Pedro Colaço
Senior Architect & Technical Manager at Closer Consulting
Coimbra Metropolitan Area Portugal
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Top SchoolPedro Colaço is a senior technology leader and architect with over 30 years of experience delivering high-availability, regulated systems across finance, blockchain, enterprise software and embedded platforms. Currently leading AI-driven automation and architecture governance at Closer, he blends hands-on technical design with strategic leadership to align engineering execution with business outcomes. He has led blockchain integrations and custody systems for exchanges, designed tokenomics and smart-contract architectures, and contributed to notable open-source projects such as the Readium ePub SDK with Android/JNI work. A certified Scrum Master and technical instructor, he regularly advises executives, mentors engineering teams, and runs advanced training across Europe. Known for translating complex, high-risk requirements into operationally resilient solutions, he combines entrepreneurial instincts from founding several ventures with deep systems-level engineering.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Industrial Engineering and Management, BSc Industrial Engineering and Management at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de LisboaTechnical College Degree Computer Software and Networking, Technical College Degree Computer Software and Networking at Escola Secundária Passos ManuelBSc Economics, BSc Economics at Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário Lisboa
Portuguese, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (20)
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android10
cpp10
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scripting9
java9
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javas9
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Github contributions (5)
readium/readium-sdk
Jun 2013 - May 2014
A C++ ePub renderer SDK
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:41 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Pedro's contributions primarily involve implementing and modifying code related to an ePub renderer SDK, with a focus on the Android platform. They were involved in initial imports, build system modifications using shell scripts, and changes to JNI (Java Native Interface) code. There were also changes in the Java files and the organization of the project, specifically the movement and reorganization of the ePub3-Library project within the readium-sdk repository.
renderercppepubsdkc-plus-plus
decentrawise/graphene
Jan 2024 - May 2024
Graphene Protocol core blockchain node and command-line wallet
Contributions:8 PRs, 110 pushes, 91 branches in 3 months
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