Rui Machado is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology and Product Officer at Orbit, where he leads end-to-end technology delivery, from architecture and platform engineering to product development. He drives the creation of Orbit’s core systems, including Orbie, Heimdall, and the Constellation API.

With over 15 years of global experience in cata, AI, and Engineering, Rui has held senior leadership roles at H&M Group, Meta, Nike, Feedzai, Fraudio, and Jumia. He is also the author of Analytics Engineering with SQL and dbt (O’Reilly) and serves as a Non-Executive Board Member at Inovagaia.

Rui holds a Master’s degree in Data Analytics, a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and a Specialist Title in Computer Science.