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Ricardo Ventura

Colmena / Chief Technology Officer

Ricardo Ventura

Colmena / Chief Technology Officer

Ruby Full Stack Developer, Entrepreneur

I'm a software engineer with more than 12 years of experience in web development, marketing, business models and startups. I specialized in elevating creative ideas through technical solutions implementing world-class web applications.

Personal Achievements

Clevermac
Founder, Full Stack Developer, HTML/CSS/PHP/MYSQL, CodeIgniter, PHP · Built the system from scratch. Clevermac was a intuitive application finder. The project started in 2007 with the idea to create a single place to gather all mac apps with no restrictions. The project died with the arrival of the Mac App Store.

Colmena4 years

Chief Technology OfficerPresent

Jan 2020 - Present

Colmena is a Flexible Benefits platform for Startups and SMEs. Responsible Architecture, Infrastructure, Implementation, Quality Assurance and Management. ( Colmena was acquired by Coverflex.com )

株式会社ハイベロシティ3 years

Tech Lead Engineer

Sep 2018 - Sep 2019

Managing and Guiding the product engineer team.

Product & Project Manager, FullStack Engineer

Jun 2017

Concept and UX development of a new fully automated online service. Project Management over a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary partially remote team. Implementation of critical API functionalities. Multi-Step Launch and online marketing strategies.

Full Stack Developer & Solution Engineer

Nov 2016

Product Department Solution Engineer and Full Stack Developer, involved in projects like: - CRM development and deployment flow; - Full implementation of a ReactJS/Redux movie and audio streaming app (similar to Netflix / Spoti

Crably IVS (Danish Startup)6 years

Co-Founder - Managing Director & CTO

Apr 2014 - Sep 2019

Crably is a Software as a Service the product is Multi-Tenant Content Management System that allows anyone to easily create an online presence, I developed this platform from scratch by myself (Backend/Frontend/DevOps) using Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Liquid, HTML, CSS, JS and jQuery.

Freelance7 years

Web Producer & Full Stack Consultant

Apr 2010 - Jul 2016

Client work on various projects big and small. Strategic Consulting and Implementation, including business plan & sales strategy development via web channel.

SEO Group (now My Site Auditor)
White label SEO audit and report tool Software as a Service that offers a SEO auditing tool. I was an Advisor & Lead Developer (built from scratch by me including SEO report algorithms). Full implementation of a Software as a Service that offers a SEO auditing tool that allows users to easily embed a white-label SEO audit tool on their site and generate SEO leads. HTML and PDF report generation. I used PHP, Codeigniter, HeroFramework, HTML5 / CSS3, Javascript, jQuery.
TheSurfShare
Marketplace for surfers to Rent Rooms, Buy/Lend SurfBoards and hire/offer services. I was an Advisor & Lead Developer. Full implementation, integrations and product management. Built using Ruby on Rails, ShareTribe, MySQL, Haml, Sass.
Checkli - Make free checklists for anything.
Lead Developer, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, MySQL · Make free checklists for anything. Stay organized and get things done by creating, organizing, or sharing to do lists, recipes, workouts and much more. Fixed a broken version of the app, tuned up and made multiple upgrades.

Technical Institute of Lisbon – Portugal

BSc, Communication Networks Engineering (Network & Telecommunications)

Jun 2010

Software Engineering Distributed Systems Infra-Structures and Network Management Integrated Communications Networks

Pixel Design & New Media2 years

Lead Developer

Sep 2008 - Apr 2010

Web engineering, using a broad range of web technologies to suit clients ranging from corporate giants to individuals. Management and manipulation of databases.