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Engineer by training. CTO by profession. Trainer by conviction.
CTO at DIG-IN. I've been building technology for this industry since 2016 — first as a partner at Outdare, now as CTO at DIG-IN. POS, payments, delivery, e-commerce. Now, the data.
The four pillars
DIG-IN — Zomato MBO, full technology rebuild, transactional + data layer for the restaurant industry (Horeca) channel. E-commerce handling thousands of orders/day; POS, payments, logistics.
START-EAT-UP — speaker (8th ed., CIBT Estoril) and moderator (9th ed., EHT Porto). On stage with ZoneSoft, Grubtech, StoresAce.
Mentoring, certified training, hackathon support. CCP-certified — few CTOs in Portugal are.
Vision
In 2016, delivery was still being invented in Portugal. We built brands' own channel — last-mile e-commerce — and showed it was possible to run a delivery business with healthy margins.
We're also building Start-eat-up. Wanna take part?
Talk to meAbout
I started shipping things to production in 2006, with PHP and a forum. Twenty years later, I still write code — except now I also decide the architecture.
Events
I've been showing up at hackathons and acceleration programs since 2019. Never to compete — always on the side of the people building.
Swans HackathonMentor
Not every AI innovation starts with a great idea.
Partner and mentor
The foodtech ecosystem isn't just about food. From Start-to-Table is an acceleration program for innovative startups focused on tech solutions for the F&B and restaurant sectors, sustainable F&B products and future food concepts.
Mentor and judge
Building an MVP as a team, under pressure. It's a myth until someone makes it real.
START-EAT-UP
The reference event for technology and innovation in Portugal's restaurant industry. An active project alongside DIG-IN — same thesis, different stage.
On the same stage
Contact
Follow what I'm building.
Notes on restaurant technology in Portugal — no spam, no Meta. For events, training or hackathons, reach out on LinkedIn.
Let's talk on LinkedIn.
For events, speaking, training or hackathon mentoring — LinkedIn is the fastest way to reach me. I read everything and reply where it makes sense.
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