Experience

LusoSpace

• Portugal
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), I am responsible for leading and coordinating the company's internal activities in accordance with established policies, goals and objectives. I directly coordinate the project managers group to ensure that the project's Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is aligned with the goals established by the CEO. I also support the CEO in developing the organization's policies and objectives, covering operations, personnel, financial performance and business growth.Typical responsibilities includes:• Manage internal operations to achieve budgeted results and other financial criteria.• Lead a high performing team of project managers to the next level by further developing and implementing training and retention strategies.• Manage the development and installation of procedures and controls, to promote communication and adequate information flow, and thereby solidify good project management practices.• Develop and establishing operating policies consistent with the CEO's broad policies and objectives and insuring their adequate execution. Appraising and evaluating the results of overall operations regularly and systematically, and reporting these results to the CEO.• Prepare annual operational budget to the CEO and CFO for review and approval, manage effectively within this budget, and report accurately on progress made and challenges encountered

• Project Manager

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2012

  My job as a project manager was to ensure that projects were completed on time and within budget, project objectives were met, and that everyone was doing their jobs correctly. Projects are often separate from day-to-day business activities and require a group of people to work together to achieve a specific set of goals. My role was to oversee the projects to ensure that the desired results were achieved, the most efficient resources were used and the different interests involved were satisfied.Typical responsibilities included:• Agreeing project objectives• Representing the organisation's interests• Organising the various professional people working on a project• Carrying out risk assessment• Making sure that all the aims of the project were met• Making sure the quality standards were met• Using IT systems to keep track of people and progress• Recruiting specialists and sub-contractors• Monitoring sub-contractors to ensure guidelines are maintained• Overseeing the accounting, costing and billing

• Electronic Engineer

  • Apr 2005 - Aug 2010