Summary
Percival Lucena is a Senior Computer Scientist and engineering leader with 12 years of experience building blockchain, cloud, and AI-driven solutions across enterprise and startup environments. He currently architects privacy-focused Layer 2 blockchain applications for COTI and has led cross-functional teams delivering supply chain and e-commerce systems at companies like IBM, Samsung SDS, and Ecotrace. Percival combines hands-on protocol and smart contract work (Hyperledger Fabric, Besu) with product delivery—designing offchain/onchain integrations, Node.js APIs, and scalable network architectures that earned him multiple blockchain patents. He has managed and grown teams of 20+ engineers, shipped mobile and web products to production, and driven ML-enabled features such as computer vision for product classification. Beyond delivery, he publishes research from his IBM tenure and pursues MITx studies in economics and innovation, reflecting a blend of technical depth and strategic curiosity. A pragmatic innovator, Percival often bridges IoT, analytics, and Web3 to turn proofs-of-concept into deployed systems.
12 years of coding experience
Online Specialization Economics, Online Specialization Economics at MITx Courses
Master of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at USP - Universidade de São Paulo
Postgraduate Degree Project Management, Postgraduate Degree Project Management at Wyden
Special Studies Computer Science, Special Studies Computer Science at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Portuguese, Spanish, French, English