About Me

13 July 2000
Biography
A new star was born

On July 13th 2000, I was born on Porto, Portugal.

2003-2010
Sports
Swimming into life

In 2003, I learned how to swim and since then I just didn't become the new Michael Phelps because I didn't want to embarrass him... From 2008 to 2010, I was part of a swimming team called CNMaia.

2004 - 2008
Academic Progress
From nursery to the 2nd year

From the nursery years to the 2nd year at school, I studied at Colégio Nossa Senhora Perpétuo Socorro. Good times, for sure!

2008 - 2010
Academic Progress
3rd and 4th years at a new school

After the second year was finished, I moved into a new school where I then continued my academic progress until the 4th year.

2010 - 2012
Academic Progress
The worst two years of my life

My third school was the worst experience I've ever had in my life. During this two years (the 5th and 6th at school), I was victim of bullying, having today a small scar on my chin due to one of those episodes. The only thing that saved those years was that my academic grades were still high enough to be recognized in both years at the Excellence Board. In the picture, the director of the school at the time.

2010
Academic Progress
1st place at Mathnasium Mathematical Triathlon

In 2010, a couple of weeks after the starting of the academic year, I won the Mathnasium Mathematical Triathlon, being awarded with a 3-month scholarship at Mathnasium Antas.

September 2012
Sports
Water Polo and a passion for life

On September 2012, I was invited by some friends to start playing Water Polo. At first, I was undecided, but after a trainning with the National Team captain, which told me I had potential due to being lefthanded and knowing how to do the eggbeater technique, I decided to at least experiment. And that's what I think I'm still doing right now. I played 3 years at Gondomar Cultural and then I moved to my actual team, CDUP, in which I already achieved some trophies, with the 2nd Division National Championship being the most important. I've also won the National University Championship by University of Porto.

2012 - 2018
Academic Progress
After the storm comes the calm

After two difficult years at that school, I then moved to a new one, my favourite until today. I studied in Aurélia de Sousa from the 7th to 12th years and in all those 6 years I was recognized at the Excellence Board due to my high grades. In here, I made some of my best friends with whom I still meet today. In the picture, the vice director of the school at the time.

March 2018
Events
Youth Parliament

On March 2018, I represented my school at the district phase of the 2018 edition of Youth Parliament, an initiative promoted by the Portuguese Parliament in order to let teenagers have a political experience. The subject of the main discussion was the Gender Equality.

September 2018
Academic Progress
Engineering ahead

After twelve long years and a couple of exams, I was accepted as one of the new Informatics and Computing Engineering students at Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto.

November 2018 - July 2019
Professional Path
KPMG Campus Ambassador

While KPMG Ambassador, one of the Big Four companies, I was part of a group of university students that represented the company in their faculties. (I'm the one at right in the back)

January 2019
Professional Path
The second type of Chlorus

While Software Developer at the first and, until now, the only Portuguese Online Swimming Journal, my main functions are related to problems that need to be solved as quickly as possible, as well as add and change some features. I was also the responsible and creator of Chlorus Premium, Chlorus App and Chlorus Newsletter. You can visit the Chlorus here.

July 2019
Professional Path
KPMG Summer Intern

During the month of July 2019, I've made my first Summer Internship, at KPMG, in which I've created a chatbot using IBM Watson Assistant and a mobile app using Outsystems.

August 2019
Academic Progress
First International Summer School

On August 2019, I made my first International Summer School on Microcontroller and Electronics for IoT, held at FEUP, organized with FH Campus Wien - University of Applied Sciences. Lessons were taught by Professors from Ilmenau, Limerick, Wien and Nuremberg. It was an awesome experience!

November 2019 - August 2020
Professional Path
Prime College Ambassador

As a Prime College Ambassador, my main function was to represent Prime IT at FEUP.

4-7 November 2019
Events
When dreams come true

Being at Web Summit was a kind of a dream come true. Since I've decided that my future was going to be related with technology, go to Web Summit was a new objective in my wishlist. I was both a volunteer and a participant and the experience was one of the best in my life!

July 2020 - July 2021
Professional Path
Director of Marketing and Communication at UPrise Talent

While Director of Marketing and Communication, I led a team that was responsible for the website, blog and social media of the UPrise Talent association.

UPrise Talent is a youth focused association that seeks to complement the
portuguese educational system, through training action initiatives, vocational
orientation and organizational projects, which aim at developing a more conscious,
dynamic and proactive society.

