O seu percurso académico foi adquirido pela Universidade do Porto, tendo em 2005 obtido o mestrado em Gestão da Informação, e anteriormente a licenciatura em Matemáticas Aplicadas, bem como o bacharelato em Engenharia Informática.

He is enthusiastic about everything related with people, different development cultures and how to get the most of every single person. He also represents Sage Portugal in different internal working groups, particularity the Product Marketing Committee and the Technical Committee. Graduated in Computer Science by ISEP, Executive MBA in Management and Finances (AEP/ESADE), Master in Services Engineering and Management (FEUP).

He had a leading role in the launch of the first commercial Internet Service in Portugal. Henrique joined Microsoft Portugal twelve years ago, and has been a participant and driver of some of the largest Hosting, E-Commerce and Portals projects based on Microsoft platform in Portugal. Henrique has published widely on technology subjects in the mainstream (such as Público newspaper) and technical press, and is author and co-author of several books on Information Society themes. Most recently, he co-authored the book “Leis da Sociedade da Informação: Comércio Electrónico” (“Information Society Laws: E-Commerce”), Coimbra Editores, 2009).

She is enthusiastic about almost everything related with people, and how to make the most of them. In fact, her goal is to always have challenging assignments, preferably involving big teams, complex inter-department relationships, and sometimes overly ambitious milestones!

Durante a sua vida académica, Gonçalo Quadros foi professor na Universidade de Aveiro e Universidade de Coimbra, tendo sido autor de mais de 40 artigos científico, bem como revisor para várias conferências e revistas. Em 1998, Gonçalo Quadros tornou-se num dos co-fundadores da Critical Software, tenho ainda ganho o prémio para melhor Plano de Negócios atribuído pela Academia Nacional de Jovens Empresários (ANJE).

Foi responsável pelo lançamento e consolidação de várias unidades de negócios na Critical, assumindo as responsabilidades na gestão de projecto e gestão técnica de alguns dos mais importantes projectos, e também no Desenvolvimento de Negócio e na Gestão de Equipas. Desde 2005, Gonçalo Quadros é o CEO (Chief Executive Officer) da Critical
Software. Em 2006 foi distinguido por S. Ex.ª o Presidente da República Portuguesa, com a “Ordem de Mérito Grande-Oficial”. Recebeu ainda o “II INSEAD Entrepreneurship Award” e o “Ernst&Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award”.

Eileen Forrester is the manager of the CMMI for Services program at the Software Engineering Institute, and the lead author of the Addison Wesley book, CMMI for Services, Guidelines for Superior Service. She was the co-chair of the International Process Research Consortium and the editor of the IPRC Process Research Framework.

Forrester is the developer of TransPlant, a transition-planning process, and her current research area is in process-oriented approaches to service delivery, technology change, risk management, and emergent system types. These approaches include GAIT, the CMMI for Services, OCTAVE, MDA, and multi-model improvement approaches. She has more than 35 years of experience in technology transition, strategic planning, process improvement, communication planning, and managing product, service, and non-profit organizations.

Alan Willett is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the Software Engineering Institute.  He has consulted with over 30 different companies in 5 different countries.   Some of the organizations include Oracle, Intuit NASA, Microsoft, Xerox, and others.  Many the teams Alan has coached have delivered software products on schedule with very high quality – some with NO defects reported by the customers.

Alan has over 25 years of experience in software development. He accumulated a variety of experiences during his career including farming, software engineer, computer support person for deaf students, engineering tools developer, software configuration management manager, project manager, software process lead, and TSP Coach.  Alan has BS in computer science and a Masters degree in Management of Software Engineering. Alan currently works with the team developing the Team Software Process.

Dr. Paul D. Nielsen is the Director and CEO of Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute. Prior to joining SEI in 2004, he served in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a major general and commander of Air Force research after 32 years of distinguished service.

The Software Engineering Institute is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. SEI develops and transitions technologies in software architecture, integration and interoperability, network systems security, process improvement, performance critical systems, and systems engineering related to software.

Nielsen is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and a Fellow of both the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

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