Who is Ricardo? He is a seasoned software engineer with a passion for problem-solving and a natural inclination towards developer relations. With over two decades of experience, he has cultivated deep expertise in distributed systems, databases, data streaming, and observability. Ricardo's career began with a decade-long focus on software engineering, honing skills in compilers, debuggers, programming languages, frameworks, and development best practices.
This foundation led him to join Oracle's A-Team: a special team under the product development organization whose charter is to engage in highly complicated projects and complete them successfully; while engaging with consulting, product management, and support.
Recognizing the unique value in his combination of technical prowess, relationship-building skills, and aptitude for knowledge sharing, Ricardo transitioned into developer relations. He has since applied his multifaceted expertise to industry leaders such as Confluent, Elastic, and AWS—successfully making developer communities to fall in love with their products and technologies.