CEO

• Mar 2022 - Present

Leading a new SaaS venture developing a gamification and engagement product in the Industrial/Logistics area 🏆 Awarded the Most Innovative Company of the Year 2023 (Bronze) - up to 100 employees - at the German Stevie Awards, competing with >400 applicants. The German Stevie Awards are a top-class business prize for the German-speaking corporate world in Europe Leading a new SaaS venture developing a gamification and engagement product in the Industrial/Logistics area 🏆 Awarded the Most Innovative Company of the Year 2023 (Bronze) - up to 100 employees - at the German Stevie Awards, competing with >400 applicants. The German Stevie Awards are a top-class business prize for the German-speaking corporate world in Europe

Advisor at Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

• Dec 2020 - Present

A member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals. As an Advisor, will provide insight to shape the content HBR develop and enrich its understanding with my own perspective on ideas from HBR and the wider world of management and leadership A member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals. As an Advisor, will provide insight to shape the content HBR develop and enrich its understanding with my own perspective on ideas from HBR and the wider world of management and leadership

Managing Director / Country Manager

• Feb 2019 - Mar 2022

As a Managing Director I manage and oversee end-to-end local operation of Adnovum Portugal. Main responsibilities: - Financial management (P&L, budgeting, liquidity, accounting, payroll, invoicing, etc...) - Ensure legal compliance of the office operation - Defining and implementing location-specific strategic topics - Ensure and improve the software project execution excellence of the Portugal office - Manage teams to reach revenue and chargeability goals - Coach, develop and support team members while leading by example Major achievements: - 60% increase in turnover from 2019 to 2020 - Grew the team by ~150% over the first two FY - Ranked #12 in the bracket of companies with less than 100 employees and #18 on the national rank in the Great Place to Work 2020 ranking Show less

Project Manager

• Oct 2016 - Jan 2019

Project Manager for the Sky Store OTT service. Responsible for the development and launching the Sky Store product in Germany, with the following results: - 6 months after launch: 1M users and roughly 1M purchases accounting for aproximately €6.8M - 35% increase in transactional business YoY Project Manager for the Sky Go OTT Service, with a monthly average of 2.4M users. Responsible for the development and for launching the Sky X product in Austria and for the development and launching of the Q Multiscreen product in the UK, Germany and Austria. Show less

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

• Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

Managing Partner and Co-Founder of OSQuay. OSQuay is an IT consulting services firm focused in the excellency of delivering and maintaining projects and products, implemented with OutSystems, the #1 Low-Code Platform. Our seasoned team had had extensive experience delivering innovative and complex solutions to our clients, both remotely and on-site, across the globe. Managed the company end-to-end, and participated as Engagement Manager in the design and development of the Post Office UK Travel App - a Revolut kind-of application to be used by Post Office customers while travelling. Show less

Engagement Manager

• Feb 2014 - Oct 2016

Responsible for the overall management and delivery of innovative solutions using the OutSystems Platform, through an agile approach. Coordinate with multiple business sponsors, and work with the delivery team to ensure that the solution is delivered according to right business needs. Engagement manager of the Customer Experience Digital Team, responsible for a delivery team that defines, proposes and implements strategic projects of high return for the Company in the Digital area. Responsible for leading several processes redesign and implementation projects as well as best practices and policies definition. Major Achievements: - Audited and identified 30+ high impact issues on a major digital marketing automation software implementation; - Managed a portfolio of more than 20 projects that ranged from improvement and development of new customer facing web properties to full new digital experiences for prospects and clients; - Implemented an operational/maintenance model that improved by +60% the average number of issues solved by the Digital team and delivered 2 projects that reduced the global number of support tickets of the whole company by 20% in just 3 months; - Designed and delivered a solution for invoice digitization that increased accounting team members performance by more than 400% while allowing the company to reduce the number of processing errors and reduce the average payment time of invoices. Show less

Project Manager

• Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

Project Manager responsible for leading the projects of the Portal Management and Gaming Business Units and responsible for managing the IT operations and projects in Brazil.Main responsibilities include: Project Management, IT team management (11 direct reports - 7 in Portugal and 4 in Brazil), resources allocation, pipeline definition, requirements analysis.

IT Operations Manager

• Oct 2012 - Oct 2013

Responsible for leading the IT Operations in Brazil. Main responsibilities include: IT team management (team of 11 developers and QA), recruitment and retention of IT team, career management, project management, resources allocation, pipeline definition, requirements analysis, interfacing between business and IT, customer relationship management of strategic clients, design and implementation of software development processes and methodologies;Major Achievements:- Managed a portfolio of 25 projects of different sizes and in different life cycle phases (one with revenue of €10M per year, one with revenue of €2M per year and several > €1M);- Created and optimized processes that improved interactions and relations with several business areas. Show less

Business Manager

• Jan 2011 - Sep 2012

Responsible for the Utilities and Energy areas. Main responsibilities include: key account management, offer development and segmentation, identification of new business opportunities and client relationship management. Also responsible for the commercial budget and P/L. Major Achievements:- Attained a commercial achievement of 125% with sales up to €1M in 2011.

Senior Consultant / Project Leader

• Jun 2010 - Jan 2011

Functional and team leader in the Third Party Access Project of REN Gasodutos (Portuguese Natural Gas TSO). The TPA project consisted in the analysis, design and development of an integrated core system, used by the several REN companies that manage the Portuguese natural gas infrastructures.Main responsibilities: Functional analysis of the several business areas, project management, client relationship management.Major achievements:- Managed a project with a team of more than 20 and a budget greater than €1,5M in a top Portuguese utility company in a record time for the market (6 months);- Co-managed the development and QA team, promoting cross-functionality and self-organization;- Identified new business opportunities at an existing client. Show less

MBA Student

• Sep 2009 - Jul 2011

Head of IT

• Apr 2007 - May 2010

Led all the projects in the IT department and responsible for all the IT needs of the company. Major Achievements: - Managed an IT outsourcing contract with a value greater than €5M; - Led an IT Audit process that involved the whole IT landscape of the company; - Responsible for 2 critical projects that replaced the electronic trading and clearing systems of the company; - Responsible for a critical project that changed all physical IT infrastructure and replaced the datacenter; - Managed the implementation of 9 major projects in the trading and clearing domains; - Achieved a cost reduction of approximately 20% in the negotiation of a new outsourcing contract. Show less

Consultant

• Sep 2006 - Apr 2007

Consultant responsible for functional and technical analysis as well as development of IT systems with focus on financial markets.Major Achievements: - Responsible for the design and development of the core billing module in a > €500k project in a major insurance company.

Analyst

• Sep 2005 - Aug 2006

Analyst responsible for technical analysis as well as development of IT systems with focus on financial markets.

Scientific Fellow

• Sep 2004 - Sep 2005

Responsible for developing a graphical application that manipulates Rule-Based Fuzzy Cognitive Maps using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET framework and C#.

Trainee

• Sep 2001 - Sep 2004

Programmer, WebDesigner, System Administrator (windows and linux)