Joao Nene — Engineer · Builder

About

Technical depth meets commercial execution.

I graduated magna cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology. Then learned what textbooks skip: how to build teams, close deals, and ship working software.

I manage a $8M+ multi-state territory at Danfoss Drives — consistent 20%+ YoY growth, team of 4 focus partners, five states plus Puerto Rico. Off-hours, I build tools and systems to improve my productivity. I built an automated trading engine integrating live market APIs, tested on live data, deployed and running.

I'm trilingual in English, Spanish, and Portuguese — which means I think and communicate in multiple registers. I code, engineer, sell, and lead. Pick one or ask for all four.

$8M+ Territory

20%+ YoY Growth

3 Native Languages

Work Experience

Where I've delivered value.

Danfoss Drives Sep 2022 – Present

Channel Sales Manager

FL · GA · AL · TN · PR · Team of 6

Grew channel sales 24% YoY through strategic partner development across 5 states.
Drove digital and lifecycle services revenue 53% YoY by translating technical value into business cases.
Boosted partner adoption of digital tools 30% through structured training programs.
Managed full pipeline and forecast in Salesforce CRM across distribution and direct accounts.

Danfoss Drives Sep 2021 – Sep 2022

Regional Sales Manager

FL · GA · AL · TN · PR · Team of 3

Achieved 33% YoY growth across B2B distribution and direct accounts.
Onboarded 3 new distributors from prospect to active, revenue-generating partnership.
Delivered monthly product and sales training that increased partner-specific revenue up to 40% YoY.

Embraer Executive Jets Aug 2020 – Sep 2021

Manufacturing Engineer

Melbourne, FL

Drove process improvements that increased production efficiency 15%.
Reduced nonconformities 20% through cross-functional quality initiatives with production and quality teams.
Collaborated on viability evaluation of new designs, bridging engineering specs to production constraints.

Projects

Things I've shipped.

In Production

AI-Assisted Algorithmic Trading Bot

Built an automated trading engine in Python that executes strategies based on statistical models and technical analysis — wired to live markets, running real capital.

Python Alpaca API Tasty Trade API GitHub LLMs

Engineered end-to-end connectivity for real-time market data ingestion and automated order execution via REST API integration.
Deployed strategies grounded in mathematical statistical models and technical analysis signals.
Used Gemini, ChatGPT, and Grok for rapid prototyping, debugging, and optimization of strategy scripts.
Managed codebase on GitHub with branching, commit history, and README documentation.

Shipped · Mar 2026

Pocket Analyst

Equity Research AI Agent

Python Claude API FMP API Flask Google Sheets API

End-to-end pipeline that generates PM-grade Buy/Hold/Sell reports for any US-listed stock. 13-step pipeline: 5 years of financials, DCF valuation, Claude API narrative synthesis. Outputs a multi-page PDF and a 7-tab Google Sheet.

Shipped · 2026

Competitive Intelligence Automation

Battle Card Generator

Python Claude API Tavily Playwright WeasyPrint

4-stage pipeline that automatically researches, analyzes, and renders sales-ready competitive battle cards for channel partners. Covers 5 competitors; uses Claude structured tool use with Pydantic schema validation.

Shipped · 2026

AI Newsletter Agent

Agentic Email Pipeline

Python Claude API Tavily MJML Gmail API

WAT-framework pipeline that researches an industry relevant topic via Tavily, generates and reviews content with Claude, assembles a brand-compliant MJML email, and sends via Gmail. Logs every run to Google Sheets.

Shipped · Apr 2026

Portfolio AI Assistant

Conversational AI Widget

JavaScript Claude API Netlify Functions Google Calendar API Gmail API

AI assistant embedded in this portfolio site that answers visitor questions about Joao and books calendar meetings on his behalf. This chatbot is powered by Claude tool with a schedule meeting function that writes directly to Google Calendar and sends invitations using Gmail.

↗ Live

Client · Shipped 2026

Ivan Resciniti — Realtor

Freelance Client Website

HTML Tailwind CSS JavaScript

Designed and built a full portfolio website for a Miami-based luxury real estate specialist at KW Capital. Custom property listings layout, multilingual support, and KW brand integration.

In Production · Danfoss

Danfoss DLS Expert

Custom GPT · Partner Enablement

Custom GPT Prompt Engineering ChatGPT

Custom GPT built for my current role at Danfoss Drives to help channel partners learn Drive Line Services products and role-play real sales and support scenarios — accelerating partner readiness without manual training sessions.

Try it ↗

Helping businesses leverage AI to increase revenue and efficiency.

Technical depth meets commercial execution.

Where I've delivered value.

Things I've shipped.

AI-Assisted Algorithmic Trading Bot

Pocket Analyst

Competitive Intelligence Automation

AI Newsletter Agent

Portfolio AI Assistant

Ivan Resciniti — Realtor

Danfoss DLS Expert

What I work with.

Technical

Business & Sales

Languages

The foundation.

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