Work
I've dedicated most of my career to building products for companies large and small. Recently, I've been working at the intersection of AI and data. More on my current focus here.
Highlights
Launched the first-ever public app on Amazon Web Services
Co-authored the O'Reilly Redis Cookbook
A long time ago I was the first employee at TechCrunch
Snyk
September 2025 – Present
I am currently working on AI Risk and Agentic security at Snyk. As part of my work, I have
contributed to Snyk's AI Risk DB, formulating a methodology for
evaluating model risk. These days I am working on agentic security,
helping shape products that guard people and enterprises from
misaligned models and agents.
- AI Risk
- AI Security
- Evals
- Engineering Leadership
Capital Factory
August 2020 – August 2025
I was the VP of Engineering at Capital Factory, a venture
capital fund in Austin, Texas. Capital Factory has key investments
in the areas of AI, Robotics and Defense, in companies such as
Apptronik, Saronic, ICON, Colossal Biosciences, John Carmack's Keen
Technologies, among others. At CF, I built the AI and software layer that connects
entrepreneurs with capital and investors with opportunities.
- Engineering Leadership
- Venture Capital
- AI
Gumroad
May 2021 – October 2021
I was a consultant for Gumroad. As
part of that, I contributed to the launch of Gumroad 2.0, and led
efforts on platform localization and developer experience.
- Product
- Developer Experience
- Localization
Union
January 2018 – August 2020
I was the co-founder and CTO of Union
, a platform connecting startup programs worldwide. Clients included
Techstars, 500 Startups, Capital Factory, Walmart, Comcast,
Accenture, Bayer, and the United States Department of Defense. Union
was acquired by Capital Factory in 2020.
Acquired by Capital Factory
- Founding
- Product
- Platform Engineering
76fwd
April 2015 – January 2018
I led engineering at 1776.vc (which eventually merged with the
coworking startup Benjamin's Desk to become 76fwd). 1776 was a
DC-based incubator and seed fund focused on education, energy,
transportation, and smart cities.
- Engineering Leadership
- Product
Disruption Corporation
February 2013 – April 2015
Head of product and engineering at Disruption Corporation, a seed
fund in Washington, DC. Led the engineering team and built Hubble
(startup metrics platform) and Dashboard (a community tool for
accelerator programs like 500 Startups and Seedcamp).
Acquired by 76fwd
- Product
- Engineering Leadership
- Data
O'Reilly Media Conferences
2007 – 2009
Member of the advisory board for O'Reilly Conferences Europe,
including the O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo and OSCON.
- Advisory
- Conferences
Webreakstuff
August 2005 – February 2013
Founding partner of Webreakstuff, a product and consulting company.
Built products for MTV/Viacom, Bell Canada, Portugal Telecom,
Microsoft, and numerous startups, while also developing our own.
- Founding
- Product Design
- Consulting
TechCrunch
May 2005 – March 2007
Full-stack engineer and writer at TechCrunch. As the first
employee, I helped grow readership to over 1,000,000 daily readers
and RSS subscribers, and launched what would become Crunchbase.
- Full-stack
- Writing
- Growth
Published
Redis Cookbook
2011 - O'Reilly
Co-wrote, with Tiago Macedo, a cookbook of practical recipes for Redis, published by O'Reilly in 2011, back when Redis was barely two years old.
Smashing Book
2009 - Smashing Magazine
Design work for Goplan, a project management application built with Ruby on Rails at Webreakstuff, featured in the first book by Smashing Magazine (Smashing Book #1) as an example of great design. Particularly highlighted features included the sign-up and login flows. Goplan has been around since 2006, and has been featured in magazines like Wired and .net.
.net Magazine
2007 - Future Publishing
Article in the Expert Opinion section of .net Magazine about the potential and some of the most interesting uses for APIs, included in .net's special issue on the inner workings of Google, and Web 2.0.
Speaking / conferences
| 2026 | Lisbon AI 2026 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2026 | INForum 2026 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2025 | Lisbon AI 2025 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2025 | Laika Ventures Orbit #3 | Porto, Portugal |
| 2025 | Laika Ventures Orbit #1 | Porto, Portugal |
| 2023 | DeHouse Braga Launch | Braga, Portugal |
| 2018 | Techfestival | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2017 | Lisbon Challenge | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2016 | Lisbon Challenge | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2016 | Protechting | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2015 | Lisbon Challenge | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2012 | Seedcamp Lisbon | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2012 | PT Innovation Conference | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2011 | Startup Pirates | Köln, Germany |
| 2011 | Startup Pirates | Porto, Portugal |
| 2010 | Pensar Fora da Caixa | Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2010 | Codebits | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2010 | Switch Conference | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2010 | TEDxYouth | Porto, Portugal |
| 2010 | SHiFT Conference | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2009 | Arrisca Coimbra | Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2009 | Barcamp Spring | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2009 | Filling the Void | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2008 | SHiFT Conference | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2008 | Reboot 10 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2008 | O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo | Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Reboot 9 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2007 | Tecnonov | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2007 | O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo | Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo | San Francisco, US |
| 2007 | Microsoft Search Champs | Seattle, US |
| 2007 | Barcamp Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2007 | Codebits | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2006 | Barcamp Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2006 | SHiFT Conference | Lisbon, Portugal |