Ricardo Leal

Topsky-AMHS Team Leader at Thales Edisoft Portugal
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Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, PT
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  • Spanish Elementary proficiency

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Raul Silva

I am proud of having Ricardo as member of my team. He is an excellent technical manager that has the necessary approach to provide success to the projects in which he is involved. He has an in-deep technical knowledge that helps him to be one of the central points of all project teams.

João Luis Canario

Ricardo is an extremely dedicated and competent professional. I don't have any doubts that Ricardo is one of the professional that has a balanced profile based on personal, technical and management skills.

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Experience

    • Portugal
    • Defense & Space
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Topsky-AMHS Team Leader
      • Jan 2023 - Present

    • ATM Project Manager
      • May 2019 - Present

    • Sócio-gerente
      • Oct 2018 - Present

    • Portugal
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Business Consultancy
      • Oct 2018 - Apr 2019

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    • Portugal
    • Creating New Business
      • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Head of Pre Sales
      • Jan 2017 - Jun 2018

      - Coordination of Reditus Pre Sales Team;- Coordination of Proposals Preparation and Delivery;- Coordination of Presentations Elaboration for Offer and Products;- Coordination of POCs Preparation and Execution;- Meetings with clients in order to support the commercial area;- New Business Development Activities;- Coordination of requests to partners / suppliers;- Support for identification of new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with Management Area and other Areas of Reditus;- Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;- Consultancy in Organization and Processes;- Consultancy in Information Security;- Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Management;- Responsible for the Enterprise Architecture Area, including project coordination and business development;- Coordination of Projects; Show less

    • Senior Manager
      • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

      Current job description: • Responsible for the Enterprise Architecture area, including project coordination and business development;• Coordination of proposals;• Coordination of Projects;• New business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between Ogimatech / Reditus and customers, partners and stakeholders;• Identification of new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes; Show less

    • Senior Manager / Project Manager
      • Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

      Current job description: • Responsible for the Enterprise Architecture area, including project coordination and business development;• Coordination of proposals;• Coordination of Projects;• New business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between Ogimatech / Reditus and customers, partners and stakeholders;• Identification of new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes;Main contracts/projects:• Ministry of Finances: Definition and Specification of Service Catalogue and IT Processes according to ITIL standard. The main objective is providing to all areas and supervised entities a list of services provided by the IT area of Ministry of Finances. Show less

    • Senior Manager / Project Manager
      • Jan 2015 - Jul 2015

      Current job description: • Responsible for the Enterprise Architecture area, including project coordination and business development;• Coordination of proposals;• Coordination of Projects;• New business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between Ogimatech / Reditus and customers, partners and stakeholders;• Identification of new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes;Main contracts/projects:• BAI Bank: Organization, Processes, IT Services, EA, Information Security an Software Development integrated program with the following main activities/projects: Revision, optimization and implementation of IT Processes based on a tool; Revision, optimization and implementation of IT Service Catalogue; Analysis and revision of projects documentation; Support on Software Development and Life Cycle Management operationalization; Identification and evaluation of Information Security Risks; Implementation of Security Risk and Security Incident Management and Information Access Control processes; Revision and Optimization of EA Governance Model; Implementation of Risks and Controls Management model; Review and optimization of Process documentation; Portfolio of Projects and Processes implementation over EA; Show less

    • Senior Manager / Project Manager
      • Jun 2014 - Dec 2014

      Current job description: • Responsible for the Enterprise Architecture area, including project coordination and business development;• Coordination of proposals;• Coordination of Projects;• New business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between Ogimatech / Reditus and customers, partners and stakeholders;• Identification of new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes;Main contracts/projects:• BAI Bank: Definition and Implementation of an Enterprise Architecture, namely the Business and Process Domains in order to support the creation of a Business Process Management Office (BPMO) and a Project Management Office (PMO). The main objectives were: operationalize a Process Office, Promote and provide training in the best practices of Process an d Project Management, Align the BPMO and PMO, Revision and Optimization of Process and Project Management Methodologies, Definition of a data model to support the EA, definition and implementation of viewpoints and reports over the EA, definition and implementation of a EA Governance Model and support for the process design using BPM notation. Show less

