Vinicius Lage

Technical Program Manager at MongoDB.
I was very happy to transition from embedded and automotive to tech. MongoDB's values align with mine. As a strategic partner to the Director of Engineering & Product, I support key initiatives and help coordinate the Core Platforms department, including the Kubernetes and Enterprise Advanced teams (23+ people), while also driving process improvements across the whole R&D.

Embedded Software Engineer, Product Owner (team with 10+ people), and Chief Product Owner (business unit with 50+ people, lead a team with 4 POs) at TTTech. We were developing an innovative platform for autonomous driving cars. Also, the same scheduler we worked on for the cars literally traveled to the moon with the NASA Artemis I mission. In January 2025, the company was acquired by NXP.

Moved from Hungary to Barcelona, Spain.

Embedded Software Engineer and Embedded Software Architect at ThyssenKrupp, Hungary.
Here, I learned how to work on large-scale global projects and collaborate with international teams. I worked developing Electric Power Steering System (EPS) to renomated OEMs.

Moved from Brazil to Budapest, Hungary. First time abroad and first job as an engineer.

Master's at Vale Institute of Technology, Brazil.
I developed a bench system (hardware, mechanics, firmware, mathematical model and software) for measuring iron ore moisture. The results were great: I got a patent (BR-102019016715-7), published papers, and won an award for best presentation at the 12th ICST 2018 (IEEE). Later, the first spin-off of our university was founded by my mentor, and my work is now part of their product portfolio.
Vale Institute of Technology has a partnership with MIT Sloan.

Signed a contract with Sony Music for my band, SambaBen - keeping my musician soul alive!

I founded and managed Impactual Digital Mídia, a small company in Brazil (5+ employees) operating in two states: Minas Gerais and São Paulo. We served major clients, including McDonald's, Subway, and KFC. The company specialized in installing and operating digital billboards in strategic urban locations, renting out advertising space. I transformed the business into a franchise model, and within four years, we expanded to four cities, operating five high-tech digital billboards. Additionally, I launched RUPE, a physical discount coupon service in Ouro Preto. In January 2017, the company was acquired by AdMidea.

BSc in Automation Engineering from Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Brazil. During my studies, I was actively involved in lab activities whenever I was not engaged in internships or managing my own company. I have also published multiple papers in the fields of embedded systems and data processing.

I built iSecretária.net - a SMS based social media, in Brazil, reaching 210k active users and 50k daily SMS. I developed it using PHP, MySQL, HTML and JavaScript. It was my first contact with Ads, the sole revenue stream.

High school with a technical degree in Automation and Electronics - CEFET-OP, now IFMG, a renomated institute in Brazil! There, I had my first job with a monthly salary - I was 15 when I started as a programming language instructor, helping other students with progrmaming languages (C, Pascal, HTML, JavaScript and Delphi) and with eletronics - digital and analog circuits.

I was 14 when I sold my first web-based system — a shopping cart for a dating website, developed with ASP, JavaScript, and Microsoft Access — yes, Microsoft Access XD

I started to play drums, mixing my nerd tech abilities with the passion for music! Good musicians are definitely nerds.

I was 12 when I got my first PC and I started in the tech world. I built and launch my first website, using HTML and Microsoft FrontPage, good old times!

I was born on April. I am from Ouro Preto - Minas Gerais, Brazil, a very beautiful city!