Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Catholic University.

Senior Specialist at IAPMEI (SME and Innovation Institute).

Involved in project analysis and company competitiveness and innovation diagnosis.

Provides technical assistance to companies and co‑operates at company competitiveness development meetings.

MBA lecturer at the Lusíada Post‑Graduate Institute.

Lectured at the Universities of Porto, Faculties of Sciences and Engineering, and Minho.

Degrees in Engineering and Economics.

Masters in Management of Science, Technology and Innovation at the University of Aveiro.

Was company consultant, performing diagnoses and investment projects in technical, economic and financial areas. Carried out R&D work for a major corporation, and product and process development for SME, where he exercised board duties.

Member of the Engineers’ and Economists’ Associations and of the Portuguese Mathematics Society.