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Ricardo Mendes

There is always a solution

Creative
Solution Oriented
Committed
Passionate
Skilled
Ricardo Mendes
44 years old
Driving License
Brussels Belgium
Professional Status
Employed
Unavailable
About Me
My name is Ricardo Mendes, I love all things digital, my passion is to share my knowledge through trainings, coaching and advising.
I love to work on solutions for problems, even more when they are related to real challenges facing our societies, democracy, climate or migration, I'm at my best by joining a team or an organization that wants to make an impact for a better society.
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Middleware Engineer

FGTB-ABVV
Since November 2023
Full-time
Brussels
Belgium
  • Technology Specialist at ABVV-FGTB
  • At ABVV-FGTB, a union dedicated to advocating for workers' rights and engaging in collective bargaining, I have focused on enhancing our IT infrastructure and application delivery. Over the past six months, my primary role has involved mastering various cutting-edge technologies, including Openshift, Kubernetes, and Docker. A significant part of my responsibilities has been the strategic migration of Java applications from legacy environments—such as IBM Datapowers and PureApp systems, as well as Windows servers—to modern, containerized applications deployed on our VMware Linux infrastructure and Openshift Kubernetes clusters. This transition is pivotal in optimizing our operational efficiencies and ensuring robust, scalable application performance.
Detailed Description
  • Project Osiris

Solution Architect at OSINTukraine.com

OSINTukraine.com
Since February 2022
Volunteer Work
Brussels
  • The OSINTukraine initiative is a specialized endeavor dedicated to open-source intelligence (OSINT) pertaining to Ukraine. Its primary objectives are the collection, archiving, translation, analysis, and dissemination of critical information related to the ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
  • Utilizing advanced OSINT techniques, the project offers in-depth insights into current events, potential security threats, and other relevant issues concerning Ukraine. This is achieved by monitoring numerous Russian telegram channels, followed by meticulous filtering, categorization, and archiving of data streams. These efforts are further enhanced by various OSINT analysis projects incubated within the initiative."
  • Current sub-projects
    • War crimes archive
    • Drones research
    • Location related alerts system
Detailed Description
  • N8N
  • NocoDB
  • Baserow
  • Docker
  • Python
  • Javascript
  • OSINT Research
  • OSINT Analysis
Company Description
Pro Bono Initiative
Company website
  • Vagrant and Ansible "infrastructure as code" to deploy Wordpress, Nginx and Redis cache system with integrated TLS certificates renewals

    Docker Swarm to manage a small cluster of web apps, Funkwhale, Redis, Nginx
  • Gitlab CI/CD with SonarCube
    Jenkins and security audit with SonarCube

    Build, Release, Deploy Petclinic with Jenkins
  • Python Basics
  • Networking Basics by learning the fundamentals of networks
  • Monitoring 101 by learning the base of infrastructure monitoring and introduction to Prometheus, Grafana
Company Description
BeCode offers free 7-month trainings in IT, enabling motivated people to start a career as developers, and companies find the talents they need.
Company website
  • Hosting Infrastructure
  • Integrations with digital marketing tools
  • Automation
  • Design & Conception
  • Maintenance
  • Integrations with third party tools
Company Description
Closed since Covid-19
  • Armada.digital consultancy mission is to amplify the visibility of good causes by providing custom communication & collaboration solutions to empower individuals & ethical business.
  • IT Maintenance
  • Hosting
  • Digital Transition
Company Description
Armada activates the autonomy and amplifies the voices of groups & initiatives making society move forward.
#digitaltransition
Company website
  • backend cloudron/docker simple Wordpress with custom post type to adapt wordpress for a factchecking workflow putting in place monitoring disinformation and other factchecking initiatives to fight covid19 disinformation
Company Description
JS - Journalistes Solidaires is a collaborative, user-friendly and efficient fact-checking editorial team, bringing together journalists, experts and citizens.
The Journalistes Solidaires adventure was born at the initiative of Julien Cazenave during the Covid-19 health crisis. From a core group of professionals and students, the group was able to organize itself to set up a platform open to all.
  • the digital flagship of tech communities in Brussels
  • Livestreaming
  • Sound technician
  • Video recording
  • Photos
  • Event interactions
  • Slido Integration
Company Description
Closed since Covid-19
  • Annual event of the Data Science Community of Belgium
    Artificial Intelligence
    Machine Learning
  • Hosting Infrastructure
  • Integrations with digital marketing tools
  • Communication
  • Digital Marketing
  • Design & Conception
  • Maintenance
Company Description
Closed since Covid-19
  • Hosting Infrastructure
  • Email / Security
  • Wordpress
  • Mailchimp
  • Mautic
Company Description
Womenpreneur, Brussels-based organisation, was founded in 2016, and since its establishment has reached thousands of women and convened more than 20 global initiatives across Belgium and MENA region, to drive visibility, social impact, and resources for women in the ecosystem and beyond.
  • Bootstrapping
  • Hosting/Infrastructure
  • Technical adviser
Company Description
Book Village :
The app to buy and sell books between individuals
Company website
  • Hosting Infrastructure
  • Wordpress
  • Mailchimp
  • Monitoring about Ukraine
Company Description
Brussels-based media platform for expertise and civil society initiatives for Ukraine and the EU
  • Website
  • Social-Media
  • Information Monitoring
  • Conception
  • Trainings
  • Webmaster
  • Content manager
  • Information Monitoring
  • Social-Media Officer
  • Multi-Lingual Website
  • Event map for 11th October
  • Social Aggregator about FTA's
  • Webmaster
  • Community Manager
  • Utiliser les ressources économiques Autrement Faire du business différemment

    Redistribuer CA & bénéfices

    Un enjeu pour la société et l'avenir de notre planète
  • Communicating BlueSkyR alternative redistribution of wealth model on social networks & on the web
  • connecting with like minded business or entrepreneurs
  • Webmaster
  • Umbrella Media collective relaying grassroots struggles in Belgium, Europe, World
  • Webmaster
  • Concept
  • Vegetarian Restaurant-Buffet
  • Cook
  • Webmaster
  • Cook
  • Barman
  • BuzzWorkers is a music production crew, sharing the same passion for the Roland TB303 Acid House, Acid Techno, Experimental Electronic Music
  • Music Production
  • Webmaster
  • Project Manager