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Entrepreneur, seed investor and international venture capitalist with start-up and multinational corporate experience. Relationships span across US, Europe and Asia with leading Internet, technology, media and mobile companies.
Specialties: Incubation, business development, joint ventures, and M&A. Focus on consumer Internet, ecommerce, software, mobile and classic consumer. Strong business development relationships with major Internet companies, software, consumer electronics manufacturers and international wireless & wireline carriers. 
Richie Mathews is a seasoned leader and entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the technology industry. He is currently the Chief Revenue Officer at Joy. He is also an active investor and advisor to several start-ups in the fields of AI, mobility, fintech, and e-commerce, where he leverages his learnings to ensure they do not make mistakes in their journey.
Richie's passion for technology and innovation stems from his previous roles at Yahoo and Verizon Media, where he led global partnerships and business development for products such as Mail, Search, Audio, and AI. He was instrumental in launching new initiatives, securing strategic deals, and driving user engagement and revenue growth. He also built and managed high-performing teams across multiple regions and markets. Richie started his career at British Airways, where he established and led the operations in several new markets. 
Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in the market, designing and building web applications and APIs using the Ruby on Rails ecosystem.
My career as an engineer has given me good opportunities to help companies design applications from the initial stage to maintaining and evolving large-scale applications in the production environment to solve problems on the LATAM level.
Also, I have in-depth knowledge of object-oriented programming, microservices, and event-driven architecture using RabbitMQ.
For the past three years, I have been working remotely with co-workers of different nationalities, speaking in English, Spanish and Portuguese, with the mindset of self-growth, building good teams, and mentoring new developers.
I have abilities to be the bridge between stakeholders and the developers on the team, given technical guidance and alignment of expectations to deliver high-quality and testable code in the development cycle and scalable features to production.
I've been studying a lot about software architecture, distributed systems, functional programming languages, Elixir, Erlang, Blockchain ecosystem, Smart Contracts, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Cryptocurrencies, DApps (Decentralized Applications), NFT's.
Technologies that I have experience in production environments and others used in personal projects.
* Ruby on Rails
* RabbitMQ
* Kakfa
* Elixir / OTP / Phoenix
* Microservices
* Event-driven architecture
* GraphQL and Relay / Absinthe Elixir / Ruby
* OOP, Solid, Design Patterns
* REST
* TDD, Rspec, MiniTest, Cucumber, Capybara, Jasmine.
* PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDb, Redis
* Javascript
* NodeJS
* Continuous Integration
* Docker and kubernetes
* AWS and Heroku
* Linux
* Ethereum Smart contracts
* Blockchain 
Hello, I'm Paulo, a passionate computer scientist who has been immersing himself in the art of coding for the past 15 years. Both in my professional career and in the open-source community, I've been honing my skills daily, driven by a deep fascination for what I consider the most compelling challenge in our field: crafting scalable software that stands the test of time.
My journey has led me to build innovative products across a diverse range of industries, including telecom, web analytics, advertising, blockchain, and transport/shipping. I've navigated the complexities of large corporations with their intricate enterprise solutions, as well as the dynamic, fast-paced environment of small startups. This breadth of experience has equipped me with a unique perspective and a versatile skill set that I bring to every project I undertake. 
