Tiago Sanches

Current

• Volunteer/Mentor at Junior Achievement Portugal
• Vice-Presidente at A3EGP - EGP Alumni Association
• Owner - Managing Director at SOMATICA, Materials & Solutions, Lda.

• Business Unit Manager Industry at Sika Portugal S.A.

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Past

• Business Unit Manager at Gamobar, S.A.
• Business Manager at TV Cabo Interactiva, S.A.
• Sales Support Engineer - Intern at Open TV, Inc.

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Education

• Escola de Gestão do Porto - Univ. Porto
• ICEP - Programa Contacto
• Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

• OBS

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Tiago Sanches’s Summary

I want to build something, may it be in a large or small company.
I like defying the Status Quo; doing old things in new ways and using old ways in new things. There is always a question to be asked always something to change. That's where I want to be, where change is needed!

Tiago Sanches’s Specialties:

Entrepreunerial and Innovation Management, General Management, People Management, negotiation, sales

Tiago Sanches’s Experience

• Volunteer/Mentor

  Junior Achievement Portugal

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Vice-Presidente

  A3EGP - EGP Alumni Association

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  Vision - Be nº 1 Alumni Association in Portugal
  Mission - Promote and create Awareness for EGP within the Alumni and outside prospects.
  Manage the team, develop and create value added events and services that will accomplish the Mission.

• Owner - Managing Director

  SOMATICA, Materials & Solutions, Lda.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  August 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

  SOMATICA, Materials and Solutions is a HighTech Startup with a disruptive technology for Keyboard replacement - aimed at all consumer electronics (mobile phones, dvd, remote controls, Laptops, PDA, etc.) that have buttons on it.
  This technology is capable of replacing the Circuit board and the mechanical elements of the Keyboard.

• Business Unit Manager Industry

  Sika Portugal S.A.

  (Privately Held; Chemicals industry)

  August 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

• Business Unit Manager

  Gamobar, S.A.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Retail industry)

  May 2001 — April 2005 (4 years )

  As business unit manager I was responsible for: Sales team; Sales support personnel; Marketing; Business Development; Budgeting; Key account supervision and Stock Management

• Business Manager

  TV Cabo Interactiva, S.A.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  December 2000 — April 2001 (5 months)

  Working in the Business Development Department for the T-commerce platform on TV Cabo Interactive TV service.

• Sales Support Engineer - Intern

  Open TV, Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; OPTV; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2000 — September 2000 (9 months)

  Proposal elaboration; Presenting OpenTV products to clients; Elaboration of collateral (presentations, CD’s, etc…); Participation in Major events such as IBC/Amsterdam, NAB/Las Vegas, NCTA/New Orleans, Java One/S. Francisco.

Tiago Sanches’s Education

• Escola de Gestão do Porto - Univ. Porto

  MBA - EGP , Entreperneurship, Innovation, Technology , 2005 — 2006

  Participation in COHiTEC program - Joint program between EGP, COTEC and North Carolina State University (HiTEC) visioning the transfer of High Technology to the market. (www.cotec.pt)
  Winner of the Prof. José Valente Award - most valuable MBA Studant (Performance and Networking)

• ICEP - Programa Contacto

  International Management 1999 — 1999

  80 hour intensive course in International Management.
  Headed by Prof. José F. Pinto dos Santos -(http://www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/faculty/profiles/jsantos/)

• Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

  Licenciatura , Electrical Engineering , 1993 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Student Member of the Pedagogic Council; Student member of the Directive Board; Member of 93-98 Year committee

• OBS

Additional Information

Tiago Sanches’s Honors:

EGP José Valente Award - Most Valuable MBA Graduate of the Year