I was born on August 29, 1972, in Marinha Grande. From an early age I got used to adapting to new situations. At the age of 7 I moved to another city, to return 4 years later. After an adolescence that I consider normal, I left, at the age of 19, to study Marketing and Advertising in Lisbon. It was exactly what I wanted. Three years later, I finished my bachelor's degree and started my professional activity, in 1995, at the Technological Center for the Molds, Tooling and Plastics Industry. It was back to origins. I took the opportunity to obtain training in Advanced Marketing for SME Managers, in order to reinforce my professional performance.

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Then I discovered a taste for international business contact.

 

At the end of 1998 I moved to another region, having started my journey as a vocational trainer. At the same time I launched myself in the area of ​​graphic design, advertising and business plans. I felt it was time to continue my academic studies, having completed a degree in Marketing and Advertising - Strategic Marketing component in 2000.

 

5 years later I returned to Marinha Grande and, with a partner, I founded the Business Information Agency, aiming to support Portuguese companies without an export structure, thus facilitating their internationalization. Some time later I assumed, in the same system of society and this time in the opposite direction, a representation of laboratory products of French-Belgian origin, developing its commercial operations in Portugal.

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The 2009 hard time punished both companies, which ended up not being able to overcome the challenge. In a realistic attitude, taking advantage of my experience in international markets, I decided to make my services available to two companies, one commercial and the other industrial, consolidating the export expansion of both.

 

Having accomplished the objectives, I headed to Lisbon to take on a new challenge, in the area of ​​media and advertising. I developed a consistent work with many clients, which I came to replace when deriving to Associate Manager in a leading multinational. I was fortunate to work in a multicultural environment, having had the opportunity to impact (I hope positively) the daily work of more than 600 people.

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The "internationalization bug" continued to manifest itself and some time later, by one of those "accidents" of life, I met an old colleague in training, who was the owner of a consulting company with diversified services, and who had need to complement them with an international marketing and communication service.

 

I embraced this project with enthusiasm (as is my habit), which turned out to be a very rich experience in personal and professional terms. I developed products and markets for our company and our customers. I developed new services. new business and managed teams and suppliers. I did training, consulting and business coaching, especially startups and (re)launchings.

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Training never ends and there is always room for improvement. Meanwhile, I did training in psychology, team management, e-marketing, emotional intelligence, habits and performance, in order to update and complement knowledge and skills acquired over the years. I also certified in project management by Google.

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Where do I want to be in the future? Within exciting projects, with interesting people and fantastic clients. Bring added value and deliver what I know, integrating motivated teams with broad horizons and the ability to dream, without fear of evaluating, accepting and overcoming challenges.