Started Secondary Education
Began Computer Science Applied to the Web at Colégio de São Gonçalo
3rd-year student passionate about Cloud, Infrastructure & Security, with a strong interest in automation, secure systems, and scalable technologies. Eager to learn, grow and gain hands-on experience in a professional environment.
From student to (future) professional - my path in tech
"I enjoy working on diverse projects that challenge me to learn and grow as a developer."
Began Computer Science Applied to the Web at Colégio de São Gonçalo
Started internship at AUZ Imobiliária, gaining professional experience
Started Informatics Engineering at ISEP
Joined External Relations at Núcleo de estudantes de Informática
Actively involved in the Chaos Team, the first CTF team at ISEP and completed the Certified Ethical Hacker certification at ISEP Academy
My professional experience, education, and skills
My journey in the professional world, gaining valuable experience and skills.
Completed the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification at ISEP Academy, gaining practical knowledge in cybersecurity concepts such as network security, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, cryptography, and ethical hacking methodologies.
Member of Chaos Team, the first Capture The Flag (CTF) team established at ISEP. Actively participating in cybersecurity competitions focused on problem-solving and offensive security challenges. Achieved 8th place out of 308 teams in the international competition upCTF2026, demonstrating strong skills in areas such as cryptography, reverse engineering, and web exploitation.
Leading the team’s marketing and external communications, managing its online presence and developing content to showcase our activities and achievements
Coordinated the External Relations team, overseeing outreach initiatives, managing partnerships and collaborations, and supporting the development of communication strategies with companies and external entities.
Assisted in preparing and managing documents for outreach initiatives, helped maintain organized records of ongoing collaborations and supported the team by drafting emails and updating communication materials.
Improved communication skills, worked with Excel to organize data, organized paper-based documentation for the company's website, and occasionally translated documents from Portuguese to English.
My academic journey and achievements in computer science and informatics engineering.
Worked on several diverse projects, each involving different challenges and technologies, ranging from implementing eigenfaces for facial recognition to developing a train simulation game.
Worked on diverse projects covering front-end, back-end, database management, and more. Completed a final project (PAP), BookSwap, a book-exchange system.
Technical and soft skills
Academic and personal projects across security, networking, hardware and software
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Flask REST API containerized with Docker, with SAST, SCA and DAST automated in a GitHub Actions pipeline.
Hands-on DevSecOps project focused on integrating security practices into the software development lifecycle.
Air traffic simulation platform with real-time collision detection, a custom flight-plan DSL and a concurrent C simulation engine.

Enterprise-level software prototype that simulates large-scale air traffic operations, processes domain-specific flight plans and provides real-time collision detection and prevention.
Multi-terminal airport network, from structured cabling plan to a working L2/L3 simulation with OSPF, VoIP, DNS and ACLs.
Complete multi-terminal airport network project, from physical structured cabling planning to a fully functional layer-2/layer-3 simulation in Cisco Packet Tracer.
Railway logistics proof-of-concept with warehouse, dispatching and station control modules, integrating Raspberry Pi Pico sensors.
Analysis, design and implementation of a solution supporting logistics in railway networks, covering Warehouse Management, Freight Dispatching, Station Traffic Control and Security, with both software and hardware components.
RailRoad Tycoon-inspired map editor and railway simulator, with graph algorithms and statistical analysis of station data.
Minimal Viable Product for the simplified simulation of railway operations, inspired by RailRoad Tycoon, with a Map/Scenario Editor and a Railway Simulator.
Java application that reconstructs and identifies faces through eigen decomposition of image matrices.
Java application (fictionally commissioned by the European Intelligence Agency) to represent and identify individuals using eigenfaces derived from facial images. Each grayscale image is treated as a matrix of values (0–255) and approximated with a subset of k eigenvectors.
Platform for scheduling in-person book exchanges in cafés and public spaces. Final project (PAP).
Developed in 12th grade as my Professional Aptitude Project (PAP). BookSwap lets people schedule book exchanges and connect through reading.
The goal is to encourage reading in all its forms while promoting in-person exchanges in cafés and other public spaces, reducing paper waste and creating opportunities to meet new people and share experiences.
Real-time weather monitoring with natural disaster alerts, email notifications and Google Maps integration.
Modular application to monitor real-time climate data and issue natural disaster alerts, built with PHP on the backend and HTML, CSS and JavaScript on the frontend, using the OpenWeatherMap API.
Web-controlled robotic car that stops automatically when its ultrasonic sensor detects an obstacle, with buzzer alerts.
Arduino-based robotic car integrating motor control, obstacle detection, a web-based control interface and an audible warning system.
IoT prototype using an Arduino and Ethernet Shield to switch LEDs on and off remotely from a web application.
Simple IoT prototype using an Arduino and an Ethernet Shield to control LEDs remotely through a web application.
My certificates, achievements, and community contributions
Certificate
Menção Honrosa
Computer Science Applied to the Web - Colégio de São Gonçalo
Professional certification
National Meeting of Informatics Students
Professional development webinar certificate
@ISEP 1st CTF Team
@leonor - xSTF's upCTF2026
CHAOS TEAM@ISEP First CTF
NEI@ISEP Event Post #1
NEI@ISEP Event Post #2
Hobby