    • Senior Manager / Project Manager
      • Nov 2013 - May 2014

      Current job description: • Senior Manager for the Enterprise Architecture area, including project management and support for the development of new business;• Preparation of proposals;• Project Management;• Planning and allocation of resources;• Support for new business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between point Ogimatech / Reditus and customers, partners and stakeholders;• Designs and develops new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes;• Project position: Senior Consultant and responsible for the Information Systems Architectures.Main contracts/projects:• BAI Bank: The main focus was to define, describe, implement and document the structure of enterprise business. The main activities were: Create a comprehensive architecture to address a core system migration and a Information Security Implementation projects; Design an architecture with Business, Process, Risk & Controls, Application, Business and Infrastructure domains; Describe the Baseline Business Architecture; Develop a TO-BE Architecture, describing the strategy objectives, and the organizational, functional, process, information, and geographic aspects of business environment, based on business principles, goals and strategic drivers; Analyse gaps between AS-IS and TO-BE Architectures; Select and develop architecture viewpoints that will enable the architect to demonstrate how the stakeholder concerns are addressed; Select relevant tools and techniques to be used in association with viewpoints; Identify Opportunities & Solutions by reviewing TO-BE business objectives and capabilities of enterprise. Show less

    • Senior Manager / Project Manager
      • Feb 2012 - Oct 2013

      Current job description: • Senior Manager for the Enterprise Architecture area, including project management and support for the development of new business;• Preparation of proposals;• Project Management;• Planning and allocation of resources;• Support for new business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between point Ogimatech / Reditus and customers, partners and stakeholders;• Designs and develops new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes;• Project position: Senior Consultant and responsible for the Information Systems Architectures.Main contracts/projects:• BAI Bank: Carrying out training in Enterprise Architecture and support platforms/tools to provide a good Knowledge base to BAI Team in order to increase EA team. • BAI Bank: Definition and Implementation of a Software Development and life cycle management Methodology.• BAI Bank: Analysis of Organization Structure and functions/roles in order to create an organizational redefinition and optimization strategy to align areas/departments with their mission, with best practices and with the current bank maturity.• BAI Bank: Analysis, Redefinition and Optimization of processes, policies and procedures in the domain of Business and IT Services. • BAI Bank: Definition and Specification of Service Catalogue and Processes according to ITIL standard. Show less

    • Project Manager / Technical Manager
      • Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

      Current job description: • Consultancy in Enterprise Architecture area, supporting the development of new business;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of software systems;• Preparation of proposals;• Project Management;• Support for new business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between point Ogimatech / Reditus and customers;• Designs and develops new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes;Main contracts/projects:• BAI Bank: Carrying out training in Enterprise Architecture and support platforms/tools to provide a good Knowledge base to BAI Team in order to build an EA team. • BAI Bank: Consultancy and support to a Software Development and Technological Projects area mainly in following initiative: Project Management, EA Management, Support in software development, Database implementation, Application Preventive Maintenance, Application life cycle management and platform/tools procurement. Show less

    • Project Manager / Technical Manager
      • Jul 2010 - Dec 2010

      Current job description: • Consultancy in Enterprise Architecture area, supporting the development of new business;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of software systems;• Preparation of proposals;• Project Management;• Support for new business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between point Ogimatech / Reditus and customers;• Designs and develops new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes;Main contracts/projects:• Sonangol Pesquisa & Produção (Oil Company): Definition, Specification and Implementation of an Intranet Web Portal. The main objective was to build a Web Portal to be used by all the employees of P&P and promote collaboration inside the company supporting the business. The Intranet Portal was being developed over Sharepoint. This project was based on a previous assessment carried out in P&P. This assessment focused on the analysis of the organization, processes, applications and technology. Show less

    • Project Manager / Technical Manager
      • Feb 2010 - Jun 2010

      Current job description: • Consultancy in Enterprise Architecture area, supporting the development of new business;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of software systems;• Preparation of proposals;• Project Management;• Support for new business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between point Ogimatech / Reditus and customers;• Designs and develops new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes;Main contracts/projects:• Sonagás (Gas Company): Development of a Geographic Information System. The main focus of project was to build a Geodatabase that supports main business of Sonagás that is gas exploration and production. The geodatabase shall follow standards and guidelines for the oil and gas industry. Project also includes development of a Web Portal that will provide query features over the geodatabase for all the Sonagás employees and general public accordingly with the user profile. All query features runs over a georeferenced map of Angola that provides graphical visualization of results. Show less

    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Consultant / Technical Manager
      • Apr 2009 - Jan 2010

