About

NOV 2025 — PRESENT

BRIDGE IN

Founding Engineer

Lisbon, Portugal

JAN 2024 — NOV 2025

Altium

Director of Software Engineering

Lisbon, Portugal

Integrated Valispace as an Altium 365 app, ensuring continuity and merging capabilities in the aftermath of a high-profile $20M acquisition
Doubled the engineering department's size and coached new team leads to own all operations — project management, system architecture, and software development
Interfaced cross-departmentally to identify and implement technology solutions that directly impact business growth, notably equipping DevOps with improved Kubernetes infrastructure to accommodate a surge in demand
Cultivated a healthy, productive, and meritocratic department culture that retained 90% of staff post-merger, despite the temptation of a generous shareholder payout

AUG 2022 — FEB 2024

Valispace

Head of Technology & Interim CTO

Lisbon, Portugal

Positioned Valispace, a fast-growing startup, as an attractive asset for a $20M acquisition by Altium, and directed all due diligence to ensure a frictionless transaction and transition to new ownership
Partnered with the CEO & CPO to orient the company's strategic direction and pioneered AI's early adoption
Orchestrated an engineering department of 25+ staff across three teams to implement cloud computing and emerging technologies, operating a complex global cloud environment with only three engineers
Implemented ISO-27001 to access highly regulated opportunities in aerospace — Airbus, Clearspace, and iSpace

OCT 2020 — AUG 2022

Valispace

Head of DevOps

Lisbon, Portugal

Oversaw an operations team of four responsible for 100+ cloud-based & on-premise deployments with maintenance and support
Owned a robust CI/CD pipeline that accelerated time-to-market for software releases by 89%
Established and maintained strong relationships with external vendors and stakeholders to ensure successful integration of third-party tools and services

AUG 2018 — OCT 2020

Valispace

Senior Developer

Lisbon, Portugal

Performed in-depth code reviews, amplified team productivity, reduced software defects, and streamlined development processes by introducing Agile and automated testing frameworks
Developed, maintained, and improved both the backend REST API and the frontend application

JAN 2016 — AUG 2018

Quidgest

R&D Software Engineer

Lisbon, Portugal

Built and continuously improved a low-code tool ahead of its time — enabling non-technical users to assemble complex software solutions like ERPs, HR portals, and document management systems
Clients included Portugal's government & armed forces

JAN 2015 — OCT 2017

Sources.pt

Co-Founder & Lead Developer

Lisbon, Portugal

Conceived an IoT modular platform, built its working prototype, and marketed its unique merits as a cost-saving sensor solution accessible to the consumer market
Pitched the project to a bigger tech company to secure stable financing and merge capabilities

APR 2013 — JAN 2015

Inova Software

Senior Mobile Developer

Lisbon, Portugal

Project management of the app "Partnering Place Mobile"
Architecture design of UI render engine based on descriptive models, built with Phonegap and JavaScript frameworks (Underscore.js, Backbone.js, Angular.js)

MAY 2011 — APR 2013

Quidgest

R&D Software Engineer

Lisbon, Portugal

Built and improved a low-code platform enabling non-technical users to assemble complex software solutions; clients included Portugal's government & armed forces

JAN 2011 — MAY 2011

EmergeIT

Developer

Lisbon, Portugal

Development of remote management applications for mobile devices and web-based administration tools

SEP 2009 — DEC 2010

NAD / Design Solutions

Developer

Lisbon, Portugal

Websites, intranets, database systems, and multimedia applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Django, SQL, and ActionScript