🛠 Phil Calçado

Phil Calcado is an accomplished engineering leader and manager with over 20 years of experience specializing in microservices and distributed systems. He is highly respected in the industry for his hands-on expertise in these areas along with a solid background in agile project management and organizational design.

Throughout his career, Phil has excelled in building and managing engineering teams for various small to mid-sized startups during periods of rapid growth. He has notably contributed his skills and knowledge to prominent companies like SoundCloud, DigitalOcean, SeatGeek, WeWork, and Meetup.

Phil's educational background includes studying Information Technology at Estácio and at Escola Técnica Estadual Henrique Lage. Additionally, he has been actively involved in different organizations and roles such as being a former Member of the New York CTO Club, Founder of Outropy, Guest Lecturer at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at PicPay, Senior Director of Engineering at SeatGeek, Director, Platform Engineering at Meetup and WeWork, Principal Software Architect at Buoyant, Inc, Director, Product Engineering at DigitalOcean and SoundCloud, and various consultant and tech lead positions at reputable companies like Bank of America Merrill Lynch, The Guardian, Technology One, AAPT, Power.com, The Walt Disney Company, Macquarie Group, Ticketek, Lonely Planet, and ThoughtWorks.