Ricardo Fiel
Principal AI Strategist
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolRicardo Fiel is a seasoned cloud and developer tools leader with over a decade of experience helping engineering teams ship software faster, currently shaping AI and developer tooling strategy at Microsoft from Lisbon. He blends deep hands-on experience in cloud-native architectures, DevOps, and serverless platforms with customer-facing solution engineering for large enterprise and partner ecosystems. Previously a CTO and group software architect, he excels at turning complex technical requirements into pragmatic, scalable solutions and GTM-ready architectures. Ricardo’s background spans product, community-building, and developer outreach, reflecting a builder’s mindset informed by both engineering and marketing instincts. An avid learner with certifications across Azure, Scrum, and systems administration, he brings a rare mix of technical depth, customer empathy, and indie-hacker creativity—once jokingly describing himself as a “failed rock star” who now rocks cloud scale.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Human transformation, Human transformation at MindvalleyCertified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Master at Scrum AllianceWindows Azure Development, Windows Azure Development at MicrosoftWindows Communication Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation at Actual TrainingIntermediate Solaris System Administration (SA-239), Intermediate Solaris System Administration (SA-239) at Sun MicrosystemsBachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (42)
kubernetes10
azure-arc10
iot10
azure10
cloud-native10
azure-ai8
react6
javascript6
openai-api6
testing6
typescript5
umbraco5
cypress4
redis4
devops4
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
mooncowboy/umbracodevops
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:62 commits, 6 PRs, 10 pushes in 7 months
devopsumbracoazure
shoegazerpt/btf-2020-labs
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
Lab contents for Building the Future 2020 event in Lisbon
Contributions:49 commits, 3 PRs, 30 pushes in 2 months
contentslisbonlab
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