Ivan Filho

Ivan Filho

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Turning VC Funding into Scalable Software Teams | Nearshore IT Professionals
Dorking, England, United Kingdom

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  • Techifide Ltd
    Chief Executive Officer
    Techifide Ltd
    May 2025 - Current (1 year 6 months)
    I lead a mission-driven team focused on reshaping how AEC companies scale their software development. We specialise in recruiting and building high-performing tech teams in Brazil for startups and established firms across the US and UK.
  • Resolution Project
    Volunteer Business Mentor at Resolution Project
    Resolution Project
    Apr 2025 - Current (1 year 7 months)
  • British Judo Association
    Judo Referee - British Judo Association
    British Judo Association
    Feb 2025 - Current (1 year 9 months)
    Weekend Warrior on the Mats! 🥋✨ Currently flexing my referee muscles at club-level Judo competitions, I bring fair calls, sharp eyes, and plenty of enthusiasm to every throwdown. Passionate about supporting young Judokas, keeping matches spirited, fun, and respectful - one Ippon at a time!
  • Enactus Brasil
    Honorary Board Director at Enactus Brasil
    Enactus Brasil
    Aug 2023 - Apr 2025 (1 year 9 months)
    I am fortunate to be involved in collaboration with Enactus across two diverse countries: England and Brazil. My primary objective is to aid the organization in broadening its scope by engaging students who share a fervent commitment to environmental sustainability and aspire to drive positive change through entrepreneurial initiatives. My aspiration is to ignite a sense of purpose in these students, empowering them to excel in their forthcoming careers, while simultaneously guiding them towards opportunities they may not have previously been aware of.
  • Enactus UK
    Honorary Board Director at Enactus UK
    Enactus UK
    Aug 2022 - Apr 2025 (2 years 9 months)
    Enactus' vision of "To engage the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders to use innovation and business principles to improve the world" aligns with my personal ethos of great business being based upon incredible people, quality and trust.

    So, I feel privileged to have been invited to join Enactus UK as an Honorary Director.
  • Bentley Systems
    Director of Software Development
    Bentley Systems
    Mar 2021 - May 2025 (4 years 3 months)
    Introduced the 'Test Automation Engineer' career path, boosting staff retention and enabling healthy horizontal movement across teams.
    Led the development of a remote Software Development Centre in Brazil, expanding global delivery capabilities.
    Created a strategic partnership with Enactus, launching the iTwin4Good competition aimed at Sustainability and Social Impact through Bentley’s iTwin Platform. Now active in five countries (Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ireland, and the UK), the initiative empowers university students to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals by building innovative apps. To date, it has engaged 1,000+ students across the Enactus network.
    Served as an honorary board director for both Enactus UK&I and E
  • Bentley Systems
    International Team Lead
    Bentley Systems
    Mar 2019 - Mar 2021 (2 years 1 month)
    Led the Brazilian team and won the prestigious "Founders Award" for the work done on the BC Sync project.
  • BIM DIRECT LIMITED
    Chief Executive Officer
    BIM DIRECT LIMITED
    Jul 2015 - Apr 2022 (6 years 10 months)
    Founded and scaled BIM Direct, a pioneering platform that won the RICS & BIM4SME Award in 2017 for Best Embedment of BIM into Contracts. The platform’s success led to the acquisition of its IP by Bentley Systems.
  • Q
    Chief Technology Officer
    QOREX Ltd
    May 2012 - Mar 2015 (2 years 11 months)
    Acting as a CTO and Agile Coach, my role in the team was to provide the right technical solution and software architecture as well as implement an Agile approach, working in two distinct teams of eight members, one of which was remotely working overseas and the other was based in the UK.
  • C
    Lead Developer
    CACI Monitor Media NMA Top Interactive Agency
    Dec 2010 - Aug 2011 (9 months)
  • C
    Senior Web Developer
    CACI Monitor Media NMA Top Interactive Agency
    Apr 2010 - Dec 2010 (9 months)
  • V
    Chief Executive Officer
    ValueSoft
    Jan 2008 - Jan 2013 (5 years 1 month)
    Spearheaded the development of a software solution used by 10M people in its first year;
    Expanded the company's reach to three Latin American countries.
  • C
    Web Developer
    CACI Monitor Media NMA Top Interactive Agency
    Feb 2007 - Apr 2010 (3 years 3 months)
  • D
    Web Developer
    Dynamic Webs Ltd
    Oct 2006 - Feb 2007 (5 months)
  • T
    Web Developer
    Thunder Systems SRL
    Nov 2005 - Sep 2006 (11 months)
  • P
    Web Developer
    Personal Project SRL
    Apr 2004 - Jun 2005 (1 year 3 months)
  • F
    Web Developer
    Freelance Jobs
    May 2002 - Mar 2004 (1 year 11 months)
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  • RICS
    Certificate in Building Information Modelling (BIM) - Project Management, Building Information Modeling
    RICS
    Jan 2015 - Dec 2016 (2 years)
  • University of Liverpool
    Masters, MSC-IT Software Engineer
    University of Liverpool
    Jan 2007 - Dec 2010 (4 years)
    Successful concluded my degree in 36 months with my dissertation titled ANALYSIS AND FEASIBILITY STUDY OF INSURANCE QUOTE-AND-BUY SYSTEMS IN THE MOBILE ENVIRONMENT.
  • Universita degli Studi di Milano
    Università degli Studi di Milano
    Universita degli Studi di Milano
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    • E
      Partner Champion of the Year - 2024
      Enactus UKI
      Apr 2024
      I am thrilled to have received my first-ever "Partner Champion" award from Enactus UK & Ireland. It is truly humbling to be recognised in this manner, and I hope this award serves as inspiration for other partners to contribute even more to the incredible network of students and beneficiaries whose lives are positively impacted by the remarkable youth enterprise projects we witnessed today.
    • Bentley Systems
      Founders Award Bentley System
      Bentley Systems
      Mar 2020
      This Bentley System’s Founders Award was given for my work on Product Advancement and leadership.
    • R
      Best Embedment of BIM into Contracts
      RICS BIMSME
      Sep 2017
      Best Embedment of BIM into Contracts awarded to BIM Direct for our Web SaaS application.
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      Career Highlights
      My career highlights include: ● Creating a coupon based application used by more than 10 million people in South America, VCupom. ● Creating the first Quote-and-Buy mobile application for car insurance companies during my Masters studies. ● Winning a RICS & BIM4SME award for Best Embedment of BIM into Contracts in 2017 for my BIM software (BIM Direct) ● Creating the Olivia Reader App, which assists dyslexic children with reading (www.oliviareader.com) ● Starting and growing Techifide Limited as an international software outsourcing company
    This is a community-created genome.