Background in Business Management, with MSc degree in Management. He began his professional experience in the retail, working for Auchan and was financial and personnel manager of a multinational construction group. He has also created 3 startups in the accounting and energy areas. He is also a management and strategic consultant for more than 17 years and has worked with dozens of companies.

MSc Eng in Mechanical Engineering (automation) from Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP). Researcher and development Engineer at IDMEC - FEUP and INEGI for 8 years, participating in the creation of several mechatronic embedded systems in the areas of education and health. He was involved in the design, manufacturing and assembling of mechanical and electronic parts, as well as software programming. He is Co-inventor of Lipowise.