Jefferson (Jeff) Colares
As of 2026-09-23
SAP Data & Analytics Architect · data mesh pioneer on SAP Datasphere
- Freelance
- Remote
About
SAP data and analytics architect with two decades on data platforms, most of them in the SAP domain, based in Rio de Janeiro. He implemented what was likely the first data mesh on SAP Datasphere in Brazil, and was working with data products before SAP adopted the term.
That work took him to the stages of SAP D-COM Latin America, SAP BTP Experience and SAP NOW in 2024 and 2025. His conviction: good architecture is not the one that impresses on a slide, it is the one still standing when the system grows, costs tighten and nobody is watching.
Current focus: the data mesh pillar most teams never finish — federated computational governance — on SAP Datasphere and Business Data Cloud, backed by a master's degree in artificial intelligence.
Skills
SAP data platforms
Architecture & governance
Analytics
AI & cloud
Experience
Senior IT Architect
Vale
October 2019 – Present · Mining · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Data and analytics architecture on SAP Datasphere, including a data mesh implementation presented at SAP D-COM Latin America, SAP BTP Experience and SAP NOW.
Data Engineer
TIVIT
August 2018 – October 2019 · IT services · Brazil
Business Intelligence Senior Consultant
Allana Services
July 2014 – May 2018 · Consulting · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Senior BI Consultant
Independent contractor
September 2013 – July 2014 · Self-employed · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Senior Consultant
SAP
January 2009 – July 2013 · Software · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Senior Consultant
Business Objects
April 2008 – December 2008 · Software · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
BI Consultant
Neoris
June 2005 – April 2008 · IT services · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Education
- Master's degree — CEFET/RJ — Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca
Artificial Intelligence (deep neural networks, computer vision) · 2018 – 2020 - Specialization — Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Data Warehousing · 2006 - Bachelor's degree — Estácio
Computing · 1999 – 2004
Languages
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