Edgar Secca, has a degree in Electrotechnical Engineering - University of Porto, 1979.He always worked on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.Since 2001 until now, founder and Chairman of STRIX, Lda (Innovation and Environment), a leading consultancy company providing environmental, social and sustainability consulting services. Birdtrack - is main solution - a radar base solution, has been designed for selective turbine shutdown as a bird mortality mitigation system for windfarms.Also Vice-president of the board of ÁRVORE since Dec.2018. Árvore is a cooperative founded by artists, writers, architects and intellectuals, which purpose is produce, and promote artistic activity in the field of the visuals arts and other areas of creation and knowledge.He is, also, a shareholder and member of Board of Medidata, SA (a leader IT company for local public administration). With Paulo Cunha, founder and CEO of Medidata, he started Sinal Principal, Lda, a company to support the creation of technology-based companies.Within this area he gives support, among others, to the following technology-based companies:Ubbin Lda - development and operation of social networks (Palco Principal- music, GFoundry - gamification).In 1985 was selected as a JEEP (Young Entrepreneur with High Potential), and in 1987 he founded SMD Informática, a leading company in Portugal of electronic office software, with a strong presence in Brazil, acquired in 1996 by Pararede (actually GLINTT – Lisbon Euronext) where he was member of Board until 2001,and responsible for consumers internet business projects.He is well acquainted in business associations, having been President and VP , between 1995 and 2001, of ANETIE ( national IT companies Association), Director of ANJE (Young Entrepreneurs Association, between 1991 and 1995) and Director of APDC - Communications, among other management positions.He is a member of the Engineers Association (Ordem dos Engenheiros).