Valente, Pedro

Pedro is a Sr. Product Manager at Yahoo! Inc. and has worked in web development since 1997. He's a journalist that became web developer, with a passion for open data and civic hacking. His "horizontal" mindset led him to a wide range of experiences, as a writer and editor, print and web designer, PHP and Python developer and since 2008 as the Product Owner of an agile team, responsible for strategic and business decisions. He has spoken in conferences about YQL, open data and hacking to diverse audiences, telling journalists about the value of writing code, and telling developers about the jou...