Life-long learner and teacher. Highly technical product manager and software engineer with a passion for connecting and empowering developers and customers alike. in . Relationship-focused, interactive leadership style, focused on delighting end-users through simple, elegant solutions to complex technical challenges. Collaborative, thoughtful, solutions-oriented approach to customer needs, team challenges, and overall industry trajectory.

🤖 - DevRel Engineer on Google's Android

😎 - Passionate about augmented and virtual reality development (aka Spatial Computing). I spent a large part of my career building or helping developers build experiences optimized for spatial computing on both handheld and headworn devices.

📚 - Authoring the “Computer Vision for Busy Developers” article series

👨‍🎓 - Master's Program at Georgia Tech focusing on Machine Learning and Computational Perception and Robotics

🛫 - I love to travel and learn about the world - I feel it strengthens my empathy muscles

📷 - I enjoy amature photography - cameras are fascinating machines, aren't they? (I shoot M4/3)

👾 - I enjoy playing both physical and digital games

🍞 - Baking is my latest hobbie - I enjoy sharing bread with friends!

• ... to say "Hi" 👋 on Twitter @vad710
• ... to talk about work 💼 on LinkedIn (I try to keep this updated)
• ... to ask me questions about Computer Vision 📹 on Medium

🤔 I’m currently interested in Computer Vision, Artificial Inteligience, Machine Learning - let's chat!

🇧🇷 Latino of the Brazilian Variety

⚡ Fun fact: I wrote a paper at the intersection of Sociology and Technology

• Lenovo ThinkReality
• Samsung NEXT
• Vuforia (PTC)
• My own AR/VR consulting company
• Various startups