Ricardo Pinto
Head Of Research And Development at BlockBase
Seixal, Setúbal, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolRicardo Pinto is a veteran software leader and R&D executive with 16 years of industry experience and a Master’s in Computer Science Engineering, currently heading R&D at moOngy and leading the BlockBase blockchain initiative he founded. He combines hands-on expertise in software architecture, AI/ML, Web3 and cloud platforms with a track record of securing nearly €2M in R&D funding and EU grants. As a mentor and educator, he has trained over 200 graduates and supervised multiple master's theses that spun directly from industry projects. His portfolio spans production-grade AI systems (handwriting recognition at 95% accuracy, player detection with ~1m error) to blockchain storage architectures and applied ML prototypes, reflecting a rare blend of research, productization and team-building. Notably, BlockBase not only won EU funding but also catalyzed academic research at NOVA, underscoring his ability to bridge industry innovation and academic impact.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Mathematics and Physics, Abitur, Mathematics and Physics at German School of LisbonMaster's degree, Computer Science and Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English, German, French, Spanish
Github Skills (23)
node-app10
bitcoin9
attention-mechanism9
blockchain9
nodejs9
cryptocurrency9
prompting9
huggingface7
transformer-models6
prompt-engineering6
multimodal6
machine-learning6
prompt-toolkit6
artificial-intelligence6
langchain4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
blockbasenetwork/documentation
Jul 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:34 commits, 34 pushes in 1 month
labs-agap2it/coding-buddy
Jun 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:3 pushes in 8 months
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