Ricardo Peres
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) at Evolve Software
Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Top SchoolRicardo Peres is a seasoned software engineer and technical leader with 13 years of experience, currently a Microsoft MVP, Founding Tech Lead at Evolve Software, and Principal Engineer at Giacom based in Coimbra, Portugal. He combines academic rigor as a PhD candidate at the University of Coimbra with hands-on delivery, having authored and reviewed multiple .NET books and guided teams across consultancy and retail domains. A prolific open-source contributor, Ricardo has made notable backend contributions to high-profile projects like NHibernate and the Docker.DotNet client, improving mapping, LINQ handling and Docker exec capabilities. His career spans roles from head of reactive teams to technical evangelist and trainer, reflecting a strong focus on developer productivity and best practices. He frequently blends research-minded problem solving with practical engineering, evident in his unit-tested enhancements to core libraries. Beyond code, he mentors and documents complex topics, making advanced distributed and data-access patterns accessible to teams and readers.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering at Universidade de CoimbraCAP Training, CAP Training at Nova Etapa
English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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javascript
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dependency-injection
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nhibernate
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entity-framework
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blazor
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Github Skills (41)
owin10
apidoc10
linq10
net10
dotnet-new10
user-authentication10
dotnet10
authentication10
asp-net-core10
docker-api10
asp-net10
orm10
api10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nhibernate/nhibernate-core
Mar 2013 - Jun 2018
NHibernate Object Relational Mapper
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 31 commits, 4 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Ricardo primarily contributed to the NHibernate core, focusing on mapping-by-code enhancements and bug fixes. Their work included adding support for features such as optimistic lock mode, polymorphism, and union subclasses. They implemented several unit tests to ensure the correctness of their modifications and to provide better test coverage for the project. Additionally, the user addressed issues related to LINQ queries and future query execution.
poconhibernate-developersc-sharplinqorm
TerribleDev/OwinOAuthProviders
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
OAuth providers for Owin
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 27 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Ricardo implemented a Foursquare OAuth provider for the Owin framework. They added the necessary handler, options, and provider interfaces, along with context objects to facilitate the authentication process. The user also incorporated versioning based on a date, and added claims for the authenticated user identity.
openidoauth-providerprovidersowinc-sharp
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