Ricardo Silva
Product Owner at Critical TechWorks
Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolRicardo Silva is a product-focused technologist with 8+ years of hands-on software engineering and leadership experience, recently promoted to Product Owner at Critical TechWorks in Porto. He combines a practical engineering background—from .NET development and architecture to freelance product delivery—with a knack for organizing teams and driving customer-centric outcomes. Comfortable switching between code and product strategy, Ricardo has a track record of shipping solutions across startups and consultancies, and has led teams as well as owned company-level technical direction. Rooted in strong cultural values of justice, equity and dignity, he builds collaborative relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders. A lifelong tinkerer inspired by “the world of the electron and the switch,” he brings curiosity and disciplined initiative to solving complex problems. Based in Matosinhos, Portugal, he pairs postgraduate training in medical instrumentation with broad software experience to bridge technical rigor and real-world product needs.
7 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree Computer Science, Licentiate degree Computer Science at Instituto Superior de Tecnologias AvançadasPostgraduate in Computer and Medical Instrumentation, Postgraduate in Computer and Medical Instrumentation at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (19)
facilities10
model-validation7
fluent-interface7
fluent-api6
chain6
nodejs5
validation5
google-docs5
google-sheets3
validations3
google2
sqlite1
kibana1
visualization1
sql-database1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kalstong/FluentValidation.js
Oct 2019 - May 2021
A node.js package that provide a model validation based on a chain of rules with a fluent syntax
Contributions:13 releases, 30 commits, 81 PRs in 1 year 7 months
validationnode-jsvalidationschainvalidator
kalstong/i8n_generator_google_sheets
Oct 2019 - Sep 2022
Generate language resource files from Google Sheets
Contributions:21 PRs, 19 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 11 months
googlegoogle-sheetssheetsgoogle-docs
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