Pedro Sousa

My passion is in design and web development. The internet is a big part of my life.
I've worked with clients both big and small and I love new challenges, doesn't matter the size of the project.

Pedro Sousa’s Specialties:

Programming skills
- Ruby on Rails, Java (J2EE), Javascript, JSP, Struts, .NET, C++, UML

Web Design:
- XHTML and CSS

Database skills
- Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Hibernate

Pedro Sousa’s Experience

Founder

ThinkOrange

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Responsible for strategy, and managing development of business and products focusing on human interaction for the web.
Organizer

SHiFT - Social And Human Ideas For Technology

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Developed website and technological infrastructure for the conference. Aided in the organization of the conference in 2008. More info on http://www.shift.pt
Co-founder

Ruby in Portuguese

(Non-Profit; Internet industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

Co-founded a portuguese portal related to the Ruby on Rails community of developers, designers and companies interested in knowing more about Ruby.

Translated part of the Official Ruby site to portuguese and spoke at regular conferences like XVI Jornadas Informaticas da Universidade da Beira Interior, SHIFT, Barcamp Coimbra and others. Also participated in London Hackday 2007.
Owner

weSpendmoney

(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Internet industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

Developed and designed a web application in Ruby on Rails to manage personal expenses online in a quick and easy way.
Web Developer

w20

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

July 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Responsible for implementing and managing projects in Ruby on Rails for a design and marketing agency.
Some of the clients included Optimus, Microsoft, Delta, Ford, Alta de Lisboa and others.
Senior Programmer

Accenture

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2004 — July 2007 (2 years 11 months)

Web development work for several major clients in the oil and retail industry.
Worked with technologies such as Hibernate, C# (.NET), JAVA (J2EE), Struts, databases (Oracle and SQL Server 2000) and others.
Teacher

Atempo - Academia de Estudos

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2005 — September 2005 (4 months)

Designed, created and instructed course on Design and Programming VideoGames with GameMaker
for children. Website: http://www.atempo.com.pt/jogos
Volunteer work

IUTU Young Energies project

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 1999 — September 1999 (1 month)

Participated on the IUTU Young Energies project, whose goal was to install solar power technology in poor villages located in deeper parts of north Brazil.

Pedro Sousa’s Education

SkillsMatter

Workshop , Ruby on Rails , 2006 — 2006

Web Development With Ruby on Rails Course
Galileu, S.A.

Microsoft Certified Professional , .NET , 2004 — 2005

Three certifications in:
MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer) ,
MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer),
MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)
Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa

Degree , Computer Science and Management , 2000 — 2004

List of modules include: Web Development Using .NET, Program Design, Technical English, Computer Systems, Economy, Operating Systems, Algorithms and Data Structures, Object Oriented Programming Using C++, Semantics of Programming Languages, Artificial Intelligence, Information Theory, Computer Architecture, Project Management, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Statistics, Analysis, Databases (specialy ORACLE) , Networks and Distributed Systems, Software Development, Research Project.

Activities and Societies:

Other activities and projects included a web development project in .NET for a train company, an online store for baby products and a white paper on "managing expectations".