Experience

AI Product OwnerDarkmatter Collective

United StatesJan 2025 - Jan 2026

Worked on the design and implementation of AI systems for complex industries, including space, health, and retail. Focused on turning abstract AI ambition into concrete systems that could be deployed, governed, and trusted. Acted at the intersection of product, architecture, compliance, and execution.

AI Solutions ArchitectAltar.io

United States · HybridOct 2023 - Dec 2024

Worked with founders and leadership teams to turn early ideas into real products. Often brought in when AI was central but poorly defined. Helped shape strategy, product direction, and technical foundations so teams could actually build and ship.

AI Product Owner | EducationCode for All Group

PortugalSep 2022 - Sep 2023

Led the creation of the.studIO, an asynchronous AI-powered coding school. Built and led a multidisciplinary team of 15 people. Responsible for product vision, execution, and the long-term scalability of the platform. Designed and launched an AI education vertical spanning multiple domains. Built the curriculum from first principles, focusing on clarity rather than tools. Taught AI to more than 500 people and spoke publicly about AI, education, and adoption.

Co-FounderPlantarbor

PortugalAug 2019 - Jan 2025

Co-founded a crowdfunding platform focused on long-term investment in forestry projects. Worked on product design, platform strategy and operations.

Co-FounderIntersection Ventures

Lisbon, PortugalOct 2019 - Sep 2022

Created Pulsely.io, a people analytics platform focused on employee sentiment and organizational insight. Worked with large organizations including Roche, L'Oréal, Pirelli, and the United Nations. Helped raise a total of 2M over two years while leading product strategy and delivery. Supported the ideation of new products and venture opportunities.

Data ScientistCompare Europe Group

LisbonDec 2017 - Sep 2019

Designed and built a data warehouse to support business decisions, marketing models, and product optimization. Worked on machine learning pipelines and data infrastructure in a fintech environment.

Secretary-GeneralPortugal-China Entrepreneurship Association

Hong Kong, Macau, ChongqingOct 2016 - Dec 2017

Led diplomatic and business missions focused on entrepreneurship between Portugal and China. Worked across cultures, institutions, and governments to enable long-term collaboration.

BIM EngineerMax Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

Greater Munich Metropolitan AreaJan 2015 - Sep 2015

Worked on waveform synthesis systems for interferometers generating ultrashort laser pulses. This research later contributed to work associated with the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Research AssistantTechnical University of Munich

Garching, MunichMay 2014 - Aug 2014

Finite elements calculation for modeling the "chain fountain" phenomena.

Education

Researcher, Plasma PhysicsLeiden University

Leiden, Netherlands2016

Research on magnetic confinement of laser-induced plasma rings. Study of plasma knot formation and related physical effects.

Master of Science in PhysicsLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Munich, Germany2015

Thesis at the Max Planck Institute on the design of a phase synthesizer for ultra-short laser pulse generation. Focus on ultrafast optics, waveform synthesis, and experimental physics. Activities: Amateur Theatre Group. Performed in The Bacchae by Euripides.

Master in Physics and Applied EngineeringTechnical University of Munich

Munich, Germany2014

Advanced training in applied physics and engineering systems. Emphasis on mathematical modeling, experimental methods, and complex physical systems.

Bachelor in Engineering PhysicsInstituto Superior Técnico

Lisbon, Portugal2010 - 2013

Foundation in applied physics, engineering, and computation. Early work in experimental automation and solid state physics.

Skills

Programming Languages

PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptSQLRMATLABC++JavaBash

AI & Machine Learning

TensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learnKerasHugging FaceOpenAI APILangChainLlamaIndexAnthropic Claude APIRAG SystemsFine-tuningPrompt Engineering

Data Science & Analytics

PandasNumPyStatistical AnalysisData VisualizationA/B TestingPredictive ModelingTime Series AnalysisDimensionality ReductionFeature Engineering

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSGoogle Cloud PlatformAzureDockerKubernetesVercelSupabasePostgreSQLMongoDBRedis

Product & Design

Product StrategyProduct ManagementUser ResearchDesign ThinkingLean StartupJobs-to-be-DoneDesign SprintWireframingPrototypingFigma

Web Development

ReactNext.jsNode.jsExpressFastAPIREST APIsGraphQLTailwind CSSResponsive Design

Engineering & Physics

MATLABLabVIEWSolidWorksAutoCADFinite Element AnalysisComputational PhysicsOptical SystemsExperimental Design

Leadership & Strategy

Cross-functional LeadershipTeam BuildingStakeholder ManagementStrategic PlanningPublic SpeakingWorkshop FacilitationCurriculum Design