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Born: 5 June 1952.
Graduation in Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto) , 1974 (final score: 16 in 20).
X PADE – Programa de Alta Direcção de Empresas (Program for Corporate Top Management), Porto, 1978-88, AESE / IESE (U. Navarra).
Professional career:
2016- 2018: coordinator of the Program for Modernization and Valorization of the Polytechnics (Ministry of Science, Technology and High Education)
2010 - 2016: coordinator of the FOZTUA project , an international project promoted by EDP, the largest portuguese utility company, with MIT Portugal Program and University of Minho, as a regional counterpart for the construction of a new dam in Tua River (Alto Douro region, Northern Portugal)..
2005 - 2008 : general manager of ISTMA International Special Tooling and Machining Association , the world confederation of national associations of special tool and dies and moulds companies, then with more than 30 countries affiliated (including asean countries)
January 2003 - January 2004: Member of mission Eureka meets Asia (Agency for Innovation, Lisbon, a government agency)
June 2001 - January 2003: Expert (IT and software business) of ProInov Program (Integrated program fostering innovation), Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Lisbon
April 2001 - 2006 : coordinator of Minho Campus Party, an IT annual event with thousand of participants, promoted by Associação Industrial do Minho (Chamber of commerce and industry, Minho region)
Janeiro de 1999 a Julho de 2000: General manager of AINP Agencia para o Investimento no Norte de Portugal (Agency for investment in northern Portugal).
March 1993 to March 1998: Member of Executive Committee of the Board of Direcors of BA – Fábrica de Vidros Barbosa & Almeida, SA. (now named BA Vidros), manufacturer of glass containers, then listed in the stock exchange market and with a turnover of more than 290 million euros, and more than one thousand people in Portugal. Executive member of the Board of associated compannies in Mozambique, Spain and Portugal.
April 1992 to January 1996: General manager of Epcer – Empresa de Produtos Ceramicos Lda. (Oliveira do Bairro, around 40 people, stoneware products).
May 1990 to May 1992: Manager of investment analysis, BA – Fábrica de Vidros Barbosa & Almeida, SA.
December 1988 to April 1990: Gereral manager of Artividro – Arte em Vidro, Lda (Leiria, 150 people, cristalware, a company affiliated with BA)
April 1988 to September 1989: Manager of information and data processing services, BA – Fábrica de Vidros Barbosa & Almeida, SA.
January 1986 to March 1988: Manager of CAD / CAM and information systems and services, Grupo Iberomoldes (Marinha Grande) (mould industry)
1984 to 85: Member of the Board of directors of CPCSI – Companhia Portuguesa de Computadores e Sistemas de Informação, SA. (Porto, 50 people) (it become the general distributor of HP products for Portugal and later become one of the most important IT companies in Portugal)
1981 to 1984: General manager, RARCENTRO – Desenvolvimento de Sistemas de Informação, Lda. (Porto, 30 people. Data processing services, later renamed CPCSI)
Academic career
2019 - ...: Senior Fellow, UNESCO Chair Life on Land, Biopolis and CIBIO-inBIO, University of Porto, Portugal
2013 - ... : Senior Research Fellow, IN+ Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IST Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.
2008 - 2012 : Associate professor, by invitation, School of Engineering, University of Minho (UM); EDAM (Engineering design and advanced manufacturing) Professor and industrial liaison officer, MIT Portugal Program.
Professor in charge of the courses: "Introduction to General Management" (Magellan MBA, Porto Business School); "Companies and technologies" (LTI EDAM PhD Program); "Innovation" (PhD Programs, School of Engineering, UM), "IT Markets and companies" (Department of Information Systems, UM). Focus on: technology development and innovation, business history, knowledge and innovation.
2000- 2008: Auxiliary professor, by invitation, Department of Information Systems, School of Engineering, University of Minho.
Professor in charge of he courses: “Business strategy and information technologies" (MSI, postgraduation course, UM) "IT markets and companies" (LIG, year 5 of undergrad program). Several courses of introduction to IT and programming for students of different degrees of the School of Engineering, University of Minho. Focus on: IT sector strategies and dynamics, IT and development of peripherial regions.
1998 - 2002: Professor in charge of the course “Industrial management” (year 5 of undergrad program on Food Engineering and year 4 of graduation program in Environmental Engineering), School of Biotechnology, Catholic University, Porto
1989 - 1995: Professor in charge of the courses “Linear Algebra” (year 1, undergard program) and “Statistics” (year 2 of the undergrad program), School of Biotechnology, Catholic University, Porto. Also in charge of “Statistical Methods” (MSc in Food Science and Technology), School of Biotechnology, Catholic University, Porto
1974 – 1982: Assistant lecturer in Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. Lecturer in charge of several courses in applied mathematics, computing and programming, and also bioengineering for students of chemical engineering (Department of Chemical Engineering).
Researcher in the Center for Chemical Engineering, Oporto University (data analysis, computer process simulation, bioengeneering: extraction of leaf protein concentrates).
Published several textbooks and research papers in national and international journals.
1972 - 1974: Research assistant in Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto (Chemistry Department)
Other academic activities (including management of academic institutions):
2005 - 2013: Member of the Board of Directors of Instituto Confucio da Universidade do Minho (instute for chinese language and culture, jointly sponsored by China government)
October 1995 to March 1999 – Member of the Board of Directors of Centro de CIM do Porto (a technology center for advanced computer integrated manufacturing, University of Porto, funded by EU).
June 1996 to March 1998 – Member of the Board of Directors of AESBUC – Associação de Empresas da Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica (association of companies fostering the School of Bioengineering, Catholic University, Porto)
1993 – 1996: Member of the organizing committee of a new School of Arts, Catholic University (Porto)
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