Work Experience
1998-1999
Working for the local IBM solutions provider at the time
(Microponto):
Job description: Sales,
Technical Assistance on both IBM and In-House developed
Systems, Stock Management.
2000-2002
Working for Unicenter training center giving computer and
IT formation. Picked up during that period to provide
formations to IT high-school teachers and later giving classes
to high-school students being hired by two high schools in
Vila Nova de Gaia.
Job description:
Teaching
2002-2003
Two friends had opened a computer store and needed
someone to help them enlarging the business. They needed
someone they could trust with some management and at the
same time technically saavy to take care of all the technical
or commercial issues that might arise. The objective was to
create the necessary conditions for the company to boom on the
market and start expanding from the original Power On
store.
Job description: Hardware assembly
and repair, Hardware and Networking consultancy, Sales,
Manufacturers' liayson
2004-2007
Freelance in the Information Systems area, working mainly
with solutions both existing and self-developed.
Job description: Information
Systems implementation and consultancy
2009 (Feb. - Apr.)
Invited back to Power On computer shops to help on
company's restructuration following bad results in the
previous year and dwindling financial situation. The objective
was to stabilize the company financially while maintaning a
good level of service to customers. Company ended up closing 1
or 2 months afterwards, much to my sadness.
Job
description: Warranty Assistance director, Technical
Dept. coordinator, Consultant to the managers
Pet Projects
Every once in a while a hobby grows and evolves so much it
becomes more of a project that something you only do
when you happen to remeber about it.
1994-1997
It was still the dawn of the internet in Portugal. Private
costumers still had no access and the few geeks that dreamt
with computer communications connected themselves to BBSs.
Some became System Operators (Sysops) and I was one of them.
Operated one of the few BBS systems in Porto and was a leaf of
FidoNet. Also belonged to an international workgroup
on Fidonet Mail/News Exchange Rules (EchoPol). Then,
the internet started to take over and it was time to move on.
2004-2007
Around 2004 I got introduced to the concept of Personal
Mobile Radio. Think about the Walkie-Talkies from your
childhood, multiply their range up to several Km, and that's
basically it. Before free call plans from mobile operators
like Moche, Tag or Extravaganza, it was the ideal way for a
group of friends camping or in car travelling to communicate
without expenses. It's still a nifty idea for places without
mobile phone network. Free call plans have, however, killed
most of the interest of Personal Mobile Radio. The site is now
static and both the online shop and forums have been taken
offline.
Website: PMR446Mania
2005- ...
Being a long time music fan and also a geek, it would be
more than normal that the joining of both would make me a
Hi-Fi equipment fan.
In 2005 two friends challenged me to
create the first Portuguese Hi-Fi forum. Everybody said the
national market was too small and were doomed from the start.
Not only were we successful, as there are 3 other forums
nowadays. Forumhifi is still (by large numbers) the bigger and
best of all of them.
The forum became a reference
site for consumers and sellers and an influencial voice on the
market. It's present in several Audio Events and Fairs and
supports the organization of some of the best events made in
Portugal.
The size of the community and the site's events
and activities became so time-consuming that we had to pass
the forum into new hands in early 2010. But the bug bits hard
when you have a passion for it and you can't stay away for too long,
so two of us were back at the helm after a few months. We're still
trying to understand why...
Website: ForumHifi
Hobbies
Both present and past...
Music
It's my main hobby. Difficult to imagine
life without music for me. My musical tastes are, let's say...
extense. It's a bit difficult to find the space to store it
all. I have a music server, but I just love shiny new
CDs, there's nothing quite like it. If you want to take a peek
at my CD collection, you're welcome.
Movies
I'd really like to have more time. I
seldomly go to the movies these days. And my DVD collection is gathering a lot more dust
than I'd like.
Kendo
Kendo is a very interesting martial art. I
practiced it for a short period around 2003 or something that,
and been wanting to get back ever since. I have to get back in
shape before though. Do get more info.
Farming
My grandparents had farms and I went there
a lot as a kid. I still go there several weekends around the
year. Harvest and planting seasons are mandatory. Body tends
to complaint a lot afterwards though.
Writing
Every once in a while I get asked to write
some articles to magazines and newspapers (like Bits &
Bytes from Jornal de Notícias) on several Communications or IT
topics. It's quite fun, actually.
Airplanes
Enthusiast about airplane communications
and engineering. Both Civil and Military. The habit of looking
up to identify passing airplanes granted me the nickname
"Skywatcher" while in highschool.
Traveling
Well, if it's not a hobby, it should be.
I've covered about half the countries of Europe and can't
wait the have the time to start travelling again.
Poker
Worst... Player... Ever.
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