Hugo Valentim

Hugo Valentim has a comprehensive work experience in various technical and managerial roles. Hugo currently serves as the VP of Engineering at Stratio, where they guide the overall Engineering strategy, manages a team of approximately 40 people, and oversees the department budget. Hugo advocates for best practices across R&D departments and ensures a balance between business, product, and technology needs.

Prior to their current role, Hugo held the position of Engineering Manager at Stratio, where they managed multiple teams focused on SRE, security, DevOps, QA, and software architecture. Additionally, they served as the Interim AI Manager, overseeing data science and data engineering, as well as the Interim Embedded Systems Manager, responsible for hardware development and embedded system development.

Before joining Stratio, Hugo worked at Talkdesk as an Engineering Manager and Security Engineer. As an Engineering Manager, they provided interim leadership, and as a Security Engineer, they contributed to the company's security efforts.

Hugo also has experience in IT and security management. Hugo previously served as the IT & Security Manager at Stratio, responsible for ensuring the company's IT infrastructure and security protocols. Prior to that, they held the role of IT Manager at Stratio and TEROMOVIGO, where they managed IT operations.

Their early career includes a role as a Research Fellow at SEGAL, where they were involved in various responsibilities such as sysadmin, management, and web development. Additionally, they worked as a Junior System Administrator at Feedzai and as a Full Stack Developer at Geometral S.A. before starting their professional journey as a trainee at SC Informatica.

Overall, Hugo Valentim brings a wealth of expertise in both technical and managerial roles, particularly in engineering, IT, security, and leadership positions.

Hugo Valentim's education history is as follows:

Hugo Valentim completed a Postgraduate in Informatics Security at Universidade de Coimbra from 2017 to 2018. The field of study focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance.

Prior to that, from 2013 to 2016, they pursued a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering at Universidade da Beira Interior.

Their undergraduate studies were also in Computer Engineering at Universidade da Beira Interior, where they obtained a Bachelor's Degree from 2007 to 2013.

Before starting their university education, they attended Sé High School in Guarda from 2004 to 2007, where they studied Informática.

Unfortunately, no information is available about their education at Escola Secundaria de Pinhel.

In addition to their formal education, Hugo Valentim has also obtained several certifications. Hugo completed the Azure Active Directory Identity and Access Management Course from Udemy in August 2021. Hugo also obtained the Hashicorp Certified: Terraform Associate 2020 certification from Udemy in January 2021. Furthermore, they hold the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate 2019 certification, though the specific date of completion is unknown. Hugo has also completed courses such as Privacy Management - integrated response to GDPR from Unave and SAP - ABAP Fundamentals from ROFF, although the dates of completion are not provided.