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Almada, Pt

Lisbon, Portugal

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Led the NL office as Interim Director, including operational management, hiring responsibilities, team management, and the strategic alignment of the procurement and supplier quality teams with company objectives.Cumulated responsibilities with Global Category Lead

London, United Kingdom

Managed end-to-end supplier relationships and procurement for key vehicle components, overseeing contracts worth over €300M with major Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers and leading electronic component companies. Led comprehensive supplier audits and performance evaluations, ensuring compliance with industry standards and Arrival's quality expectations, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Collaborated closely with internal development teams to align procurement strategies with product development goals, ensuring timely and cost-effective sourcing of critical components. Established and maintained strategic partnerships with global electronics and semiconductor companies, including Texas Instruments, ARROW, or STMicroelectronics, securing favorable terms and innovative solutions to support Arrival's EV production objectives.

Harwell, United Kingdom

Lead responsible for 90% of the company commodities and procurements totalling ~1M€ annually• Responsible of most commodities 3rd party spacecraft subsystems (ADCS, Solar Panels, Communications) to raw parts and materials as well as services (contracting, facilities, Ground Segment).• Responsible for supplier sourcing and relationship building.• RFQ generation and release, Tender point of contact and evaluation lead, being responsible for the internal processes of review, selection and decisions making meetings.• Management of Internal and external stakeholders relations and expectations.Supplier and Subcontractor Management compromising relationship establishment, selection, negotiation, contract allocation and management, supplier auditing and KPI control. Generation of processes and procedures for company procurement vision implementation namely suppliers database.

Global

Melting and Reprocessing Metal in Space to Supply On-Orbit Manufacturing

Global

Astropreneurs.space Making space entrepreneurship information accessible, connecting space entrepreneurs with their needs.

Harwell

Bid Management of a successful proposal on optical communications service making use of high altitude platforms and communication relays. Activity of ~5 M€ funded under ESA ARTES C&G. • Responsible for bid consortium management, including Open Cosmos and Archangel Lightworks, as well as major suppliers identified for the project. • Internal team tasks definition and management for the bid execution. • Main proposal contributor and complete project management definition of the proposal. • Main Responsible for external communications including with ESA officers that lead to proposal successful submission and acceptance by ESA.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Project Management - Technical and Project Management of space related projects with multiple international interfaces, in a SME environment:• Responsible for the project management of 5 ESA and space industry projects valued in a total of 3.5 M€ in EEE, AOCS and GSE areas. Consortium leader of 3 multinational projects with 3+ parties. • Successful realignment and rescheduling of activities agreed with the main stakeholders, including CCN implementation, saving the company 100 K€ while driving the project to successful technical execution.• Complete project management life cycle experience from initiation to closure and Quality and Product Assurance first-hand experience in project management (Responsible for future ECSS TM). Business Development - Successful Bid Management for ESA proposals, being the end to end responsible from the opportunity identification to the successful activity awarding (and subsequent project management) granting the company a funded development opportunity of 500 K€ for the development of recurrent and differentiated space product (Demisable Magnetic Torquer).

The Hague Area, Netherlands

C Component Engineer in the TEC-QTC section (Quality, Technology and Components): Engineering support - Technical support of ESA R&D activities related with Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems technologies performing as support technical manager. Laboratory techniques and failure analysis - Execution of functional and environmental testing for MEMS devices and proper documentation of the technical data generated in these tasks, through clear and concise reporting. Test program management and execution - Preparation and implementation of Qualification and Acceptance complete test flows for MEMS devices according to ESCC, ECSS and MIL standards in direct support of the Aeolus mission. Industry Knowledge - Co-Preparation of Technical Dossier and Roadmap for the MEMS Technology Harmonization activity presented at Ministerial level. Member of Component Technology Board, Micro and Nano Technology Working Group.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Research and Programming - Implementation of image classification algorithms using Support Vector Machines based on Histogram Oriented Gradient (HOG) features and Implementation of feature selection algorithms in the frame of the project ANIMAR – Automated identification of sand dunes on high spatial resolution images from the surface of Mars.

Space Studies Program

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering