
Portugal
(Investment Management industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
August 2008 — December 2008 (5 months)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Independent Consultant, Lisbon based
• “Information and Communications Systems Management and Innovation” and “Operations Management and Performance Modeling” projects: design, implementation, coordination and follow-up;
(Government Administration industry)
January 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Senior Adviser, Office of Councilman António Prôa, Lisbon City Hall, Portugal
• Office Delegated Areas: “Environment and Green Areas”, “Public Spaces Qualification and Management”, “City Publicity Regulation and Management”, "Institutional Relations with District Burroughs (Juntas de Freguesia)”; annual budget 125 Million Euros;
• Chief-Coordinator of the task-force for the transfer of public powers and means to Local District Burroughs in 23 intervention areas; Four Year Budget, 62 Million Euros;
• Co-Chief-Coordinator of the Pilot project Jardins Digitais (Digital Gardens; Free Wi-Fi in gardens and other public spaces in partnership with 3 ISP’s); Budget is confidential, ISP’s responsibility;
(Government Administration industry)
May 2005 — December 2005 (8 months)
Senior Adviser, Manager, Sports Department, Lisbon City Hall,
• Technical adviser to management of the newly built network of Public Swimming Pools;
(Government Administration industry)
November 2004 — March 2005 (5 months)
Senior Adviser, Office of Councilman António Prôa, Lisbon City Hall,
• Senior Advisor in the office Areas of Environment and Green Areas; annual Budget, 25 Million Euros;
• Special Adviser and Assistant of the Chairman of the Board - Agência Municipal de Energia-Ambiente de Lisboa (Energy-Environment Lisbon Agency), aka “Lisboa E-nova”; annual budget, 650 Thousand Euros;
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
May 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 8 months)
Project Coordinator and Consultant, Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research
(with Professors Manuel Heitor and Pedro Conceição)
• Project Coordinator of a multidisciplinary team of six Economists, Engineers and Sociologists in Third Community Innovation Survey - Portugal (CIS); Project budget: 250.000 Eur
• Participant as Technology Policy Expert in International meetings of the European Commission/Eurostat;
• Innovation Policy Consultant for the Portuguese Innovation and Knowledge Observatory/UMIC (Unidade de Missão Inovação e Conhecimento);
MSc , Engineering Policy and Management of Technology , 2001 — 2003
MSc Dissertation Title: "Determinants of Innovation in Portugal. Designing, Implementing and Analyzing Evidence from the Third Community Innovation Survey", July 2003
Licenciatura , Mechanical Engineering
Member of the Executive Board of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), (1995-1996);
Member of the IST Representatives Assembly, (1993-1996);
Member of the Technical University of Lisbon Assembly and Senate; (1993-1996)
Degree Project – “Quality and Environment Management System for the NeoVidro Project”, ranked 1st of all Degree Projects with a a grade of 19 out of 20.