 Director of Business Development as a whole, including but not limited to Sales, R&D, Marketing and Logistics teams. Director of Product (Chief Product Officer: from R&D to Market).  Responsible for the B2B Customers’ Education and Global Sales Growth of nanoXIM® hydroxyapatite, focused on the oral care and biomaterials industries, from zero to a 7-figure business. Engaged with FLUIDINOVA’s Customers and Sales, providing all the necessary technical and commercial assistance… Show more  Director of Business Development as a whole, including but not limited to Sales, R&D, Marketing and Logistics teams. Director of Product (Chief Product Officer: from R&D to Market).  Responsible for the B2B Customers’ Education and Global Sales Growth of nanoXIM® hydroxyapatite, focused on the oral care and biomaterials industries, from zero to a 7-figure business. Engaged with FLUIDINOVA’s Customers and Sales, providing all the necessary technical and commercial assistance required and coordinating it with the QA, Lab, Production, Warehouse and Logistics. In charge of the nano-hydroxyapatite nanomaterial safety assessment process successful approval by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) European authorities between 2012 and 2023 (Final Opinion SCCS/1648/22). Leading the expansion of the awareness and recognition of the nanoXIM brand. Main roles:• (New) Business Development;• B2B Sales and B2B Customers Relationship Management;• Definition and tuning of the product portfolio;• Identify business opportunities and threats always with a proactive approach;• On-going follow-up on the commercial results and customers’ technical needs;• Products' technical & marketing content development and dissemination on social media, focused on Customers' education;• KPI’s definition and follow-up;• Managing sales performance vs. annual target;• Monthly operations report; • Product stocks planning; • Fostering the Sales, R&D, Marketing and Logistics teams;• Nurturing great relationships with customers. Show less

Responsible for creating new products and developing the international business of nanoXIM® hydroxyapatite for oral care and biomaterials.I’ve been managing FLUIDINOVA’s Customers and Sales, providing all the necessary technical and commercial assistance required and coordinating it with the QA, Lab and Production.Main roles:• New Business Development;• Startup and Head of the nanoXIM Business Unit;• B2B Sales and B2B Customers Relationship Management… Show more Responsible for creating new products and developing the international business of nanoXIM® hydroxyapatite for oral care and biomaterials.I’ve been managing FLUIDINOVA’s Customers and Sales, providing all the necessary technical and commercial assistance required and coordinating it with the QA, Lab and Production.Main roles:• New Business Development;• Startup and Head of the nanoXIM Business Unit;• B2B Sales and B2B Customers Relationship Management (CRM);• Products’ Technical Director;• Definition and tuning of the products’ portfolio;• KPI’s definition and follow-up;• R&D projects manager;• Production and stocks planning;• Monthly operations report to board members (includes sales, new customers, bus. dev., stocks and financial information for management control);• Manage sales performance vs. annual target;• On-going follow-up on the commercial results and customers’ technical needs;• Products' technical & marketing content development and dissemination, focused on Customers' education;• Manage company’s social networks through content creation and dissemination (LinkedIn & Facebook);• Identify business opportunities and threats always with a proactive approach;• Development of great relationships with customers. Show less

Joined at the early beginning of FLUIDINOVA to coordinate the conception, design, construction and start-up of the industrial plant for producing nano-hydroxyapatite through the NETmix® technology. Started from literature research and pilot plant trials, evolving for the project definition, to finally supervise the plant construction and start-up, managing the internal team and subcontractors.

Process Engineer at the Alhandra Cement and Clinker Production Site of CIMPOR.Work developed as a Process Engineer in the Production plant, Process control Lab and Quality Lab.

Researcher at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Coimbra under the subject of Benzene Nitration. Five papers published and six International Scientific Conferences attended in the field. Nitration R&D Group executive Leader with coordination of several students, trainees, researchers and R&D activities. Work in cooperation with the Portuguese company Quimigal, now CUF – Químicos Industriais.

Work in a R&D project for building a continuous process pilot plant for studying Aromatic Nitration reactions.