Summary
Rodrigo Souza is an Artificial Intelligence Development Engineer with seven years of hands-on experience at the intersection of AI, embedded systems and FPGA-based hardware synthesis. Currently coordinating AI projects at Global Drones, he leads agribusiness automation on the Agrosmart platform, manages Petrobras computer vision collaborations and drives R&D partnerships with UFSC that produce publishable research. His background spans full-stack web development, cloud processing of drone imagery, YOLO-based detection pipelines and practical IoT/embedded prototypes informed by an early electronics technician training. As a founding member and vice-president of an academic AI league and a student leader at UFSC, he combines technical delivery with team-building and academic mentorship. Notably, he applied MediaPipe and TensorFlow to neonatal vision anomaly detection—blending clinical insight with computer vision—and has worked on scalable ortomosaic processing pipelines on private clusters and GCP. Based in Santa Catarina, Brazil, Rodrigo brings a rare blend of field-facing product execution and research-driven innovation.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Graduação, Computer Engineering, Graduação, Computer Engineering at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Course Taking Sandwich, Computer Engineering, Course Taking Sandwich, Computer Engineering at 芝浦工業大学
Técnico, Eletrônica, Técnico, Eletrônica at Etec Presidente Vargas
Chinese, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese