Fellow · Since 2026
Paulo Alberto Simoes
@pasimoes
Trusted Advisor for Architecture, AI & Reinvention | Senior Software Engineer | 20+ Years Helping Enterprise Leaders Architect Intelligent Orgs
About
Helping organizations drive growth through sound technology strategy.
Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Paulo is active in the open-source and cloud-native communities: board member at SouJava, and previously Hyperledger Brazil Chapter leader, CNCF Ambassador and Oracle Academy Champion.
Activity
- ArticleAug 4, 2025
From the series: Be grateful—and show it 2025 #3.
LinkedIn
- ArticleDec 29, 2020
3 Years to Celebrate with Hyperledger
LinkedIn
Community participation & public speaking
Community participation
Board Member
SouJava · Jul 2017 – Present
Volunteer. Finds and schedules speakers for the Rio de Janeiro Java User Group meetings.
Oracle Academy Champion
Oracle · Jun 2019 – Apr 2026
Volunteer.
Track Coordinator · Java Track
Oracle DevLive São Paulo 2024 · Apr 3, 2024
CNCF Ambassador
Cloud Native Computing Foundation · Feb 2020 – Jul 2021
Volunteer.
Brazil Chapter Leader
Hyperledger · Apr 2019 – Jun 2021
Volunteer.
Public speaking
Keynote · Java Language Update – Early 2024 Edition
Oracle DevLive São Paulo 2024 · Java Track · Apr 3, 2024
Kubernetes, containers and microservices with Oracle Database
Oracle DevLive São Paulo 2024 · Database Track · Apr 3, 2024
Event-Mesh Introduction
The Developer’s Conference – Innovation Ed. · 2022
Modern Cloud Development with converged Oracle Database
The Developer’s Conference – Innovation Ed. · 2022
OraOperator – Kubernetes Operator for Oracle Database
The Developer’s Conference – Innovation Ed. · 2022
Volunteering
Oracle for Developers Champion
Oracle · 2022 – 2026
Oracle for Startups Program Ambassador
Oracle · 2020 – 2026
Oracle for Research Program Ambassador
Oracle · 2021 – 2026
Oracle for Knowledge Program Member
Oracle · 2020 – 2026
Oracle ONE
Oracle · 2020 – 2026
Education
Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Master’s degree in Business Administration, Business Management · 2017
Final project: developed an English school over roads, an innovation in the language-school market, focused on business development and entrepreneurship.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Bachelor’s degree in Informatics (Computer Science) · 2005
Activities and societies: undergraduate teaching assistant of Calculus; president of the Student Union for three years. Took part in the Multiplus project at NCE/UFRJ: a modular, distributed shared-memory parallel architecture supporting up to 1024 processing elements based on SPARC microprocessors, and the implementation of Mulplix, a Unix-like operating system providing a parallel programming environment for that architecture.