Raphael Costa
Digital Specialist at R2D1 Consultoria
São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolRaphael Costa is a product-minded digital specialist and tech strategist with 14+ years turning deep-tech proofs-of-concept into scalable industrial and SaaS products. As former CTO and co-founder of BirminD—an AI-driven industrial optimization startup acquired by WEG—he led architecture, cross-functional teams, and productization efforts that bridged research and production. Now at AFRY and through his consultancy R2D1, he advises on global digital strategy and operational scaling for complex products, combining AI, automation, and systems integration expertise. He pairs hands-on engineering skills in Python and Rust with an MBA from USP/ESALQ and a background in control and automation from UNESP. Pragmatic and execution-driven, Raphael thrives in B2B, consulting, and digital innovation roles where technical depth meets commercial impact. Colleagues describe him as a developer-at-heart who turns technical complexity into repeatable business value.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Computer Software Engineering, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Computer Software Engineering at MBA USP/EsalqUNESP, Control and Automation, UNESP, Control and Automation at Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho'Colégio Rio Branco
Github Skills (13)
que10
discord-bot6
discord-js6
discord5
predict2
location1
python-interface1
django1
bitcoin1
python1
machine-learning1
dam1
bitcoins1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rphbc/devbot
Mar 2020 - May 2023
A simple bot for discord for devs
Contributions:12 PRs, 16 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 2 months
discord-jsdiscordbotdiscord-botdevs
spacesorocaba/Spayce
Aug 2018 - Apr 2019
Spayce
Contributions:16 commits, 26 PRs, 32 pushes in 7 months
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