Fernando Martins

Current

COO (Chief Operations Officer) at muchBeta

Past

Web Project Manager at Seara.com
Owner/Founder/TEO at Prostation Systems
Systems Administrator at Caleida

Systems Administrator at Cubo Mágico
Network Administrator at Novabase
Helpdesker @ Siemens Semicondutores (outsourcing) at Tecnidata
Information Systems Technician at Tecnidata
Information Systems Technician at NCIT
Technology Researcher/Hardware Consultant at Caleida
Trainer/Coach (Windows, Office, Internet, CorelDRAW, 3D Studio) at Microcamp

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Education

Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
IPFEL
Liceu Rodrigues de Freitas

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Fernando Martins’s Summary

With a large background on hardware and systems/network administration, and after starting a small company specialized in high quality, dedicated machines for image professionals (designers, architects, engineers), I held a "Web Project Manager" position at Seara.com (www.seara.com), for almost 3 years, gaining a whole lot of experience in that area.

After being involved in so many different aspects of the IT world, at this point I foresee myself always on the web business. I have many ideas for projects, websites and specialized systems and I know how I want to do it.

Now I've co-founded a web company - www.muchBeta.com. Let's give it a few months to see what it's capable of.

Fernando Martins’s Specialties:

internet, project management, usability, design, interface design, information technology, e-solutions, web tools, social networks, professional productivity tools, business management tools, web 2.0 (social web), web 3.0 (semantic web)

Fernando Martins’s Experience

COO (Chief Operations Officer)

muchBeta

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

My role is to manage, specify and control. Manage requirements, specify products detail and features behaviour and control quality.
All of this applies to the company's development operations, thus assuring the work done meets (at least) the work planned.
Web Project Manager

Seara.com

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

June 2005 — March 2008 (2 years 10 months)

The position I held at Seara.com implied:

- Deployment planning and goals setting;
- Guideline development for the whole project, usability and accessibility included
- Follow-up and evaluation of the work in progress throughout the deployment of web projects;
- If needed, mid-term renegotiation of terms and conditions, directly with the client;
- Recruitment, coordination and motivation of a team of developers;

Portfolio samples:

- www.teamviewinstitute.com
- www.hotelaviz.com
- www.estilomoveis.pt
- www.actualeditora.com
- www.equisport.pt
- www.ergonomica560.pt
- www.lasanet.pt
- www.nutrimais.pt
- www.soaresdacosta.pt
- www.atp.pt
- www.winesandwinemakers.pt/windex.php
- www.apotec.pt
Owner/Founder/TEO

Prostation Systems

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

June 2002 — May 2005 (3 years )

On a beautiful day, a friend and college pal of mine and I decided we could do better on high-end personal computers for image professionals (designers, architects, engineers) and game enthusiasts. So we started "Prostation Systems". "Prostation" stands for "professional workstation" and we based it on a sturdy, well defined philosophy that put customization, customer service and quality above anything else.

We "thought" there was a market for those products in our country - Portugal - but we were wrong. There's a small market for it in the USA and in the UK and perhaps in other countries, but no, not in Portugal, definitely.
Here, game enthusiats build their own machines because it's cheaper and 99% of image professionals use a "white box" - OEM, no-brand, generic machines, because they're really cheap.
The other 1% use only wide accepted and recognized brands like HP and Dell.

So we went out of business, after less then 3 years, and went on pursuing different careers.
Systems Administrator

Caleida

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

June 2000 — May 2002 (2 years )
Systems Administrator

Cubo Mágico

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

June 2000 — May 2002 (2 years )
Network Administrator

Novabase

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1999 — May 2000 (6 months)
Helpdesker @ Siemens Semicondutores (outsourcing)

Tecnidata

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Information Systems Technician

Tecnidata

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 9 months)
Information Systems Technician

NCIT

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 9 months)
Technology Researcher/Hardware Consultant

Caleida

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

September 1997 — March 1998 (7 months)
Trainer/Coach (Windows, Office, Internet, CorelDRAW, 3D Studio)

Microcamp

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

September 1997 — March 1998 (7 months)

Fernando Martins’s Education

SPI

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) 2008 — 2008
SPI

Emotional Intelligence 2007 — 2007
SPI

Creativity and Innovation 2007 — 2007
Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique

Computer Science and Business Management 1992 — 1997
Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique

Business Management 1990 — 1992
IPFEL

Computer Science 1989 — 1990
Liceu Rodrigues de Freitas

Economics 1983 — 1989

Additional Information

Fernando Martins’s Websites:

Fernando Martins’s Interests:

technology, web 2.0/3.0 and beyond, AI (artificial intelligence), (almost) all kinds of music, photography, saas, ria, usabillity, interfaces, architecture, innovation

Fernando Martins’s Groups:

Wines and Spirits, Well-Dressed Professionals, Systems Thinking, The “Metha” Internet, Worldwide Management Consultants, Friends of / Amigos do Portugal, Front End of Innovation, Portuguese Entrepreneurship Network, Daptiv, Network Contacto