The Path

Every step
was deliberate.

Not a career that happened to me — a sequence of choices, each one building the foundation for the next.

Education 2018 – 2021

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering

FCTUC · Coimbra

Built the technical foundation — structured problem solving, systems thinking, engineering rigour.

Industry 2019 & 2021

Summer Internships

Mahle & SEW-Eurodrive · Portugal

First contact with industrial operations — real processes, real constraints, real people making things work.

Education 2021 – 2023

Master's in Mechanical Engineering

FEUP · Porto

Deepened analytical thinking and complexity management. Where engineering meets the real world at higher resolution.

International Feb – Jun 2023

Erasmus+ Internship — Germany

Continental AG · Hannover, Germany

First hands-on exposure to global operations. Built proficiency working across languages, functions, and cultural expectations — the foundation of an international working mindset.

Certification 2023

PMI® Certified Project Management Associate

Tecminho · Portugal

Formalised what I was already doing intuitively — structured delivery, stakeholder management, disciplined execution.

Current Role Sept 2023 – Present

Sourcing Digitalization Specialist

Continental AG · Lousado, Portugal

Leading global digitalization of procurement and sustainability processes. Translating between technical teams, business stakeholders, IT, and compliance across regions and systems. Building automation, data pipelines, and digital workflows at enterprise scale. Global working exposure across Europe and beyond — comfortable operating in international environments.

Building 2025 – Present

Clinic Management SaaS

Independent · Early Stage

Developing a tool that delivers daily operational value to clinic managers. Learning what it really means to build something people pay for.

Next In progress

Building leverage — for myself and others

The direction

Every role, every client, every project is deliberate preparation. The network, the knowledge, the pattern recognition — compounding toward something built on a foundation that holds.