Summary
Ricardo Brandão is a Product Owner and seasoned computer engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience in embedded systems and a decade leading large IT teams and programs. He combines deep technical expertise in industrial embedded design, IoT and blockchain development with practical product delivery skills, currently shaping financial operations software for the insurance sector. Ricardo has led R&D on BLE/UWB wearable localization and written smart contracts for Ethereum/BSC, showing a rare blend of low-level firmware, cloud-enabled IoT, and Web3 knowledge. His background includes managing 120-person IT organizations and multimillion-dollar budgets while driving IT governance, PMO and platform modernization. Based in Rio de Janeiro, he pairs advanced academic training in AI and defense engineering with practical automation projects for industrial environments.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MBA - Insurance and Reinsurance, Insurance and Reinsurance, MBA - Insurance and Reinsurance, Insurance and Reinsurance at Escola Nacional de Seguros - Funenseg
Startup Engineering - MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), Computer Engineering, Startup Engineering - MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), Computer Engineering at Coursera
Escola Preparatória de Cadetes do Ar - EPCAR
Doctor Science, Defense Engineering, Doctor Science, Defense Engineering at Instituto Militar de Engenharia
Engenheiro de Computação, Computer Engineer, Engenheiro de Computação, Computer Engineer at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
MBA, Busines & Management, MBA, Busines & Management at COPPEAD UFRJ
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French