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Entrepreneurial, technical Big Data Analytics leader and Chief Architect with a proven international track record of 20+ years of consistently delivering outstanding results. Experience covers a wide array of industries including Telco, Banking, Healthcare, Governments, Aerospace and Retail. Delivering Results: Demonstrated ability to consistently achieve targets through technical and strategic leadership of large-scale, global multidisciplinary teams. Specialised in Big Data Analytics and Big Data Platform Architecture & Engineering. Passionate about building and leading high-performing cross-functional teams of Engineers, Data Scientists and Architects. Thought Leadership: Deep understanding of data-driven digital transformation of organisations through consumer and sensor (IoT) data monetisation. Strong technical background in Computer Science, Software Architecture, Engineering and AI, and experience with the complete Data Analytics and Data Science technology ecosystem, cloud-based and on-premise. Advisor to Data Analytics companies in Europe, Singapore and the US. Regular speaker at conferences and author of published papers. Strategy Development & Execution: An experienced leader specialised in creating a unified, top-down Data Analytics vision, strategy, roadmap and Big Data platform architecture blueprints; and driving the bottom-up, agile execution thereof towards measurable results. Creates innovative Big Data strategies and solutions with USD $500 Million+ financial impact across revenue growth and cost reduction Analytics Use Cases. Comfortable presenting at an Executive Committee and Supervisory Board level. Operational Leadership: Drives results through innovation, targeted solutions and data-driven technologies. Accomplished Technology executive with vast international experience across Europe, Australia, India, Russia, South Africa, Pakistan and Ukraine, leading global and local teams. Proven people manager focused on coaching and team development.
Leading & growing the Data & AI teams at TEKEVER Unmanned Aerial Systems across Portugal, UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands. Covering ML Engineering, Data Science, Swarm AI, Computer Vision, Data Platform Engineering, Software Engineering and Product Management. GNSS-denied navigation, mission autonomy, mission planning, sensor data analytics, predictive maintenance, digital twins, swarming, aerial robotics, digital twins, agentic AI. I receive more messages on my personal account than I can read or answer. For inquiries on careers, sales, investing or partnerships, please have a look at tekever.com and reach out - you will be contacted as soon as possible.
Advisory Board member at Singapore-based Quadrant.io (www.quadrant.io), an Appen company, providing technical and strategic guidance in Big Data & Fast Data Analytics, and Platform Architecture. Strategizes and guides technical initiatives for the CEO and Engineering teams of Quadrant in Big Data & Fast Data Analytics and Platform Architecture across business and technical units. - Provides astute guidance on technical solutions related to Data Analytics and Data Platform architecture. - Champions emerging technologies and initiatives to ensure targeted solutions and resource allocation meet customer and stakeholder requirements. - Provides strong guidance on ensuring accurate Data Analytics by mapping disparate inputs into reliable, intelligible information addressing uncertainty. In the 21st century economy, data is key to success. But data can be chaotic, confusing, and in some cases, fake. Quadrant provides access to data that is relevant and trustworthy, mapping disparate inputs into reliable, intelligible information that addresses uncertainty when it comes to using data. Quadrant provides data that is fit for purpose, authentic, easy to use and simple to organise. The platform uses blockchain technology - the best technical solution currently available for this purpose - to ensure the data is authentic, trustworthy, and useable. With Quadrant, organisations and individuals can now have full trust in their data and use it to build targeted solutions and allocate resources efficiently to meet the requirements of their customers, citizens, and colleagues.
Advisory Board member at Copyright Delta (copyrightdelta.com), providing strategic and technical guidance in Data Analytics and Platform Architecture. Collaborates closely with Executive Management and Engineering to ensure corporate objectives are met. Provides advise for client proposals and a wide array of initiatives. Copyright Delta provides tokenised management of royalties, licensing and ownership. All data sovereign and built using banking blockchain technologies. As a Layer 0 for media, Copyright Delta focuses on Web3 distribution, royalty processing and analytics, while working with famous innovators and stakeholders in music, legal, tech and Web3.
Advisory Council member at Gerson Lehrman Group, providing strategic advice in Data Analytics, Data Platform Engineering and Architecture to Fortune 500 companies globally.
SVP of Engineering at Defined.ai (Portugal, US, Japan). Leading a cross-functional, international powerhouse team of 70 FTE - Product Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Science, Speech Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cybersecurity, Corporate IT and Tech Support Engineering - across Portugal, US, UK, Japan, Brazil, and Belgium, representing 30+ different nationalities. Reporting to the CEO and founder. Growing the world's leading AI Marketplace - training data, models and tools. Main responsibilities included: • Leading and guiding the company's technical and Engineering function • Restructuring, rightsizing and downsizing the team • Setting up and leading Accelerat.ai - a multi-million, multi-year program which received EUR 42M funding from the Portuguese government as part of the EU’s post-COVID Recovery & Resilience Plan, aimed at building a state-of-the-art Conversational AI solution. This included research and development in Large Language Models and real-time Avatar / Meta-Human integration • Covering all technical areas and product development across all business units • Owning and evolving the company’s technical roadmap across all areas, including the core products, technical platforms and cloud environments • Responsible for exploring (e.g. open source) new state-of-the-arts tools within the domain of Machine Learning, Speech Engineering, Conversational AI, Large Language Models • Implementing new agile processes for the engineering teams to enhance the efficiency of its technical product development • Operational excellence - implementing a data-driven way of working to optimise team utilisation • Implementing multiple cost reduction initiatives across the company, which have led to a significant decrease of expenditures, e.g. rationalisation of its technical platforms, simplification of its cloud environments, and reduction of technical debt across its multiple product lines • Maintenance of relevant standards certifications (e.g. ISO 27001)