Whitesmith
João Barbosa is an accomplished Principal Engineer at Whitesmith, where responsibilities include building dynamic teams and fulfilling a fractional CTO role to support client product goals since 2013. Previously serving as VP of Engineering, João emphasized personal and team growth, innovation, and leveraging team strengths to achieve strategic visions. Experience as a Lead Developer encompasses the creation of various applications, including e-commerce platforms and energy-saving solutions. Professional history includes significant roles at Qold and unplugg, with early research positions at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Coimbra. João holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Informatics Engineering from Universidade de Coimbra, complemented by a strong educational foundation.
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Whitesmith
We are company bootstrapped from scratch, that doubled its revenue in 2014 working mostly on US and UK markets. Established in 2012, we compete in a truly global market crafting products for worldwide startups like Smarttrade in the UK and big companies like the Mirror Media Group. Whitesmith born in Portugal, it's London based and our teamis distributed around the globe. We think and execute the whole: validate, design and build your new product from scratch. We enjoy to handle the entire tech stack, from IoT devices, scalable architecture, and great UX, while applying Agile and DevOps methodologies.Our goal is to team up with our clients to develop a product further, from the first user to the millionth.At the same time, we keep investing our time and resources in our own products, such as Qold.co, looking for opportunities to develop unique products that solve market needs. We’ve been able to build some products, as unplu.gg - an energy monitoring platform which was on the top 3 projects at EDP Innovation Prize in Portugal.