João Taveira

IT Manager | Mentor | Trainer | Obsessed on Team Wellbeing and Service Delivery!

Porto, Porto, Portugal

About

Since 2021 back in hometown Porto, first as network engineer and since August 2022 Coordinating the System Administration Team. During 5 1/2 years I developed several projects on the Portuguese Football Federation. Previously I've worked on several projects in Africa, most of the time in Angola. Experience working on projects related to Football (european), Telecomunication, Oil & Gas, Banking, e-Health and Construction companies. Focusing on IT Services; IT Governance; IT Service Desk; Project Management; IT Teams building and training. ITIL Certified.

Experience

  • Trainer and Consultant at Self Employed
    Jun 2001 - Mar 2026 · 24 yrs 10 mos

    Consultant on Networking Solutions. - Cisco Networking Solutions (LAN, WAN and WLAN); - Microsoft Windows Server; - PowerShell; - Hyper-V.

  • Ascendi (4 yrs 10 mos)
    • Systems Lead
      Oct 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Systems Administration IT Coordinator
      Aug 2022 - Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Manage the System Administration Team, and coordinate their tasks.

    • Senior Network Engineer
      May 2022 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr

  • Network, Cloud and Systems Architect at FPF - Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2021 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    - LAN/WAN - MPLS/VPN-IPSEC Management and Architecture design - Cloud Architecture; - Server Cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Migration; - Architecture definition for remote sites and temporary locations (events and permanent locations); - Network design and architecture; - Server Architecture (applications server architecture) - Server and Application Administration; - Network Administration; - IT Support; - PowerShell and Scripting Management; - Football Technology Projects (tech and sport events).

  • Network and System Administrator at Armis Digital Sport
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2021 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    Outsourced at Portuguese Football Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Futebol - FPF)

  • IT Consultant at Equilibrium, Sistemas de Informação, S.A.
    Apr 2015 - Sep 2015 · 6 mos

    Customer support and training. Functional analysis, reporting and project management. Kofax Solutions. Mobile and Web Applications. Project developed for UNITEL (mobile operator).