Vasco Gomes

Founder @ #oinkandstuff 🐗 and #reefcentral 💧

  • DevOps Engineer and Software Developer

    Founder/CEO/Owner @ ReefCentral and OinkAndStuff domains and subdomains.

    Personal info

    Social profiles

  • Work Experience

    • 2018-Present

      Software Systems Engineer, University of Coimbra

      University of Coimbra, Coimbra (Portugal) https://www.uc.pt/ciuc
      Working as Software Systems Engineer for the Administration. Management and development of the platform “Nonio” that support students, administration and teachers for the University of Coimbra.

    • 2010-Present

      Entrepreneur (Owner/Founder)

      oinkandstuff.com

      Nowadays OinkAndStuff have over 50 Apps/Extensions and over 1 Million monthly active users on 190 country’s and over 2000 new installs per day.
      OinkAndStuff ranks in the Top 10 Portuguese Startups measured by the portal startupranking.com

      ▪ 50 Extensions (Chrome + Opera + Firefox): Over 1 Million active users on 190 country’s and a
      grow rate of 2000 new installs per day. Over 10 Million sessions per month. One of the top
      Developers by the number of Apps/Downloads on the Google Chrome Webstore. Reviews all over the world.
      ▪ 10 App’s Mobile (Android): Over 200K downloads on Google Play and a growth rate of 1000 new downloads per day. Apps showcased on Portuguese Social Media (Sapo Tek and University of Porto).
      ▪ Pokemon Go:  on the summer of 2016  made a website with the Pokemons locations for all cities in Portugal. Over 10k visitors per day.
      ▪ Website (oinkandstuff.com): Over 30k visitors per month.
      (Statistics Jun-2018)
      ▪ World Wide Events (events.oinkandstuff.com): New service with the aim of finding all the festivals, events or festivals around the world and in real time. Prized by IPN and European Space Agency (ESA BIC Portugal) including 6 months incubation on IPN Cowork.

      reefcentral.pt

      ▪ ​App’s (Android): Over 10K downloads. Apps showcased on Portuguese Social Media (Sapo Tek and University of Porto).​
      ▪ Blog Website (reefcentral.pt): 50 posts and over 1K visitors per month. One of the most visited
      Blogs about Reef Aquariums in Portugal.
      ▪ Arduino devices: Integration with 20 different hardware devices resulting in 2 prototypes running non-stop for 3 years. Over 5K lines of code (c/c++) running on Arduino.
      ▪ Arduino Webservice: Received and stored over 100K registers on SQL database that are visualized through Google Charts.
      (Statistics Jun-2018)
      Technologies: Arduino (C/C++), Android (Android SDK/Java), C# (.NET Framework,ASP.NET, Linq,WCF), Google Charts API, Google Chrome/Opera/Firefox Extensions (Javascript/Jquery/HTML/CSS), SQL Server.

    • 2017-2018

      Software Developer, Noesis

      Noesis, Coimbra (Portugal) https://www.noesis.pt/
      Technologies: C# (.NET Framework,ASP.NET, Linq, WCF, MVC), Microsoft Xamarin, Javascript/Jquery/HTML/CSS, SQL Server, Selenium.

    • 2016-2017

      DevOps Engineer, Wizdee

      Wizdee, Coimbra (Portugal) http://wizdee.com/
      Technologies: Vagrant/Docker/Fabric, Maven/Nexus/Jenkins, JMeter/Selenium, AWS/Azure/Digital Ocean, Bash/PowerShel-Batch/Python, Postgres/MySql, Ubuntu/RedHat/CentOs, Nginx/Tomcat

    • 2015-2016

      Software Production and Maintenance (Operations Management), HIS

      HIS (e-Health Innovation Systems), Coimbra (Portugal) https://www.histecnologia.com/
      Technologies: Java/JSP/Javascript/SQL

