Filipe Tappenbeck Machaz

Current

VP at Guestcentric Systems

Past

Product Manager for Usability at Corvil Networks
System Developer at Expand Networks
Division Manager at B. Braun

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Education

Polytechnic University
Universidade Lusiada

Connections

154 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

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Filipe Tappenbeck Machaz’s Summary

Filipe co-founded GuestCentric Systems in October 2006 and has served as Vice President since. Filipe brings enthusiasm and passion for creating innovative and effective design solutions and a track record in entrepreneurship related to user-centric applications to his role.

Prior to founding GuestCentric, Filipe was Senior UI Product Manager at Corvil, a Dublin, Ireland based software start-up. At Corvil, Filipe designed and developed user interfaces that maximized productivity and efficiency for the end users by working directly with customers and defining requirements for the development team. Before joining Corvil, Filipe was a Systems Anayst for Expand Networks, in New Jersey where he integrated on-demand applications for managing sales and distribution channels, by working closely with the sales and support teams and on-demand CRM vendor salesforce.com in its initial market presence. Prior to Expand, Filipe was Founder and CEO at Infrastrukture.com, a web design and programming company focused on developing user-centric application solutions. Prior to Expand, Filipe worked for B. Braun, a leading medical devices company, where he held increasingly senior roles in product management in Portugal.

Filipe holds a bachelors degree in Business Administration from Universidade Lusiada in Lisbon, Portugal, a Masters in Computer Science from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York

Filipe Tappenbeck Machaz’s Specialties:

Internet applications, Usability, Product management, SaaS, Agile project management,Product/Technology development, User interface design, Travel 2.0, Revenue management

Filipe Tappenbeck Machaz’s Experience

VP

Guestcentric Systems

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Product Manager for Usability

Corvil Networks

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

July 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 2 months)
System Developer

Expand Networks

(Computer Software industry)

January 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 7 months)
Division Manager

B. Braun

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Medical Devices industry)

September 1996 — February 2000 (3 years 6 months)

Managed the home care division of a German company which is one of the World leaders in the Medical Supplies and Hospital Drugs market.

Filipe Tappenbeck Machaz’s Education

Polytechnic University

MS , Computer Science , September 2001 — May 2003

Specialized in Software Engineering

Activities and Societies:

IEEE member
Universidade Lusiada

BS , Business , September 1990 — May 1995