Joao Prates Email & Phone Number

Moita, Setúbal, Portugal

Photovoltaic business line:▫ Sales of PV equipment;▫ Services on PV projects;▫ Technical training for PV installers;▫ Online store for promotion of PV business line.Sustainable mobility business line:▫ Manufacturer of portable chargers (commissioned to China factory);▫ Sales of vehicle charging equipment;▫ Services on EV projects;▫ Technical training for equipment installers;▫ Online store for public sale of EV equipment.Key points:Deep… Show more Photovoltaic business line:▫ Sales of PV equipment;▫ Services on PV projects;▫ Technical training for PV installers;▫ Online store for promotion of PV business line.Sustainable mobility business line:▫ Manufacturer of portable chargers (commissioned to China factory);▫ Sales of vehicle charging equipment;▫ Services on EV projects;▫ Technical training for equipment installers;▫ Online store for public sale of EV equipment.Key points:Deep understanding of how corporate energy players and government agencies operate inface of technological and market driven changes within the energy sector is key to be able tonegotiate and manage large customers’ expectations and successfully meeting them.Dealing with 2 business lines, which include such vast activities from product manufacturingto training and course planning and teaching, demands a great deal of time management andresults driven project planning.Real world understanding on public awareness, views and knowledge (or lack thereof) onphotovoltaic and electric vehicles technology.Vast knowledge of photovoltaic technology made it possible to offer real world solutions withgreat technical merit and thus having success on large projects with demanding customerssuch is the case with Universidade de Coimbra.Same strong level of knowledge with electrified vehicles and their technology allowed for majorcar manufacturer customers such as Toyota and Hyundai to request our services and productsto be offered on their cars as OEM accessories. Another country wide project was put in placeat Toyota with Ecowatt installing EV chargers across their dealership network. Show less

Alfragide, Lisbon, Portugal

Oracle DBA – internal support role DBA at the Systems Administration department - All environments covered, namely LAB, DEV, TST, INT, PPR and PRD; - User management; - Database and schema backup and restore; - Code compliance analysis; - Tablespace management; - Database diagnostic and performance tunning; - Ticket/incident solving for Oracle database systems issues;

Lisboa, Portugal

Project manager for Vodafone IoT Datawarehouse projectsKey points:Managing multi-cultural teams of product specialists, developers and testers in Portugal, UKand India, all aligned on the same methodology to reach a successful product delivery forVodafone.Very demanding project owner (Vodafone) made it mandatory to have clear and wellorganizedstrategy and team on our side, pushing the limits not only on innovation and deliveryquality but also soft skills and… Show more Project manager for Vodafone IoT Datawarehouse projectsKey points:Managing multi-cultural teams of product specialists, developers and testers in Portugal, UKand India, all aligned on the same methodology to reach a successful product delivery forVodafone.Very demanding project owner (Vodafone) made it mandatory to have clear and wellorganizedstrategy and team on our side, pushing the limits not only on innovation and deliveryquality but also soft skills and people management.Totally redefined the previous methodology used for development by introducing ChangeManagement on all project branches, scrum meetings, delivery and user bug report controlwith Jira, and creating a QA team for the first time, aiming to improve delivery quality and thuslowering the customer bug report ratio on each new product release. Show less

Lisboa, Portugal

Database Architect for BP2S department - Software project’s Oracle database support; - Database Architecture design; - Proof of Concept elaboration for different technical solutions; - Critical support for production databases; - PL/SQL code optimization for better speed.Key points:Multi-cultural teams in Portugal, France and UK, all aligned on the same business rules.Originally recruited for code optimization on Sybase Transact-SQL code for a… Show more Database Architect for BP2S department - Software project’s Oracle database support; - Database Architecture design; - Proof of Concept elaboration for different technical solutions; - Critical support for production databases; - PL/SQL code optimization for better speed.Key points:Multi-cultural teams in Portugal, France and UK, all aligned on the same business rules.Originally recruited for code optimization on Sybase Transact-SQL code for a developmentdepartment, soon moved over to the local branch Architecture department.Assisted local development teams creating and managing their databases according to therules and guidelines defined by our Architecture Department.Helped build and maintain an excellent people engagement and recognition of Architecturetechnical skills, to the point where production responsible teams called us for assistance whensomething broke and they needed someone who they trusted to solve the problem.Learned a lot from the excellent existing senior Oracle DBA and Arch team leader, provingonce again that good people around you willing to learn and share knowledge are fundamentalfor career success. Show less