      Current job description: • Definition and Implementation of Enterprise Architecture projects• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of software systems;• Preparation of proposals;• Project Management;• Support for new business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between point Ogimatech and customers, partners and stakeholders;• Designs and develops new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;Main contracts/projects:• Sonangol HQ (Oil Company) and SME (Migration and Foreigners) : The main focus was to define, describe, implement and document the structure of enterprise business. The main activities were: Create a comprehensive plan to address scheduling, resourcing, financing, communication, risks, constraints, assumptions, and dependencies, in line with project management frameworks adopted by enterprise; Describe the Baseline Business Architecture; Develop a TO-BE Architecture, describing the product and/or service strategy, and the organizational, functional, process, information, and geographic aspects of business environment, based on business principles, goals and strategic drivers; Analyse gaps between AS-IS and TO-BE Architectures; Select and develop architecture viewpoints that will enable the architect to demonstrate how the stakeholder concerns are addressed; Select relevant tools and techniques to be used in association with viewpoints; Identify Opportunities & Solutions by reviewing TO-BE business objectives and capabilities of enterprise. Show less

    • Project Manager / Technical Manager
      • Feb 2009 - Mar 2009

      Current job description: • Consultancy in Enterprise Architecture area, supporting the development of new business;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of software systems;• Preparation of proposals;• Project Management;• Support for new business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between point Ogimatech / Reditus and customers;• Designs and develops new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;• Consultancy in Organization and Processes;Main contracts/projects:• Águas do Noroeste - Water Company: Elaboration of a SoW for the tender “Study and Implementation of Telecommunication Network Management and Support to Remote Management”. The mainly object of this Tender was to study, establish and implement a management system for IT services in accordance with a process model defined previously. This model must be adjusted to the reality of Client and meet all the requirements of ISO / IEC 20000 and the best best practices for the provision of IT services. Show less

    • Senior Consultant / Technical Manager
      • Sep 2008 - Jan 2009

      Current job description: • Definition and Implementation of Enterprise Architecture projects• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of software systems;• Preparation of proposals;• Project Management;• Support for new business development activities;• Collaboration in business objectives definition and support to Directors;• Communication point between point Ogimatech and customers, partners and stakeholders;• Designs and develops new methodologies, new products and / or services in coordination with the Directors;• Consultancy in Information Systems and Technology;Main contracts/projects:• Sonangol HQ (Oil Company): Carrying out training in Enterprise Architecture and support platforms/tools to provide a good Knowledge base to Sonangol Team in order to build an EA team.• Sonangol HQ (Oil Company): Specification of a Software Development Methodology. The main focus of the methodology was the development of IT systems. The methodology specification included all phases of the software development cycle. Show less

    • Project Manager in Transports & Business Solutions Department
      • Jan 2007 - Aug 2008

      Current job description: • Project Management • Management and allocation of resources and tasks.• Risk management• Technical Coordination.• Communication point between Skysoft and customers, partners and stakeholders.• Participation in the development of new business activities;• Participation in the development of proposals;Main contracts/projects:• Ascendi & Tracevia: Implementation of a Traffic Management Product for Highways (R.I.T.A. - Road Intelligent Traffic Application) with the following functionalists: road monitoring through road side equipment, vehicle counting and verification based on equipment audits, georeferenced map of roads and road side equipment, traffic situations management and Road Side Equipment Management. Second phase of the project was implementing the product in Lisbon Highways. Show less

    • Technical Manager in Transports & Business Solutions Department
      • May 2006 - Dec 2006

      Current job description: • Project Management • Technical Coordination.• Planning and documents elaboration.• Communication point between Skysoft and customers.• Participation in the development of proposals;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of information systems and software solutions.Main contracts/projects:• ESA European Space Agency: ARMAS 3rd project phase - Development of ARMAS as a product for the purpose of implementing the satellite localization technologies to tolling and road safety applications. Show less

    • Technical Manager in Transports & Business Solutions Department
      • Nov 2005 - Apr 2006

      Current job description: • Project Management • Technical Coordination.• Planning and documents elaboration.• Communication point between Skysoft and customers.• Participation in the development of proposals;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of information systems and software solutions.Main contracts/projects:• Ascendi & Tracevia: Implementation of a Traffic Management Product for Highways (R.I.T.A. - Road Intelligent Traffic Application) with the following functionalists: road monitoring through road side equipment, vehicle counting and verification based on equipment audits, georeferenced map of roads and road side equipment, traffic situations management and Road Side Equipment Management. First phase of the project was implementing the product in Porto Highways. Show less

