Lucas De Alencastro Moreira Lucas Moreira L. Moreira

Lucas
De Alencastro Moreira

$ Digital Transformation Specialist · ADEK

Discovery, data and code, connected.

I work across user research, service design, data and responsible AI adoption. I turn complex problems into clear requirements, bring people together and follow decisions through delivery.

Developing my software engineering and cybersecurity practice, with a focus on applied AI.

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  • Digital Transformation Specialist Connecting user needs, data and the systems built around them.
  • AI governance A clear purpose, shared responsibilities and careful questions about data.
    • Requirements for responsible AI adoption
    • Contribution to governance work
    • Coordination across disciplines
    • Decisions and follow-up made visible
  • data definition Settling what a thing means, before anyone counts it.
    • Clear definitions and reporting requirements
    • Data lineage and information flows
    • Boundary cases made explicit
    • Reasoning that others can review
  • survey methodology Questions designed around the data they need to produce.
    • Bilingual questionnaire design
    • Routing for different respondents
    • Measures tied to research questions
    • Collaboration on validation
  • service design Turning research into service journeys people can follow.
    • Journey mapping and flow design
    • Requirements grounded in user needs
    • Registration and interface design
    • Trade-offs explained across teams
  • ux research Finding what people need, then checking the design against it.
    • User research and discovery
    • Stakeholder workshops
    • Findings translated into requirements
    • Delivery reviewed against agreed criteria
  • programme governance Shared priorities, clear responsibilities and a record of decisions.
    • Coordination across disciplines
    • Decisions and responsibilities documented
    • Requirements and priorities made explicit
    • Follow-up that keeps work moving
  • engineering Hands-on learning in software, systems and cybersecurity.
    • 42 Common Core, Level 10
    • C, C++, Unix systems and networking
    • Linux administration and containerisation
    • A developing cybersecurity practice
  • AI governance A clear purpose, shared responsibilities and careful questions about data.
  • data definition Settling what a thing means, before anyone counts it.
  • survey methodology Questions designed around the data they need to produce.
  • service design Turning research into service journeys people can follow.
  • ux research Finding what people need, then checking the design against it.
  • programme governance Shared priorities, clear responsibilities and a record of decisions.
  • engineering Hands-on learning in software, systems and cybersecurity.
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discovery-requirements/ 2022-24

Discovery & requirements

I turn user needs into requirements a delivery team can work from.

UX research · stakeholder workshops

  • user research
  • requirements
  • delivery review

the problem

People describe the same service from different perspectives. The design needs a clear account of what each person is trying to do.

approach

  • I use research and workshops to understand needs, constraints and competing priorities.
  • I turn findings into user journeys, content needs and requirements that people can discuss together.
  • I review delivery against agreed requirements and explain where a design needs another pass.

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  • Good discovery gives a team a shared question to answer. I try to make that question precise before proposing a solution.
ai-governance/ 2024-present

Responsible AI adoption

I help teams connect AI ambitions with clear requirements, responsibilities and questions about data use.

Coordination · governance contribution

  • AI governance
  • requirements
  • coordination

the problem

An AI initiative needs a defined purpose and people who can make and follow through on decisions.

approach

  • I bring research and requirements work into discussions about where AI can be useful.
  • I contribute to governance work by helping make responsibilities and data-use questions explicit.
  • I coordinate across disciplines and keep agreed decisions and follow-up visible.

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  • My contribution combines coordination and governance. I am also developing the technical side of applied AI.
common-core/ 2021-25

42 Common Core

Peer-reviewed projects in C, C++ and Unix, from a shell and concurrent programs to networked services and containerised applications.

Engineering education · completed alongside the job

  • C
  • C++
  • Unix
  • networking
  • Docker

outcome

Common Core completed to Level 10 in May 2025, at 42 Abu Dhabi.

the problem

Develop a practical foundation in systems programming, networking and full-stack web development.

approach

  • minishell and Philosophers for Unix internals, process control and concurrency.
  • NetPractice and ft_irc for networking and protocol work, Born2beroot for administering and hardening a Linux virtual machine, Inception for containerisation.
  • cub3d and ft_transcendence for graphics and full-stack web, so the core was not only systems.

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c c++ unix docker tcp/ip

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  • Systems programming, networking and Linux administration give my developing cybersecurity practice a technical foundation. These projects are engineering education.
  • Alongside that technical foundation, I bring research, requirements, data governance and cross-functional coordination from my professional work.

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  1. 967830eHEAD → mainJune 2024 - Present

    Digital Transformation Specialist · ADEK

    • Contribute to responsible AI adoption through requirements, coordination and governance work.
    • Translate research into service journeys, flows and interface designs.
    • Bring technical and nontechnical contributors together around decisions and delivery.

    skills touchedAI governancerequirements definitionservice designstakeholder coordinationdelivery review

  2. tag 42 Abu Dhabi · Common Core completed, Level 10 · May 2025

  3. a4ea497March 2022 - June 2024

    UX Researcher · ADEK

    • Designed bilingual questionnaires and routing around research questions and data needs.
    • Defined measures, data relationships and quality requirements.
    • Led discovery and workshops, translated findings into requirements and reviewed delivery against agreed criteria.

    skills touchedquestionnaire designUX researchdata definitiondata lineagestakeholder facilitation

  4. tag BSc (Hons) Information Technology, upper second · Middlesex Dubai · 2019

  5. 0488bcfSeptember 2017 - September 2018

    Front-End Developer & Technology Advisor · Véggie-Sphère, France

    • Developed and debugged the front-end of an eCommerce site.
    • Advised on technology selection and on the tooling used for internal communication.

    skills touchedfront-endtechnology selectiontooling

  6. 20fd0e4root commit

    42 Abu Dhabi · Common Core, Level 10 · Middlesex Dubai · BSc (Hons) IT

    2021-2025 the full peer-to-peer Common Core in C, C++ and Unix, finished while working full time. 2016-2019 upper-second honours. Deeper still: an MSc in Managing Innovation at Heriot-Watt Dubai, two years of software engineering at EPITECH Nice, a first year of materials science at IUT Mulhouse, and a French Scientific Baccalaureate from Lycée Louis Massignon, Abu Dhabi.

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NAME

lucas - digital transformation specialist; discovery, data and code, connected

SYNOPSIS

lucas [--role dt-specialist] [--org ADEK] [--base abu-dhabi]

DESCRIPTION

Digital Transformation Specialist working across user research, service design, data and responsible AI adoption. Turns complex problems into clear requirements, brings contributors together and follows decisions through delivery. Brings research, requirements and data-governance experience to a developing cybersecurity practice, supported by systems programming, networking and hands-on learning through the 42 Common Core. Building further capability in software engineering and applied AI.

HISTORY

2024-now ADEK · Digital Transformation Specialist

2022-2024 ADEK · UX Researcher

2017-2018 Véggie-Sphère · Front-End Developer

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Developing my software engineering and cybersecurity practice, with a focus on applied AI.

 

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