Experts are responsible for planning and running the skill competitions in accordance with the key sustainability principles. Development within a skill competition including Test Project design and required infrastructure shall also follow these principles.Experts must:• Have a formal and/or recognized qualification with proven industrial and/or practical experience in the skill in which they are accredited. Experts must complete or update their WorldSkills related personal profile before each Competition,• Be an accepted Expert in their Member’s national/regional competition,• Have endorsement from the Technical Delegate that the relevant industry organization or educational institution in their country/region accepts their technical competence,• Have relevant and current competition and/or judging experience, and• Know and abide by the Competition Rules, the Technical Description and other official Competition documentation.

As Cisco Certified Academy Instructor at ENTA – Escola de Novas Tecnologias dos Açores, I have lectured the following courses:• CCNA 1: Networking Basics• CCNA 2: Routers and Routing Basics• CCNA 3: Switching Basics and Intermediate• CCNA 4: WAN Technologies• CCNA Exploration - Network Fundamentals• CCNA Exploration - Routing Protocols and Concepts• CCNA Exploration - LAN Switching and Wireless• CCNA Exploration - Accessing the WAN

SMC & Co., Lda., specializes in computer software development using Java as the main language and networking, as well as network security, in Windows and Linux environments within a Cisco based network infrastructure.

The role of the CE is very important in the management of each specific skill competition because that person has the main responsibility and authority to plan and manage the technical aspects of the competition. In particular, the CE ensures that a competition environment is created which allows each Competitor to produce the best possible work over the four days of competition. The competition procedures must be in accordance with WorldSkills International core values of integrity, fairness, transparency, partnership and innovation.The Chief Expert must:• Have been an Expert for at least 2 previous Competitions• Be a person of the highest integrity• Be highly competent and experienced in the skill• Have good management and leadership skills• Have good interpersonal relationship skills• Have good communication skills – written and spoken• Be competent using a computer and the Internet – specifically to facilitate the Discussion Forum for their skills competition and work in partnership with the WSE Competition Management Team• Communicate with and respond to WSE between Competitions

As a computer science instructor I have designed and taught the following subjects:• Sistemas Operativos de Redes• Administração de Redes• Técnicas de Programação• Tópicos Avançados de Redes• Aplicações Informáticas• Tecnologias de Informação• Redes de Computadores• Laboratórios Integrados• Manutenção e Exploração de Redes• Projecto Integrado de Redes

A TDATA – Tecnologias de Informática, Lda. is a computer services company specializing in consulting and difficult to implement projects.

As an instructor I have taught:• Técnicos de Redes e Aplicações Informáticas• Tecnologias de Informação• Sistemas de Exploração e Aplicações Informáticas• Introdução ao Sistema Operativo Unix • Técnicas Avançadas do Sistema Operativo Unix• Redes & Comunicações• ORACLE - Base de Dados Relacional• MS SQL/Server, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point