João Sobral

Director of Innovation & Digital Transformation at TPF

Brussels Region, Belgium

About

I'm an engineer with a deep interest for management and who believes that technology and responsible business practice must go hand in hand to address the emerging challenges of our time. Skills: PRINCE2® Practitioner, Agile Project Management, Business Intelligence, Database Modelling, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Experience

  • TPF (Full-time · 7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Director of Innovation & Digital Transformation
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Group Operations Manager
      May 2019 - Jan 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      Monitoring of TPF Group activities across multiple geographies. Diffusion of technologies and technical integration between subsidiaries. Development and implementation of innovation initiatives.

  • TPF Engenharia (Brazil)
    • Project Manager
      Jan 2016 - Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Management and technical coordination of engineering projects and environmental studies such as Environmental Impact Assessments, Feasibility Studies and Mitigation Programs Design.

    • Civil Engineer
      2014 - 2016 · 2 yrs

  • Construction Inspector at Mendes Junior
    Aug 2013 - Jan 2014 · 6 mos

    Inspector at the Leste - Oeste Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Construction Works for the FIFA2014 World Cup

  • Scholarship Student at CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
    Aug 2011 - Oct 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Scholarship Student of the UNIBRAL program of Civil Engineering with emphasis in Environmental Technology at the Technical University of Berlin - TU-Berlin

  • Research Assistant at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
    Aug 2010 - Jul 2011 · 1 yr

    Research assistant in development of non-structural ecological concrete using waste of footwear industry (Ethylene-vinyl acetate - EVA).