— Professional Timeline —
1983198619901994
2000200820132020Hoje
Analyst Programmer
American Int'l Group (AIG)
1986 – 1988
Analyst Programmer & QA
MYER & GRACE BROS.
1988 – 1992
IT Consultant
Self-employed
2008 – 2012
Founder & GIS Architect
Terra Digital
2020 – Present
COBOL Programmer
IBM S34/S36 · Sperry/Univac
1983 – 1986
Director
Pestana & Coucelo Informática, Lda.
1994 – 2008
Director
Seasoft Informática, Lda.
2013 – 2020
— Recent Experience & Skills —
Founder & Geospatial Systems Architect — Terra Digital
Design and development of applied geospatial platforms. Anchor project: Portal Ecoturismo Portugal — A national WebGIS platform to support sustainable tourism, with asset mapping, integration of protected areas, and territorial analytics.
PostGISGeoServerQGIS
PythonLinuxNginx
Director — Seasoft Informática, Lda.
Founder and technical manager of an enterprise software company. Database architecture, system migration and modernization, GIS workflow integration, and analytics.
SQL ServerHFSQLWinDevGIS
IT Consultant — Self-employed
Consulting and custom software development for enterprise clients. Systems architecture, application integration, and technology project management.
ConsultingCustom SoftwareSystems Integration
Highlight Projects — 2024–2026
NaturalMed Clinic Manager — Full-featured clinic management system for a TCM practice in Wales: Django 5.1 · PostgreSQL · Redis · Celery · Docker · Nginx · Hetzner VPS · Let's Encrypt SSL · 2FA. Covers patient intake, SOAP treatment notes, herbal prescriptions, invoicing and stock control.
NaturalMed Website — Bilingual static site (EN/PT): HTML/CSS/JS vanilla · Sveltia CMS · GitHub Pages · Cloudflare Workers OAuth · GitHub Actions CI/CD · zero hosting cost.
Portal Ecoturismo Portugal — National WebGIS platform: PostgreSQL/PostGIS · GeoServer · Python spatial pipelines · GeoDjango · Leaflet.js.
— Languages —
Programs & Tools
GIS & Geospatial
Programming Languages
Infrastructure & Systems
Docker + Compose
Advanced
Application Development
Django + GeoDjango
Advanced
Redis / Celery
Intermediate
Nginx + Gunicorn
Intermediate
Web Development
Cloudflare Workers
Intermediate
— Core Competencies —
GIS Architecture
Spatial Data Eng.
GIS Automation
DB Design
WebGIS Infra
Remote Sensing
Systems Integration
Static Web Dev.
Django Apps
Docker DevOps
Project Leadership
App Development
— Academic Background —
Master of Business in Information Technology
RMIT University
Thesis: "The Management of End-User Computing"
Graduate Diploma in Systems Management
Swinburne University of Technology