Lisboa, Portugal

Spanned several roles along the time: - Change Management responsible; - Oracle database support; - R&D Lab servers responsible; - R&D Support Team Leader; - Senior Oracle DBA; - Feature Coordinator; - Software Project Manager.Key points:Aligned multi-cultural teams in Portugal, Germany, India and China on the same businessrules and methodologies.Vertical career growth, from CM manager to Project Manager, covering several projects alongthe… Show more Spanned several roles along the time: - Change Management responsible; - Oracle database support; - R&D Lab servers responsible; - R&D Support Team Leader; - Senior Oracle DBA; - Feature Coordinator; - Software Project Manager.Key points:Aligned multi-cultural teams in Portugal, Germany, India and China on the same businessrules and methodologies.Vertical career growth, from CM manager to Project Manager, covering several projects alongthe way, got to learn a lot about team’s management, organization pitfalls and global projects.Worked for the first time in a matrix organizational style management, and across severalprojects at the same time playing different roles, an excellent multitask environment whichdemanded a lot of management at different levels, time, priority, dependencies, etc. Show less

Lisboa, Portugal

Roles: - Senior analyst and functional application designer; - Oracle PL/SQL and Sybase Transact SQL Developer; - Server-side database development team leader;Key points:Worked on a large multitude of customer businesses, learning several cultural organizationtopologies, business types, and ways of communicating with the respective end-users.The main development topic was ultra-optimized database server coding, for critically timedapplications processing… Show more Roles: - Senior analyst and functional application designer; - Oracle PL/SQL and Sybase Transact SQL Developer; - Server-side database development team leader;Key points:Worked on a large multitude of customer businesses, learning several cultural organizationtopologies, business types, and ways of communicating with the respective end-users.The main development topic was ultra-optimized database server coding, for critically timedapplications processing several million rows with complex rules (banking sector example).Excellent knowledge on Oracle PL/SQL and Sybase Transact SQL, best practices, and yearsof experience played a major role on these projects, probably the ones who left a better markand most satisfied customers ever on database projects at the time.Main customers with large projects under my responsibility: Banco de Portugal and INGA. Show less

Lisboa, Portugal

Roles: - Senior analyst and functional application designer; - Database training instructor for DBA certification.Key points:First time experience as a freelancer working on project-by-project contracts, for medium sizedcustom-made server-side applications on Oracle databases.These months were critical to understand my value on the market as an analyst, designer anddatabase programmer.

Lisboa, Portugal

Server-side team leader on Sybase database development for Telecel customer.Key points:First time application designer with Oracle Designer 2000 and immediately started on a verylarge-scale project – great “school” and learning curve.

Lisboa, Portugal

Teacher for BES branch employees on the new transaction system based on IBM OS/2Key points:Excellent opportunity to know about real people working on stressing environments allacross the country.Genuine gratitude from older people learning to work for the first time with graphical userinterfaces. Their expressions and retributions will never be forgotten.First time I gave hundreds of course hours to adult people, a lifetime enriching experience.

Lisboa, Portugal

Roles: - Oracle DBA; - Backup for Unix System Administrator.Key points:First time real qualified job with the chance to take all of Oracle’s certified database training atthe time, from Oracle Designer to database administration.Also learned to work with Unix operating systems from this point on, Unisys at the time.Became an Oracle database expert thanks to this position.

Licenciatura, Engenharia Informática E De Computadores, Drop-Out

Eqf Level 4, Application Design And Programming

Program: - Computing architecture - Assembly - MS-DOS and Unix operating systems - Data structures - LCP-Gardner programming methodology.