Available for Select Local AI Advisory & Mobile Solutioning

Private, Local AI & High-Scale Mobile Solutioning.

Two decades architecting resilient software systems. Helping organizations deploy sovereign, local AI—self-hosted on-premise or in private clouds with complete data confidentiality—and delivering high-scale mobile solutioning across Android, iOS, and Flutter for tens of millions of users. Consulting delivered via Keypad DS (est. 2013).

João Paulo Vasconcellos - Principal Consultant
Local AI (On-Premise) Private Cloud LLMs Mobile Solutioning Flutter & Dart Android & iOS Clean Architecture
Self-Hosted Local AI
On-premise or private cloud models with zero third-party data leaks
High-Scale Android & iOS
Production architectures scaled for tens of millions of active users
Near-Zero Crash Releases
Hardened engineering designed to safeguard seven-figure recurring revenue
Staff Squad Leadership
Hands-on technical guidance across Web, Android, and iOS squads
Recognized Ecosystems & Client Engagements
Disney+
Hulu
Pinterest
Zello
Globoplay
AB InBev
IBM
IP Capital Partners
Sephora Brazil
SalesRabbit
AdventHealth

Engagements delivered as principal consultant, technical lead, or via specialized contracting networks.

Selected Technical Engagements

High-stakes architectural challenges resolved with focus on production stability, legacy modernization, and tangible business outcomes.

Zello

Mobile Consultant · BetterEngineer
Seven-Figure ARR

Modernized an eleven-year-old codebase to Jetpack Compose and Clean MVVM with Use Cases while sustaining near-zero crash rates across massive daily active audiences. Architected the complete in-app purchase flow contributing to a seven-figure annual recurring revenue stream.

Hulu / Disney+

Mobile Streaming Consultant · BetterEngineer
Merger Scale

Supported critical integration efforts for the Disney+ merger, ensuring infrastructure readiness for high-concurrency international streaming. Led playback architecture migration to MVVM with ExoPlayer, resolved production Parental Controls, and enhanced automated test coverage.

Globoplay

Mobile Architecture · Globo Media Group
Tens of Millions Scaled

Contributed to Brazil's premier streaming platform from initial R&D to nationwide scale serving tens of millions of monthly viewers. Architected multi-camera live streaming for flagship events, DRM-protected video pipelines, and resilient offline download playback.

SalesRabbit

Mobile Consultant · BetterEngineer
Offline-First & ML

Engineered a robust offline-first architecture supporting multi-day field sales operations with zero data loss. Integrated machine learning persona scoring models that substantially improved field conversion accuracy and delivered seven-figure business impact.

AB InBev

Mobile Tech Lead · Multi-Squad Leadership
Web, Android & iOS

Managed multi-platform engineering squads across Web, Android, and iOS driving global distribution and logistics initiatives. Spearheaded cross-platform solutioning including Flutter/Dart and native mobile architectures, championed on-device computer vision and predictive stocking, and restructured CI/CD pipelines to cut release cycle times by more than half.

IP Capital Partners

IT & Infrastructure Lead
Zero-Downtime SLA

Restructured mission-critical systems and networking infrastructure for one of Brazil's foremost asset management firms managing multi-billion portfolios. Slashed disaster recovery time from days to two hours while maintaining a 100% operational uptime track record.

Consulting & Advisory Tracks

Private, sovereign AI infrastructure for confidential enterprise workflows, paired with senior mobile solutioning across Android, iOS, and Flutter.

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Self-Hosted On-Premise & Private Cloud LLMs

Deploy state-of-the-art open-weights models (Llama 3, DeepSeek, Mistral) on dedicated local hardware or isolated private cloud VPCs. Zero external network calls, zero public telemetry, and full operational sovereignty.

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100% Data Confidentiality & Zero Leaks

Proprietary intellectual property, internal financial records, contracts, and customer data remain strictly within your perimeter. Never routed to OpenAI, Anthropic, or third-party cloud APIs.

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Zero Token Fees & Fixed Infrastructure

Eliminate volatile per-token API charges, usage rate caps, and recurring per-seat SaaS subscriptions. Run unlimited internal queries and continuous batch workloads on predictable, owned infrastructure.

Local Knowledge Bases, RAG & Agents

Air-gapped Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and intelligent workflow agents indexing your internal databases and documents—delivering hallucination-resistant semantic search and automation without cloud exposure.

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Cross-Platform & Native Solutioning

Full-spectrum mobile engineering spanning native Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), iOS, and Flutter/Dart. Combining cross-platform rapid iteration with deep native hardware performance.

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Multi-Squad Leadership (Web, Android, iOS)

Staff-level leadership managing multi-disciplinary engineering squads across Web, Android, and iOS (as delivered at AB InBev and Globo). Standardizing Clean Architecture, establishing CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring senior teams.

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Streaming Media & Offline Architecture

Battle-tested architectures for low-latency playback (ExoPlayer), DRM protection, background sync, and resilient offline-first persistence engineered for tens of millions of concurrent viewers.

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In-App Monetization & Stability

Implementing Google Play Billing, StoreKit, Adapty, and subscription lifecycles engineered to safeguard seven-figure ARR while sustaining near-zero crash rates across high-volume releases.

Contracting via Keypad DS

All advisory and consulting contracts are formally invoiced through Keypad DS (KDS Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA), an established Brazilian software consultancy operating continuously since 2013.

Seamless international B2B contracting (US W-8BEN-E ready)
Direct wire / international ACH bank invoicing
Flexible staff engagement, monthly retainer, or fixed milestone models
João Paulo Vasconcellos - Principal Systems & Mobile Consultant
João Paulo Vasconcellos · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Two Decades of Resilient Systems Engineering

My engineering career spans the full evolution of modern software. I began architecting distributed conferencing systems serving hundreds of thousands of users at IBM, managed mission-critical financial infrastructure for multi-billion asset managers at IP Capital Partners, and built early probabilistic machine learning engines in 2004.

Over the last decade, I led multi-platform mobile solutioning—managing cross-functional squads across Web, Android, and iOS at global enterprises like AB InBev, architecting native mobile and Flutter/Dart systems, building Globoplay from initial R&D into a national streaming platform serving tens of millions of viewers, and modernizing long-standing production codebases at Zello and Disney+.

As a former guest lecturer in mobile architecture at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), I emphasize code cleanliness, systematic testing, and pragmatic business value. Today, through Keypad DS, I specialize in deploying sovereign, local AI systems—self-hosted on-premise or in private clouds with complete data sovereignty—paired with staff-level mobile solutioning across Android, iOS, and Flutter.

Location & Base Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GMT-3)
Remote Availability Seamless US East / West & European overlap
Education & Teaching Former Guest Lecturer, UFRJ
Consulting Entity Keypad DS (Operating since 2013)

Ready to Deploy Local AI or Scale Your Mobile Architecture?

Whether you want to implement sovereign, local AI self-hosted on your own hardware or private clouds, or need staff-level mobile solutioning across Android, iOS, and Flutter, let's discuss your roadmap.

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