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Bachelor of Science - BS

TALK TO ME, [HAMBURG, BERLIN, ...]! is a series of events for natural language interfaces organised by a great band of like-minded technologists. The first hackathon event, which took place at WeWork Stadthaus Hamburg in November, 2017, attracted about 80 participants and was sponsored by Amazon, Google, Hamburg Geekettes, Fork Unstable Media, Njiuko and mytaxi. The participants highly appreciated the training program led by Amazon and Google, as well as its success in attracting and unleashing the power of diversity in terms of international, professionally diverse background and gender.

Lead Organizer

Conducted guest lectures on new interface technologies for MBA students at
Quadriga University, Berlin, andfor the participants of the trainee program from Jung von Matt, a
renowned marketing agency. Rafael also held talks on international conferences, e.g. Code Talks Hamburg and AndroidMakers Paris. During this time as a freelancer Rafael also consulted a Fortune Global 500 company on a market-entry strategy for Germany.

Freelancer

In this time off from my career I traveled through the diverse cultures and landscapes of Asia. This change in perspective and pace led me to reevaluate my methods in management. Through participation in the collectivistic values prevalent in the region I learned a new appreciation for strong collaboration and diversity in teams. Purposefully having disconnected during this trip allows me to come back with fresh eyes and a new perspective into the industry.

Travel

Worked as a self-directed and highly technical community leader. Rafael served as the primary source of information and point of contact for German-speaking developers and designers insterested in skill development for Alexa. During a typical week, Rafael delivered talks, led workshops, and provided advice to thousands - in English, German and Portuguese. In addition to his public-facing work, Rafael also coordinated projects spanning across international teams to deliver an unified message on skills development.

Alexa is Amazon's voice assistant, she is the brains behind all popular Amazon Echo devices and many third party speakers. Rafael's time at Amazon was unexpectedly shortened due to factors beyond his or the company's control.

Technical Evangelist - Amazon Alexa

Rafael founded the Berlin office for neusta mobile, which in its two months of operation has already attracted new projects and clients worth hundreds of thousands of euros. In addition to being closer to clients and talent, the new office also took the lead in the company's efforts in public projects. Using lessons learned from bidding processes, he helped create an internal team dedicated to accelerating new bids.

For new projects, Rafael managed a fully remote team of developers and designers using agile methodologies and a modern management style focused on maximizing job satisfaction and productivity.

General Manager / Engineering Manager

Worked as a security analyst, software tester, Android developer and UI/UX designer for a myriad of projects. Played an integral role at the joint research project Glassistant, a virtual assistant based on Smart Glasses to support people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
OTARIS Interactive Services GmbH is an IT service provider with specialization on development and consulting of individual software, IT security, quality management and testing.

Softwareentwickler

Worked at the developent and design stages of projects with direct customer contact. neusta mobile solutions is active at the conception, development and service levels of any mobile use-case. The emphasis is on App-development for all popular mobile platforms, from Android and iOS to field specific devices like the Hololens.

Android and Web Developer

Worked at the Flatfish Project, a venture undertaken by the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the Brazilian Institute of Robotics (BIR) and Shell. It aims at designing an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for repeated inspections of oil & gas subsea structures whilst being submerged for extended periods of time.

Research Assistant

Project Manager, Technical Advisor, Software Architect

Currently myself.

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