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    {
      "name": "Victor Vargas de Andrade (https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorvargasdeandrade/)",
      "reference": "João Paulo aprende rápido e tem interesse em buscar mais conhecimento."
    },
    {
      "name": "Priscila Coral (https://www.linkedin.com/in/priscilacoral/)",
      "reference": "O João é competente, carismático e um excelente colega de trabalho. Sempre disposto a ajudar no que for preciso e atento às necessidades do cliente e da empresa."
    },
    {
      "name": "Jeniffer Eleutério (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeniffer-eleut%C3%A9rio-95493139/)",
      "reference": "João Paulo, é um profissional focado, dedicado, extremamente detalhista, crítico nas análises, desta forma somou muito na A2C no tempo que ficou conosco."
    },
    {
      "name": "Adenilson Melo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adenilson/)",
      "reference": "O João Paulo é um profissional extremamente focado e com uma ótima qualidade técnica. Tem um bom censo crítico para questionamentos de processos e para a proposição de melhorias."
    },
    {
      "name": "Anderson de Andrade (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersondeandrade/)",
      "reference": "João Paulo participou ativamente na A2C em diversos projetos e plataformas como PHP, Symfony (framework utilizado para desenvolver o projeto do portal 3M Inovação, Monitor Eleitoral e MIP), Wordpress (auxílio em alguns projetos como o do CHA Hotéis), HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, API’s (Livebuzz e Mail2Easy), MySQL (banco de dados do Monitor Eleitoral), PostgreSQL (banco de dados do portal 3M Inovação), GIT (controle e versionamento do código fonte), administração de servidores e desktop Linux na infra da Amazon (utilizando os serviços da AWS: EC2, RDS, S3) e afins."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lucas Danilo Masson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukmass/)",
      "reference": "O João trabalhou comigo em 2 projetos e nestes 2 projetos foi habilidoso e atento as atividades. Não fazia somente por fazer, entedia o contexto e nunca fazia com dúvidas. Sempre perguntava antes de executar e se tinha uma solução mais adequada a apresentava. Foi uma experiência gratificante trabalhar com o João."
    },
    {
      "name": "Eduardo Herenyi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/herenyi/)",
      "reference": "João Paulo, exerceu função de desenvolvedor PHP em vários projetos da A2C. Tem responsabilidade e comprometimento, foco na qualidade de processos e entregas."
    },
    {
      "name": "Charles A. Müller (https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesmuller/)",
      "reference": "João é um developer experiente, com conhecimento profundo em plataforma Linux / PHP. João Paulo Cercal trabalhou comigo na agência A2C, em que destaco o projeto do site 3M Inovação, aplicando todas as boas práticas de SEO especificadas na análise e também ajustando o site para que ficasse bem mais rápido."
    },
    {
      "name": "Bruno Duarte (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruno-duarte-ux-designer/)",
      "reference": "João é um profissional dedicado, focado e extremamente competente. Nos trabalhos que realizamos juntos mostrou grandes qualidades técnicas e facilidade em lidar com mudanças de diretrizes. Extremamente profissional."
    },
    {
      "name": "Michel Deunizio (https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheldeunizio/)",
      "reference": "João Paulo é um Web Developer especialista, conhecimento muito profundo no desenvolvimento de sistemas, pontual em todas as etapas do processo, idéias e implementações inovadoras. Trabalho impecável."
    },
    {
      "name": "Adan Felipe Medeiros (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmilson-s-teixeira/)",
      "reference": "O João Paulo é um excelente desenvolvedor, comprometido e dedicado com os projetos que esta participando."
    },
    {
      "name": "Edmilson S. Teixeira (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmilson-s-teixeira/)",
      "reference": "João Paulo é um desenvolvedor dedicado e sempre atento, buscando aprender e por em prática novas habilidades e novos conhecimentos."
    },
    {
      "name": "Rolf Scholz Neto (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigobruner/)",
      "reference": "Profissional com excelente articulação, o João se comunica muito bem e não se contenta apenas em realizar os projetos, traz novas ideias para atender os objetivos do projeto, além de dominar toda a parte de analise e desenvolvimento web."
    },
    {
      "name": "Rodrigo Bruner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigobruner/)",
      "reference": "O João Paulo foi meu aluno no Curso Técnico de Informática, se demonstrava ser muito interessado e ativo nas aulas, apresentava um elevado conhecimento técnico e sempre comprometimento nas atividades, o curso se encerrou, mas sempre o encontro em seminários e palestras referente a tecnologia, comprovando seu ávido interesse por tecnologia."
    }
  ]
}