This document contains information about Marcelo Pires, a web developer since 2000 who works at RGSISTEMAS developing health and education software. He is also a section editor for Flash & Flex Magazine and has experience in various IT areas including network administration and training. Pires develops using technologies like Flex/ActionScript, PHP, iOS and Ruby/Rails and is always researching new technologies. The document also provides an overview of Node.js as a JavaScript runtime for non-blocking I/O and evented systems as well as some popular Node.js frameworks and tools. Contact information is included at the end.