Originally from Lisbon but living in Faro, Algarve, since the age of 12, David is now 40 and a father of two. He holds a degree in Business Management and a postgraduate degree in Corporate Finance. He was connected to SMEs through Caixa Geral de Depósitos, largest Portuguese bank, for 8 years. During this time, he also completed a postgraduation in Banking Business and had the opportunity to be involved in a CGD international project, while living abroad in Luxembourg.He is an advocate for management, entrepreneurship, and innovation, favoring Lean processes and blending strategy with technology. Believing that teams built on trust can make a difference in any context, he founded Ympec and Yourdata, in 2015 - startups focused on Business Intelligence and Analytics. While Ympec has a web platform that turns accounting data into actionable insights for any SME, Yourdata, after working along with SME and partnered with some of the most important consultancy companies in Portugal, was acquired by Metyis, a global, forward-thinking firm that develops and delivers AI & Data, Digital Commerce, Marketing and Design solutions, and provides Advisory services, based in Amsterdam. Since 2020, at Metyis, he has been leading the team and office based in Faro, Algarve, and has been involved, in several Metyis international projects and partnerships."You can't connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well worn path."​ Steve Jobs, Stanford, 2005