Caixa Mágica Software
Carlos Coutinho, PhD, PMP has extensive experience in research, academia, and project management. Carlos served as the Research and Development Engineering Director at Caixa Mágica Software, where they worked as a Research Engineer and Senior R&D Project Manager. Carlos also held the position of CEO at the same company. Carlos is an Assistant Professor at ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and a Researcher and Coordinator at ISTAR-Iscte. Carlos was a Guest Assistant Professor at ISGB - Instituto Superior de Gestão Bancária and ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Carlos worked as a Researcher at NOVA School of Science and Technology. Additionally, Carlos also has experience as a Project Management Trainer at PMO Projects Group, a University Teacher at ISCAL-Lisbon Accounting and Business School, and a Project Manager / Quality Consultant at Critical Software. Carlos also served as a Consultant at Portugal Telecom Sistemas de Informação.
Carlos Coutinho, PhD, PMP has an extensive education history. Carlos obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa from 2007 to 2013. In addition, they completed a Post-Graduation in Project Management at Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto from 2009 to 2010. Prior to that, Carlos earned a Licentiate degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from ISEL - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa from 1994 to 1997, and a Bachelor's degree in the same field from the same institution from 1990 to 1994. Carlos also attended Escola Secundária D. Pedro V from 1989 to 1990, where they completed their high school education with a focus on software. Carlos has additional certifications, including Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals and Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals, which were obtained in 2022. Carlos obtained their Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from the Project Management Institute in 2010 and has an ECDL - European Computer Driver's Licence from ICDL Europe in 2005. Additionally, Carlos obtained a NATO Secret Clearance from GNS - Gabinete Nacional de Segurança in 2010.
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Caixa Mágica Software
Caixa Mágica Software (CMS) is a Portuguese SME company, leader in the open source market segments in Portugal. It provides multiple services which include specialised business consulting, development of software projects, training and certification, research and innovation. CMS has developed numerous projects with diverse deployment targets, starting with its own Linux distribution, to firmwares for Android mobile phones, web portals, creation of multiple services for security, embedded systems, open architectures and mobile applications. The Linux software distribution “Linux Caixa Mágica” was born on October 2000 at a research lab of University ISCTE-IUL, winning a prestigious award "Milénio Expresso 2000". The distribution became rapidly very popular and as the team and demands increased, a spin-off company was created, called "Caixa Mágica Software". Since then, Linux Caixa Mágica has been shipping thousands of laptop and desktop computers in Portugal, covering areas such as Education, Military and Public Administration. It also is the official LPI (Linux Professional Institute) certification provider in Portugal. The company is also actively involved with the Open Source and Research communities, hosting a popular open source Lisbon event, and participated in numerous EU-funded Research projects. Caixa Mágica has strong ties with the Portuguese public administration, participating in the development of the middlewares for the Portuguese Identity Card system, and extending the concept towards its standardisation and compliant with the other European systems. It also has close interactions with the Innovation and Research departments of diverse industry such as Telecommunications and Media (working on Set-Top Boxes and other embedded systems), Energy, Mobile systems (mainly Android and iOS mobile applications, Android embedded systems, and Android TV apps), and Cloud-based platforms for supporting Manufacturing Systems.