    • Technical Manager in Aerospace Department
      • Aug 2005 - Sep 2005

      Current job description: • Project Management • Technical Coordination.• Planning and documents elaboration.• Communication point between Skysoft and customers.• Participation in the development of proposals;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of information systems and software solutions. Main contracts/projects:• ESA European Space Agency: Elaboration of a proposal for the development of a Validation platform for two components of GALILEO system: The Orbit and Synchronization Processing Facility (OSPF) and the Integrity Processing Facility (IPF). The OSPF/IPF AIVP is the element in charge of testing the OSPF and IPF correct features, providing test inputs and monitoring outputs to those two components. These inputs and outputs are planned to be as close to the expected real data as possible. The OSPF is the component responsible for the calculus of the Signal in Space Accuracy (SISA) signal, satellite ephemeris and clock correction estimation and prediction. These calculations are based on Raw Satellite Data sent by the GSS chain network. The IPF is the component responsible for the calculus of the integrity flag based on the SISA Signal calculated in OSPF and in the Raw Data that enters from the GSS network chain. This flag verification is accomplished for each Satellite in the Galileo mission. Show less

    • Technical Manager in Aerospace Department
      • Jan 2005 - Jul 2005

      Current job description: • Project Management • Technical Coordination.• Planning and documents elaboration.• Communication point between Skysoft and customers.• Participation in the development of proposals;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of information systems and software solutions. Main contracts/projects:• ESA European Space Agency: Implementation of a security layer to be applied over Satellite Networks Transport Protocol (SaNTA Project). The main goal of SaNTA is to provide an efficient exploitation of TCP traffic over long-latency satellite links. For doing so SaNTA uses a new transport protocol, ITL, and a set of ITL relays for accelerating the acknowledge of TCP segments and avoiding the traditional management of TCP windows that assumes that data losses are due to congestion. For completeness, ITL also deals with UDP traffic, but with no obvious advantage besides simplifying the management of traffic routing. Show less

    • Technical Manager in Aerospace Department
      • Mar 2004 - Dec 2004

      Current job description: • Project Management • Technical Coordination.• Planning and documents elaboration.• Communication point between Skysoft and customers.• Participation in the development of proposals;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of information systems and software solutions. Main contracts/projects:• ESA European Space Agency: Implementation of test equipment and software, also known as Test Bed, needed to test user terminals for DVB DVB-RCS (Digital Video Broadcasting - Return Channel via Satellite) compliance and interoperability. The test bed is composed by several modules that communicates between them. The test plans are generated by an application (implemented in project scope) accordingly with user input data and executed automatically by the terminals Show less

    • IT Analyst in Transports & Business Solutions Department
      • Dec 2002 - Jan 2004

      Current job description: • Technical Coordination• Planning and documents elaboration• Participation in the development of proposals;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of information systems and software solutions.Main contracts/projects:• ESA European Space Agency: Development of a Feasibility Study for ARMAS Project - Active Road Management Assisted by Satellite. The mainly activities were: 1) Preliminary User Requirements Specification; 2) Preliminary System Requirements Specification; 3) Description of ARMAS System, including system features definition; 4) Preliminary Specification of ARMAS System including Architecture Definition; 5) Preliminary Safety Requirements Specification; 6) Listing of the Initial Failure Modes; 6) Definition of the Initial Safety Case. Show less

    • IT Analyst and Developer for Aerospace Department working in BAE Systems
      • Dec 2001 - Nov 2002

      Current job description: • Technical Coordination.• Planning and documents elaboration.• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of information systems and software solutions.• Software Development.Main contracts/projects:• Responsible for the analysis, definition and development of Avionics 4D Flight Path Generation, Negotiation and Guidance software component part of an Avionics System called MA-AFAS, More Autonomous Aircraft in the Future Air Traffic Management System. The objective of this component is to generate a 3D trajectory over time based in aircraft origin and destination points. After the trajectory has been generated and the aircraft are in the air, the module is responsible for verify aircraft movements accordingly with the trajectory and in case of deviations generates new paths in real time. Show less

    • IT Analyst and Developer Transports & Business Solutions Department working in AXA Insurance
      • May 1999 - Nov 2001

      Current job description: • Technical Coordination.• Planning and documents elaboration.• Participation in the development of proposals;• Analysis, definition and conceptual design of information systems and software solutions.• Software Development.Main contracts/projects:• Implementation of a Commercial Management System for sales teams called GPS, GlobalPrivate System. This system has connections with the various Information Systems in the company: CRM, SAP and Mainframes.• Analysis and development of AXA Intranet as an evolution of the their old portal mainly in the following activities: 1) Renew, at functional and graphical level, of the Intranet; 2) Development of insurance simulators; Show less

Education

  • Instituto Superior Técnico
    Engineer’s Degree, Informatics and Computer Engineering with specialization in Industrial Informatics
    1994 - 2003

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