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I accelerate growth, modernize systems, and strengthen engineering organizations by providing strategic technology leadership, software architecture expertise, and customized professional development.
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Strategic Technology Leadership

Technology is a strategic asset. I support organizations, engineering leaders, and technology teams in making informed decisions, modernizing systems, enhancing engineering effectiveness, and building sustainable foundations for long-term growth.

With our unified service, you’ll benefit from:

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Strategic Technology Leadership

Critical technology decisions require clarity, experience, and an independent perspective.
I help CEOs, CTOs, founders, and engineering leaders assess technology strategy, architecture, engineering effectiveness, and organizational risks, then define a practical path forward.
Start with an assessment:
Focused Assessment — One Sprint
A rapid review to identify key risks, improvement opportunities, priorities, and recommended next steps for your organization.
Comprehensive Assessment — One Month
A thorough analysis for complex challenges, providing detailed findings, strategic recommendations, and a prioritized improvement roadmap.
Typical areas include:
  • Technology strategy and roadmaps
  • Software architecture and modernization
  • Engineering effectiveness
  • Technology investments and vendor decisions
  • Governance and technical leadership
  • Organizational and technical risk
After the assessment, you may implement the recommendations internally or continue with specialized advisory, architecture, modernization, or leadership support.
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Software Architecture & Modernization

When systems become difficult to change, technical debt starts affecting delivery speed, operational risk, and business growth.
I help organizations assess their current architectures, modernize incrementally, and define practical evolution paths based on evidence rather than trends.
Typical engagements include:
  • Architecture reviews and modernization roadmaps
  • Legacy system modernization
  • Platform and cloud evolution
  • Domain-Driven Design and system boundaries
  • API, integration, and event-driven architectures
  • Scalability, resilience, and observability
  • Architecture governance and engineering standards
Modernization typically starts with a focused assessment to identify the highest-risk areas and define prioritized improvements. Subsequent changes are delivered incrementally, reducing risk and supporting ongoing business evolution.
This service suits organizations facing costly changes, overdue upgrades, growing architectural complexity, or a rewrite or major platform transformation.

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AI Strategy & Adoption

While many organizations can develop an AI prototype, the real challenge lies in transforming it into a reliable, governed, and valuable business capability.
I help organizations identify suitable AI opportunities, design practical architectures, and transition from experimentation to production with a focus on value, risk, cost, integration, and governance.
Typical engagements include:
  • AI opportunity and readiness assessments
  • AI strategy and adoption roadmaps
  • Agentic and enterprise AI architecture
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • AI governance, security, and risk
  • Model, cost, and integration strategy
  • Developer productivity with AI
This service is designed for organizations transitioning from AI experimentation to sustainable production adoption.
Leverage technology as a strategic advantage with experienced leadership, modern architecture, and effective execution. Whether you are defining strategy, modernizing systems, or adopting AI, the focus is on enabling better decisions, accelerating innovation, and establishing a sustainable foundation for long-term growth.
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Training Program

Lead with confidence by building the skills to make sound technical and architectural decisions.
Increase your influence by enhancing your ability to guide teams, shape technology strategy, and deliver results.
Accelerate your growth by gaining the expertise required to progress from engineer to architect, technical leader, or technology strategist.
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Software Architecture

Design scalable, maintainable systems by making informed decisions on boundaries, dependencies, integration, modularity, and architectural trade-offs.

2–3 days · Intermediate–Advanced · Software development experience required

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Software Design

Enhance code structure and maintainability using object-oriented design, SOLID principles, design patterns, refactoring, testing, and practical design choices.

2–3 days · Intermediate–Advanced · Software development experience required

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Domain-Driven Design

Model complex business domains, establish clear boundaries, and align software design with business terminology and organizational context.

2 days · Intermediate–Advanced · Software development experience required

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Modern Java & Jakarta EE

Leverage modern Java and Jakarta EE features to build scalable, maintainable enterprise applications.

2–3 days · Intermediate–Advanced · Java experience required

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Data, Persistence & NoSQL Architecture

Evaluate persistence trade-offs, data modeling, polyglot persistence, scalability, consistency, and architectural decisions for relational and NoSQL systems.

2–3 days · Intermediate–Advanced · Backend development experience required

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AI for Software Engineering

Apply AI effectively in software engineering, including AI-assisted development, RAG, agents, architecture, and governance.

1–2 days · Intermediate · Software development experience required

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What do they say

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“I have had the pleasure of working with Otávio, the field of technology, and their contributions to our team had been nothing short of exceptional. During our time working together, he demonstrated a deep understanding of technology and commitment to staying at the forefront of trends. His technical expertise is truly impressive, and he has a unique ability to solve complex problems with creative and efficient solutions. Thank you so much for everything.”

Alexandra Borges de Lucena

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“Otavio is the most enthusiastic colleague I’ve had the pleasure of working with. He made work exciting, constantly bringing new ideas, new opportunities to learn from and to share our work, and encouragement that made our team better. He is prolific and engaging in his writing and speaking, highly knowledgeable in his field, and above all dependable and collaborative. I would be happy to recommend Otavio to anyone.” 

Chad Carlson

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“Otávio is an extremely talented, self-taught and work-hard software development engineer with strong understanding of programming languages and frameworks. I definitely recommend him for any software development project!”

David Robert Camargo de Campos

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“Otavio brings an enormous amount of positive energy, enthusiasm, and team spirit to his work. He’s a self-starter who comes with his own ideas and own initiative to put them in motion. For example, while on my team, he reached out to several companies in our industry and proposed joint whitepapers on how our technologies work well together. He then wrote the material and coordinated with the other teams around marketing the results. Furthermore, Otavio knows *everyone* in his field of interest. He’s a natural networker and socializer, and everybody likes him.”

Robert Douglass