Ricardo Soares is a Director of Engineering with 14 years of experience bridging hardware, software and product development for power electronics in electric traction and refrigerated transportation. At AddVolt he leads technical development, productization and industrialization of a plug-in electric system that reduces fuel use, noise and CO2 for refrigerated trucks, applying research-grade expertise to commercial impact. He combines academic research and teaching experience from the University of Porto and FEUP with startup and management training from Carnegie Mellon and TU/e, enabling him to translate complex electro-mechanical systems into manufacturable products. A hands-on engineer and mentor, he focuses on building strong teams, catalyzing learning and growth in others while staying curious—he also codes, co-founded Geeksessions, and frames human processes as software.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Mestrado Integrado, Engenharia Eletrotecnica e Computadores, Mestrado Integrado, Engenharia Eletrotecnica e Computadores at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Entrepreneurship Program for Startups, Business Management InRes, Entrepreneurship Program for Startups, Business Management InRes at Carnegie Mellon University
A port of Django's Storages framework for use with Flask and SQLAlchemy
Contributions:2 releases, 1 push, 1 tag in 1 day
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Ricardo Soares - Director Of Engineering at AddVolt