João Santos
Founding Partner at Kitanda
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolJoão Santos is a founding partner and software engineer with 13 years of experience building industrial-grade systems, currently leading Kitanda to create an open source alternative for financial technology from Lisbon. He combines deep Java and Unix heritage with hands-on product and brand development, guiding a small team through the operational and commercial challenges of a regulated industry. His background spans mission-critical systems—from national rail ticketing and insurance claims portals to enterprise databases—showing a track record of integrating legacy services (SAP, Informix) with modern agile delivery. João is pragmatic about open source as a strategic lever for fintech transformation and enjoys tackling the complex interoperability problems that legacy financial systems present. He brings a rare mix of technical troubleshooting, customer-facing product work, and conviction in community-driven software as a catalyst for industry change.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Technical Professional of Management and Information Technology, Technical Professional of Management and Information Technology at Escola Secundária da Baixa da BanheiraInformática, Computer Science, Informática, Computer Science at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
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Github contributions (3)
joffemd/creris
Oct 2012 - Nov 2012
Contributions:16 commits in 6 days
MASD-Project/dogen
Dec 2012 - Jan 2013
Reference implementation of the MASD Code Generator.
Contributions:37 commits in 24 days
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