Leonardo Sápiras
Professor at Fundação Educacional Encosta Inferior do Nordeste
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Top SchoolLeonardo Sápiras is a seasoned software engineer and professor with 16 years of experience building and coordinating academic and administrative information systems, currently teaching at Fundação Educacional Encosta Inferior do Nordeste. He combines hands-on full-stack skills—PHP, Java, SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL), JavaScript and i18n—with systems analysis and team leadership from roles as systems analyst, development coordinator and user-support lead. A certified ISTQB tester with an MSc in Databases from UFRGS, he brings strong database expertise and practical experience with diverse Linux distributions and CMS platforms. Leonardo has contributed to notable open-source tooling such as phpPgAdmin, improving real-time monitoring via AJAX and enhancing UI/UX and plugin integration. He also has entrepreneurial experience as a founder/CEO and a track record in coordinating cross-organizational projects like Google Summer of Code collaborations. Comfortable bridging academia and production, he often delivers solutions that emphasize internationalization, process mapping and maintainable deployments.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of WashingtonHigh School, Electronics, High School, Electronics at Escola Técnica Estadual Monteiro Lobato - CIMOLInstituto Sinodal Dorothea SchäfkeEMC Summer School on Big DataMaster of Science (MSc), Databases, Master of Science (MSc), Databases at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul / UFRGSBachelor, Information Systems, Bachelor, Information Systems at Faculdades Integradas de TaquaraEnglish, English at Wizard Idiomas Taquara
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Github Skills (13)
ajax10
php10
javascript10
postgresql10
jquery10
plugin-architecture10
ui-design9
ux-design9
pdf6
floating-point6
shell6
casting6
python6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
xzilla/phppgadmin
May 2010 - Feb 2012
the premier web-based administration tool for postgresql
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & UI/UX Implementer
Back-end Developer & UI/UX ImplementerContributions:17 commits in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Leonardo primarily contributed to the front-end and back-end functionality of the phpPgAdmin web application. They implemented an auto-refresh feature for the locks list, enhancing real-time monitoring capabilities using AJAX. They also addressed a bug related to parameter names in the AJAX refresh process and made improvements to the user interface with bottom page links and foreign key browsing features, demonstrating both front-end and back-end code skills. This user has also demonstrated an understanding of plugin architecture.
postgresql
bigdatafaccat/mineracaoopiniaofaccat
Jun 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:58 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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