• General Director of National Security Office and National Cybersecurity Center;

• Electrical and computer engineering in Naval Postgraduate School of Monterey, California;​

• Director of the National Security Office, which includes, in its structure, the National Cybersecurity Center;

• CIO in the Navy in 2009;

• Responsible for developing and maintaining software for Portuguese Navy frigate combat systems and for modernizing and automating radio stations;

• Portugal's representative with NATO bodies that are responsible for information and communication technologies;

• Managing partner at PremiValor Consulting;

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• Lecturer at ISEG-Lisbon School of Economics and Management – University of Lisbon;

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• President of the Supervisory Board of a bank operating specially in digital market;

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• Mentor and investor in Start-ups in different phases, early stage and growing stage;

• Chief Security Officer at Altice Portugal;

• Worldwide coordinator of the CyberWatch Program at the Altice Group;

• Member of European Cybercrime Center (EC3) Advisory Group on Communication Providers at EUROPOL;​

• Over 15 years of experience in the application of advanced software technology to cyber intelligence and cybersecurity;

• Director - Information Security and IT Risk at EDP - Energias de Portugal;

• AFCEA Portugal - Cyber Committee Board Member

• Member of the Board of Directors of CIIWA (Competitive Intel and Information Warfare Association)

• Member of the “Systems of Cyber Resilience Electricity” group at the World Economic Forum

• General Director of Altice Labs, Innovation and Technological Development Centre of the Altice Group.

• Led important projects in Africa and Brazil, supporting the internationalisation of Portugal Telecom and PT Inovação

• Holds positions in several institutions related to innovation and ICT

• Cybersecurity Coordinator at Risk Assurance Services in PwC

• 10+ years of experience in IT audit and Cybersecurity

• Experienced programmer and Linux system administrator

• CISM, CISA certifications

• Main areas of focus: Pentesting, Cybersecurity incidents, Risk Analysis, Regulatory Compliance

• Portuguese Air Force Communications and Information Systems Director;

• Former Portuguese Air Force Communications and Information Systems Head of Division, at Air Force Staff;

• Degree in Military and Aeronautical Sciences - Computer Engineering from the Air Force Academy

• Team Leader of Knowledge & Innovation at ENISA

• Technology strategist, futurist, and cybersecurity researcher with more than two decades of experience in international organisations on three different continents.

• Worked for more than a decade as a CISO for an EU diplomatic missions and as a Senior Manager for the United Nations and Microsoft Corporation

• Director of LIACC – Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory;

• Vice-president of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence;

• Evaluated more than 50 proposals and/or projects of European programs FP6, FP7, Horizon2020 and national programs of FCT and ANI / Portugal 2020;

• Head of Cybersecurity at InnoWave Technologies;

• Over 25 years of experience in Cyber Security;

• Development Director at EAST (European Association for Secure Transactions) and he chairs the EAST Payment Task Force;

• Member of the EC3 Advisory Group on Financial Crime at Europol;

• Advisor for the Defence Resources of the Ministry of Defence;

• Degree in Electronics and Computer Science and a Master in Military Electronics Engineering;

• Project Manager of the NATO Smart Defence “Multinational Project on Cyber Defence Education and Training (MNCDE&T)” and the National Co-Leader at the European Union Military Training Group - Cyber Defence Discipline;