About

Hi, I'm Leonardo.

I'm a software engineer and data scientist with a PhD in computer science. I've written software for a self-driving car, for Amazon, for research labs and for a graph analytics startup, and now I build my own products and help others build theirs.

I'm Brazilian, I've lived in Canada, and for the last three years I've lived in Weert, in the Netherlands, with my family.

LinkedIn ↗ GitHub ↗ YouTube ↗

The path so far

2008–2012
Computer Engineering · Universidade de São Paulo

Engineering degree with a minor in robotics.
2013–2016
MSc in Computer Science · Universidade de São Paulo

GPU-accelerated 3D perception for CaRINA 2, a self-driving car tested on the streets of São Carlos. Visiting researcher at Loughborough University in 2014.
2017–2019
Software Engineer · Amazon, Vancouver

After software roles at Instituto Eldorado and Amdocs in Brazil.
2019–2024
PhD in Computer Science · Dalhousie University, Canada

Knowledge provenance and explainability in visual analytics, with the final year as a guest researcher at TU/e Eindhoven.
2024
Postdoctoral Researcher · TU/e Eindhoven

Visual tools that explain AI health-risk models to experts and lay users, for the SmartCHANGE project.
2023–2026
Head of Development, then CDO · GraphPolaris

From sole developer to leading development of a codeless graph analytics platform.
2022–now
Data and visualisation engineer · Engage Nova Scotia

Freelance: a public tool on the well-being of Nova Scotians.
Now
aknakos · Weert

Building my own products and taking on projects for other businesses.

What I work with

Websites and web appsSoftware engineeringData analysisAI and language modelsGraphs and graph databasesData visualisationMachine learningGPU computingGame development (Godot)

On the side