July 2020
Academic Progress
Second Summer School

On July 2020, this time online, I had my second Summer School experience. Organized by EUGLOH (European University for Global Health) Alliance, both participants and professors were from University of Porto (Portugal), Lund University (Sweden), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany), University of Szeged (Hungary) - Host University and Université Paris-Saclay (France).

July 2020
Professional Path
Critical Summer Camper

During this Summer Internship, in a pandemic year, I’ve increased my knowledge in the working areas at Critical Software, having also the opportunity to develop my technical and personal skills.

September 2020
Professional Path
Representative of Water Polo Athletes

Since September 2020, and until 2024 (an olympic cycle), I'm the representative of all the Water Polo athletes at the Portugal National Swimming Federation.

18-20 September 2020
Events
European Youth Debate

In an online edition for the first time, I was both a participant and representative of Portugal in the Innovation and Technology roundtable at the European Youth Debate 2020. I was also the spokesperson of the roundtable in the Plenary Assembly.

6 January 2021 - 31 May 2023
Professional Path
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador

On January 6th, I was accepted into the MLSA program. On May 12th, I hosted my first event on Artificial Intelligence & Computer Vision. On March 28th, I hosted my second event on Natural Language Processing. Meanwhile, with the end of my studies at the University, I've finished this experience as a Beta MLSA.

23 and 25 February 2021
Extra
Giving life a sound

On 23rd and 25th February 2021, I started, respectively, two podcasts: Tech4U and Virar de Página. You can get to know more about these two in the Podcasts tab.

12-16 July 2021
Professional Path
Critical Innovation Experience

From 12th to 16th July, back into Critical Software Summer Camp, within a group of 3 university students, we developed a Google Chrome Extension called Smart Eye Tracking, that allows the analysis of the user eyes movement using the computer webcam to then output two files with information regarding the usage. It was the first in-person experience in a while, due to the pandemic.

1 September 2021
Professional Path
First Full-time Job Experience

On September 1st 2021, I started my first full-time job experience as a Junior IT Talent at Infineon. On March 1st 2023, the JITTI program ended and I started my new role as Outsystems & ABAP Developer at Infineon.

8 September 2021
Academic Progress
Bachelor's ✅ ; Master's ⬜

On this day, I finished my Bachelor in Informatics and Computing Engineering at FEUP, starting right away the Master in the same area.

1-4 November 2021
Events
Third in a row!

For the third time in a row, I've been at Web Summit, but this time as Media. I've made the coverage of the event, alongside with my friend Pedro Pacheco, for our podcast, Tech4U, and for Engenharia Rádio. Read more about the experience here.

18-19 November 2021
Professional Path
Infineon Makeathon Winners!

From 18th to 19th November 2021, I've joined a team from Porto to develop the Book Your Lunch application for the Infineon Makeathon event. On 23rd November, we were awarded with the 1st place!

(On the picture, from left to right: Lucas Danelon, Catarina Miranda, me, Vasco Soares, Ece Akilli and Marta Oliveira)

1-4 November 2022
Events
Well, that's a fourth time!

For the fourth time in a row, I've been at Web Summit, but this time as Media, as in 2021. I've made the coverage of the event, alongside with my friends Pedro Pacheco and Zé Diogo, for our podcast, Tech4U, and for Engenharia Rádio. Read more about the experience here.

13 October 2023
Academic Progress
Bachelor's ✅ ; Master's ✅

On this day, I finished my Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering at FEUP, after defending my Master Thesis entitled "Ticket Amount and Type Prediction with Time Series Forecasting" and achieving a grade of 18 out of 20.

3 February 2024
Languages
Ich spreche Deutsch! 🇩🇪

After two years of German classes at Goethe Institut, on this day I had my last class of the level A2, completing it and adding a fourth language to my knowledge (Portuguese, English, Spanish and German).

21-22 February 2024
Events
Building The Future 2024

After two successful media coverages of Web Summit (2021 and 2022), this time, together with my friends and Tech4U podcast hosts José Diogo and Pedro Pacheco, we did the media coverage of the Building the Future event, in which we interviewed Rodrigo Sousa Coutinho (Co-Founder & AI Product Manager at Outsystems) - in the picture - and Ian Beacraft (CEO of Signal and Cipher).

2 May 2024
Languages
Parlo Italiano! 🇮🇹

One, two, three, four, five languages! Italian became the fifth language I speak after successfully finishing the A1 level course at ASCIP Dante Alighieri on this day.