Marcelo Rocha

São Paulo, Brazil

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Marcelo Rocha is a Race & Performance Engineer with 12 years of experience applying mechanical and aerospace engineering to motorsport programs across Brazil, the USA, Europe and Asia. He specializes in telemetry-driven strategy, KPI development and ECU calibration for cars and superbikes, having worked in IMSA, GT World Challenge Asia, Stock Car, Porsche Cup and MotoAmerica. At the track he combines race engineering duties with performance roles—using Motec, Cosworth PI, AIM and timing systems to optimize setup, pit strategy and fuel/tyre management in real time. His background in CAE and FEA, plus a master’s from USP in aerospace engineering, informs a data-led, systems approach to suspension, aerodynamics and powertrain tuning. Off-season he trains drivers and engineers in data analysis and race car setup, and he contributes to open-source projects in backend development and documentation for CakePHP, showing a rare blend of hands-on racing expertise and software/technical communication skills. Based in São Paulo, he brings a track-tested mix of analytical rigor, field experience and practical teaching.

12 years of coding experience

9 years of employment as a software developer

Bacharelado em Engenharia, Mechanical Engineering, Bacharelado em Engenharia, Mechanical Engineering at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

University of São Paulo

English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian

Github Skills (15)

mvc-framework10

web-framework10

cakephp10

php10

authentication10

user-authentication10

back-end-development10

documentation10

testing10

databases8

database8

validations7

validation7

phpunit7

orm6

Programming languages (8)

TypeScriptCSSSCSSMakefileJavaScriptPHPHTMLRich Text Format

Github contributions (5)

CakeDC/users

Dec 2016 - Jan 2023

Users Plugin for CakePHP

Role in this project:

Back-end Developer

Contributions:8 releases, 25 reviews, 531 commits in 6 years 2 months

Contributions summary:Marcelo primarily focused on implementing and modifying back-end features related to the user authentication system. Their contributions included logging exceptions and handling errors within the social authentication process, specifically in the `SocialAuthenticate` class. The user also updated behavior classes and implemented new trait to improve code coverage and testing.

social-loginregistrationphprbacplugin

cakephp/docs

Jun 2017 - Jan 2023

CakePHP CookBook

Role in this project:

Technical Writer

Contributions:1 review, 117 commits, 9 PRs in 5 years 8 months

Contributions summary:Marcelo's commits primarily involve modifying and creating documentation files for the CakePHP framework's documentation repository. The contributions include updating existing documentation on saving data, converting request data into entities, working with associations, and adding content on deleting data. The user has also corrected formatting issues, fixed typos, and adjusted case in various documentation files, ensuring clarity and consistency within the framework's documentation.

phpcookbookcakephp

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