Summary
Uirá Porã is a seasoned innovation advisor and self-taught hacker with over a decade working at the intersection of digital technology, public policy and civic movements across Brazil. He blends hands-on IT and user experience expertise with deep experience designing participatory digital strategies for federal, state and municipal governments, including work that mobilized millions in national participatory processes. A co‑founder of civic initiatives like FeliciLab and Instituto Mutirão, he champions free knowledge, open source and networked collaboration, and has advised multilateral organizations such as the World Bank and BID. His roles range from public manager to consultant and lab builder, delivering service design workshops and governance frameworks for health, culture and innovation ecosystems. Based in Ceará, he brings a pragmatic, community-rooted approach to digital transformation that emphasizes collective authorship and long-term civic capacity building. An unusual blend of hacker ethos and policy fluency makes him effective at turning grassroots digital experiments into scalable public programs.
12 years of coding experience
Federal University of Ceara
Hacker, Colaboração em Rede, 10, Hacker, Colaboração em Rede, 10 at Universidade Fora do Eixo