Marcel Ferreira

CTO And CPO at Zūm Rails

Marcel Ferreira has a diverse work experience spanning over 15 years. Marcel is currently the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Züm Rails, a payments fintech company in Canada. In this role, Marcel brings their technical expertise, product and business acumen, and project management skills to lead cross-functional teams and drive innovation.

Prior to their current position, Marcel worked at Flinks, where they served as the Head of Service Reliability and a software engineer. Marcel specialized in dealing with anti-bot techniques for web-crawling and optimizing endpoint performances.

Before joining Flinks, Marcel was a Full Stack Developer at LVL Studio, where they built a new portal for Technicolor using Angular, Node.js, Typescript, and AWS. Marcel also implemented a DevOps deployment pipeline for QA and Preprod environments.

Marcel also has experience at DB1 Global Software, where they started as a Project Manager and then became the Projects and Services Portfolio Manager. Marcel managed multiple projects and teams, handled customer expectations, and worked on different development life cycles for various industries.

At Minuto Seguros, Marcel was involved in the architecture definition of a platform to sell online insurance in Brazil. Marcel worked as an Asp.Net C# MVC Developer, contributing to the company's success in being the first in the market at that time.

Marcel's career kicked off at BSI Tecnologia, where they worked as an Asp.Net C# Developer for a software house serving a major bank in Brazil. This position provided him with valuable experience in various technologies such as Asp.Net, MSSQL, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS.

With their extensive background in software development, project management, and a strong understanding of the latest technologies and industry trends, Marcel Ferreira has proven to be a valuable asset in the companies they have worked for throughout their career.

Marcel Ferreira has a diverse education history in various fields. Marcel began their education journey at the Federal University of Technology - Parana, where they pursued a degree in Analysis and Systems Development from 2006 to 2010. After completing this program, Marcel furthered their education by attending FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas, where they obtained an MBA in Project Management from 2011 to 2012.

Continuing their educational pursuits, Marcel enrolled at The George Washington University in 2012 and earned another MBA, this time specializing in Project Management. Alongside their formal education, Marcel also obtained several additional certifications to enhance their skill set. Marcel completed the "GCP - Developing Applications with Google Cloud Platform Specialization" course through Coursera in November 2019.

Furthermore, Marcel obtained an Enneagram certification, specifically "Enneagram applied to day to day - Knowing behavioral patterns," from Instituto Eneagrama (IE). Lastly, they obtained the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute.

Overall, Marcel Ferreira's education journey highlights their commitment to continuous learning and professional development in the fields of Information Technology and Project Management.

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Timeline

  • CTO And CPO

    September, 2020 - present