    • 2009-2015

      Software Developer, HIS

      HIS (e-Health Innovation Systems), Coimbra (Portugal) https://www.histecnologia.com/
      Technologies: JSP/HTML/Javascript, .NET/C#, Visual Studio, SQL Server, Microsoft Expression Blend and Design, Java

    Education

    • 2008-2010

      Master’s Degree in Information Systems and Software Engineering

      Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra
      Polo II – Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030 – 290 Coimbra (Portugal) http://www.uc.pt/en/fctuc/dei

    • 2004-2008

      Licentiate Degree in Informatics Engineering

      Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra
      Polo II – Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030 – 290 Coimbra (Portugal) http://www.uc.pt/en/fctuc/dei

    DevOps

    • Vagrant0
    • Docker0
    • Nginx0
    • Ubuntu0
    • Azure/Aws0
    • Bash/PowerShell0

     

    Coding & Programming

    • HTML/XHTML0
    • CSS2/CSS30
    • jQuery0
    • Javascript0

  • My Works

    • OinkAndStuff 🐗

      OinkAndStuff started in 2014 when Facebook decided to shut down it’s Windows App called Facebook Messenger without releasing an alternative and forcing users to navigate to facebook.com website.
      I decided to release a Chrome Extension based on the m.facebook.com that was the very best replacement to Facebook Messenger App shutdown. It was a instant success.

      I started to expand with newer Apps and Browser Extensions focused on mobile and web applications for: Social Media Networks, News, Events, Crypto. 
      I explored the Google ranking algorithm to reach thousands of users worldwide without spending a dime in marketing. 
      The combination of a Website with an Android App and a Chrome Extension will respectively value the rankings of Google Search, Google Play and Google Chrome WebStore which have daily over 2 Billion active users. More recently also included the power of Progressive Web Apps with Android Instant Apps to unlock the next gen software development.

      Nowadays OinkAndStuff have over 50 Apps/Extensions and over 1 Million monthly active users on 190 country’s and over 2000 new installs per day.
      OinkAndStuff ranks in the Top 10 Portuguese Startups measured by the portal startupranking.com

      OinkAndStuff 🐗
    • ReefCentral 💧

      One of the most visited Blogs about Reef Aquariums (saltwater) in Portugal. 50 posts and over 1K visitors per month.

      ReefCentral 💧
    • World Wide Events 🚀

      Prized by IPN and European Space Agency (ESA BIC Portugal) including 6 months incubation on IPN Cowork: Link.
      World Wide Events is the World’s most powerful search engine to retrieve all Local Events in a targeted region.
      No need to waste more time searching on dozens of different websites just to know which Events are happening. No need for logins, passwords or configurations.
      It works in the same logic of Booking, Trivago or Momondo, but as an Events aggregator. Search now or plan later.

      The platform is also available for other business (B2B – https://wwevents.fun/business.html) to integrate the search engine.
      For example, a hotel can integrate our platform on its digital network and show to its guests all the local events happening in town.
      The search engine works for all over the world so it’s a perfect fit for global companies in the area of Tourism, Travel and Social Media.

      World Wide Events 🚀
    • Reefcentral Live 📡

      In 2010 I built my first Reef Aquarium.
      Soon after I realized I the need to remotely control some aquarium equipment’s and water parameters.
      With those issues in mind I start working on solutions to accomplish that.

      First it started with an Android Application that with given some URL or IP Address (my Home Internet Address) I could make a Ping/Port-Scan in a cycle of 1-2 hours and know if I have Internet / Electricity at Home. Electricity is crucial for a Reef Aquarium and is what keeps it alive.

      After that I evolved to a more elaborated solution. With an Arduino with lots of sensors and Internet access I could monitor on a regular basis (15 minutes) everything I what and upload data to a server and access it online.

      Reefcentral Live 📡

  • Contact me

    Vasco Gomes
    Coimbra, Portugal

    www.oinkandstuff.com
    vasco.gomes@gmail.com

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