Lisbon Metropolitan Area
I have a clear vision of my professional field, conscious of the of the latest technological developments and demonstrating leadership. My priority extends beyond product or solution itself; it is to establish myself as a trusted partner to my clients and peers. As a reliable customer advisor, I collaboratively formulate future-proof architecture strategies to help companies achieve a better long-term vision. I engage at the necessary level with a proactive attitude and a bias for action, while also maintaining the ability to react effectively to unforeseen challenges. My strong professional skills encompass Cloud Computing, Software Development, Legacy Infrastructure, Performance, High-availability, and Security. After almost 20 years of focusing on shift-left security, white-hacking, operations and observability best practises, solving application vulnerabilities and performance, and resilient application development, I became the National Security Officer (NSO) for Microsoft Portugal in December 2024. I now facilitate shape Microsoft's security vision locally with the NTO, leadership team and our amazing security team.
• Collaborate with our nation's security agencies to develop state-of-the-art capabilities, ensuring they are cyber-safe and resilient at a national level and prepare to effectively counter next-generation attacks and mitigate current threats. • Take the lead in shaping and executing the local risk management, compliance, and certification strategy for Microsoft cloud services in Public Sector (PS) and Regulated Industries (RI). • Foster a trusted network of key stakeholders who are responsible for our national Critical Infrastructure strategy. • Develop and enhance effective skilling platforms to boost local cybersecurity and compliance skills, allowing our communities to thrive with the right knowledge and tools. • Support our field sales teams in prioritized industries by addressing customer requirements related to regulations. • Specialist for Strategic Accounts
• Solution Design and High-level Architecture Design • Enterprise Application Modernization • Helping customers onboard their application on Azure Cloud, focused on Application PaaS solutions, Microservices and Containers. • SLDC focused on DevSecOps and Shift-Left Security • Responsible for strategy development, market opportunity & ROI definition, providing thought leadership, development and execution for a business plan in the territory for Enterprise Customers • Create and execute opportunity plans to exceed revenue objectives for Azure services and accountability for a monthly, quarterly, and annual forecast • Leverage a team of extended resources (Microsoft and Partners) to create and deliver compelling solution proposals and business value demonstrations.
• Cloud Architect Lead for DBaaS for South Europe • SME for Exadata Cloud@Customer and Cloud Service • Major database consolidations and business value proposals • Design High Availability & Disaster Recovery architectures/environments • Oracle Data Security
• Cloud Architect with DBaaS focus for the Data Management Domain team in South Europe (Portugal, Spain, France and Italy) • Improve Cloud Consumption • Major database consolidations and business value proposals • Speaker and major contributor on the more relevant Oracle/Partners events • Technical lead for Exadata Cloud@Customer and Cloud Service • Design High Availability & Disaster Recovery architectures/environments • Oracle Data Security
• Cloud Architect for IaaS & PaaS • Security champion for Portugal (Cloud Security, IAM, Data Security) • Blockchain champion for Portugal • Technical lead for Java and WebLogic • Perform bid & proposal management • Speaker and major contributor on the more relevant Oracle/Partners events • Design High Availability & Disaster Recovery architectures/environments • Perform proofs of concept, demonstrations, workshops and manage offshore resources
• BPM Specialist Solution Architect • Manage project team engineers • Perform bid & proposal management • Build relationships with Clients, Stakeholders, Key Users and Teams • Sales/Pre sales support for business development in the areas of BPM and IBM WebSphere stack • Training, Research and Development (Proof of Concepts, Business Activity Monitoring, IBM BPM, Database Administration) • Expert Services in Infrastructure: Performance, Security and High-availability (OS, Databases, WebServers, AppServers JavaEE, Core Applications)
• Expert Services in Infrastructure: Performance, Security and High-availability (OS, Databases, WebServers, AppServers JavaEE, Core Applications) • BPM Solution Architect for the ongoing infrastructure setup as well as in-house process development
• Responsible for the Operational & Technical JavaEE Department • Performance Team Lead Managing 5 teams, 21 persons