Pedro Afonso

Background

About Pedro Afonso

I'm a hands-on full-stack software engineer passionate about today's front-end challenges and architectures. My work is backed by a solid computer science and engineering background. I've been launching projects using React.js for 4 years and GraphQL for more than 1 year. Along the way, I've been given the opportunity to lead distributed, remote and onsite teams. I love traveling and staying active. What can I do for you? • Help you improve your Business Processes; • Analyze, design and implement simple ways for your team to collaborate over the Web; • Architect and implement your tech business idea; • Join your team delivering both technical and functional expertise. Keywords • React.js • Apollo GraphQL • Redux • JavaScript • Node.js • AngularJS • HTML • CSS • Twitter Bootstrap • REST API • SQL & NoSQL • StartUp & Entrepreneurship More info My academic background is in distributed and parallel computing. I worked as a consultant in Business Process Management (BPM), in Barclays Bank and Safira (Portugal) and Trelleborg Sealing Solution and IBM/Safira (Germany). Afterwards, I worked in CrowdProcess developing parallel and distributed computing applications in different scientific domains. Familiar with start-up environment, bringing ideas to live, product development and usability/user experience. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Volunteering) In the later years, I've been Volunteer and President of GASNova, Grupo de Acção Social. Structured GASNova into a Youth leadership and change-making education program. Based on the Global Education concept and using non-formal education methodologies, we stimulate young people to solve some of the biggest problems the world is facing right now.