postgresql10
react-component10
clojure10
datepicker10
data-visualization10
defaults10
database10
mysql10
slack10
sprockets10
visualization10
calendar-widget10
parallelization9
srcset9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ivobenedito/electron-playground
Feb 2021 - Jun 2024
Contributions:4 releases, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
ivobenedito/sassil
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 17 commits, 13 pushes in 1 month
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