Personal details

Francisco C. - Remote software architect

Francisco C.

Based in: 🇧🇷 Brazil
Timezone: Brasilia (UTC-3)

Summary

Hi, my name is Francisco, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to help you. I love playing and working with technology, and I still remember with joy the day when I ran my very first Fortran program—a lifetime ago.

I started with Fortran IV G/H on IBM /370 mainframes in 1975, then moved on to Cobol, Basic, PL/I, ASM/370, Algol, Pascal, Lisp, ASM x86, C, dBase, Clipper, C++, Mathematica, REXX, VB, VBA, HTML & CSS, SQL, VB .Net, C# .Net, PHP, Javascript, Python, and others. I haven't stopped yet.

Within Information Technology, I have done it all: from scientific programming to business systems; from operating systems (drivers and internals) to compiler development; from websites and online applications to automated trading systems; from macro languages' automation routines to neural networks and other machine learning algorithms; and many other things. I love learning new paradigms and have a very broad range of interests. Being older than most people around here affords me something invaluable: experience. And of that, I have a lot. Please, allow me to share it with you.

Some of my most recent public work can be seen at the following websites: www.solcentral.com.br, fws.fortuna.com.br, and www.fortuna.com.br. I'm looking forward to meeting you.

Work Experience

Founder & President
DCCS Ltda. EPP | Jun 1997 - Present
HTML/CSS
C#
AJAX
VBScript
T-SQL
Asp
JavaScript
Microsoft SQL Server
ASP.NET
VB.NET
Business Company specialized in Information Systems for the Financial Markets in Brazil, the creator and maintainer of the Fortuna website (https://www.fortuna.com.br), a web-based system specializing in the technical information about the Mutual Funds industry in the Brazilian financial markets.
Senior Vice-President
Marchessini & Company | Jan 1993 - Jun 1996
C++
Excel
Advent
REXX
Novell
Bloomberg terminal
Ibm os 2
Marchessini & Co. was a “family office” located in New York City, responsible for the management of some Hedge-Funds with a total of US$25 million of capital. Reporting to the CEO (Mr. Alexander Marchessini), and leading a team of 6 professionals, he established several management and investment processes within the company. Among others, he developed, implemented and operated a Market-Neutral equity investment strategy, based on Earnings Growth Momentum, capable of generating returns at around 15% per year; developed, implemented, and operated a Day-Trade system in stock pairs, based on the identification of price patterns through the use of Neural Network technologies; developed and implemented tools for the automation and real-time monitoring of a portfolio with hundreds of financial assets, covering several markets (Equities, Futures, Currencies, Bonds, Options, etc.); developed and implemented an Asset Allocation optimization methodology using Markowitz's Efficient Market Frontier theories for three fund-of-funds hedge-funds within the firm, obtaining returns of around 25% per year.

Education

Columbia University
M.Phil.・Computer Science
Jul 1987 - Dec 1992
Columbia University
Master's degree・Computer Science
Jul 1983 - Jul 1985

Personal Projects

Site FortunaIconOpenNewWindows
1999
HTML/CSS
AJAX
Visual Basic
T-SQL
Asp
JavaScript
Microsoft SQL Server
ASP.NET
VB.NET
Fortuna is a web-based system specializing in the technical information about the Mutual Funds industry in the Brazilian financial markets. A pioneer at its launch, the Fortuna website has become over the years a market reference, offering up-to-date and reliable information about the entire investment mutual funds market in Brazil, with tools for the analysis of individual funds, groups of funds, and the monitoring of the market as a whole, meeting the demands of both small investors and market professionals, including the specialized media.
Sol Central Energias AlternativasIconOpenNewWindows
2016
HTML/CSS
PHP
MySQL
WordPress
Linux
Google Cloud Platform
Apache HTTP Server
A business oriented web-site for conveying information about Solar Energy technology available for deployment.

Certifications & Awards

VB.Net
https://www.testdome.com/certificates/c6d7dc4eda71450b9df0a0054f353d54 | Sep 2021
Linux
https://www.testdome.com/certificates/cf38084b29eb49f98c807f97eb894a50 | Sep 2021