Jorge Portugal

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF COTEC PORTUGAL – ENTREPRENEURIAL ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATION

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, in the field of physico-mathematical modeling of the dispersion of contaminants in geophysical flows. He later completed his MBA at the Faculty of Economics at the Universidade Nova of Lisboa.

From 2007 to 2016, he was Innovation Consultant to the President of the Republic.

Between 2004 and 2007, he was Consultant of the Government of Portugal for the area of ​​modernization of public services.

He was an assistant professor and researcher, developed scientific research with publications in scientific journals of international prestige and acquired experience in the management of transnational scientific and technological cooperation projects.

In 1993, he founded a pioneering company in geolocation systems for business management.

Since 2001 he teaches seminars and postgraduate and training  courses of executives in the field of management, marketing and innovation.

He is currently a guest lecturer in executive training courses in the areas of Innovation, Internationalization, Global Management and Partnership Management.

He regularly publishes articles in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation, cybersecurity, marketing and business strategy.

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