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.
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.
