Diego Valdez de Faria

Diego Valdez de Faria has diverse work experience in various roles and companies. Diego is currently the Director of Data Engineering at Pismo since September 2022. Before that, they worked as a Senior Engineering Manager at Pismo from September 2021 to August 2022. Prior to joining Pismo, they were an Engineering Manager at Nubank from May 2021 to August 2021.

Diego's previous experience includes working at Wildlife Studios as a Data Platform & Machine Learning Engineering Manager from October 2019 to October 2020, where they managed high-performance teams and implemented data and machine learning architecture. Diego also worked as a Data Platform Manager at Wildlife Studios from August 2019 to September 2019, where they provided tools and services for data-driven teams.

Before Wildlife Studios, Diego worked at Semantix Brasil as an Engineering Coordinator | Head of OpenGalaxy & DataOps from August 2018 to August 2019. In this role, they coordinated a software engineering team and developed a multi-cloud data-centric platform.

Diego also has experience working as a Senior Software Engineer at LexisNexis Risk Solutions from August 2017 to March 2018. Diego was responsible for data engineer pipelines and worked on backend/frontend initiatives.

Prior to that, Diego worked at Câmara de Comercialização de Energia Elétrica - CCEE as a Senior Infrastructure Analyst from January 2016 to August 2017. In this role, they specialized in middleware solutions and managed big data infrastructure.

Diego's earlier experience includes working as a Middleware Specialist at Infostrategy from February 2014 to December 2015, where they focused on architecture and development for data, BI, and SOA projects. Diego also worked as a Business Intelligence Developer at Infostrategy at CCEE from July 2013 to January 2014.

Diego started their career as an intern at Oracle, working as a BI and Data Integration Developer and later in indirect sales and sales consulting. Diego also interned at Universidade de São Paulo and POLI Júnior.

Overall, Diego Valdez de Faria has a strong background in data engineering, machine learning, software engineering, and infrastructure management, with experience in various industries and companies.

Diego Valdez de Faria holds a Master of Science degree in Applied Economics from UFSCar - Alumni, which they obtained from 2014 to 2016. Diego also has an Engineer's degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Escola Politécnica da USP, completed from 2007 to 2012. In addition, they attained a DUT GEA 2 in Gestion des Entreprises et des Administrations from Paris-Sud University (Paris XI) in 2010-2011. Diego further pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a specialization in Behavioral Economics from ESPM Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, accomplished between 2018 and 2020. Alongside their formal education, Diego has acquired certifications such as the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect from Google Cloud Platform Certified in 2019, as well as specializations in Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine and Architecting with Google Cloud Platform from Coursera, also obtained in 2019.