José Duarte

José Duarte has a diverse work experience spanning from 2009 to 2022. José started their career in 2009 as an Event Staff & Tournament Referee at E2Tech, where they organized esports events and LAN parties. In 2012, they worked as a Helpdesk Support at Mobilwave, providing on-premises and remote support and managing office network and server infrastructure. José then joined Real Life Technologies in 2013 as a Systems Engineer, working on various projects for major ISPs in Portugal and specializing in routing, switching, security, and voice projects. In 2016, José joined ESL Gaming as an IT Event Specialist, eventually becoming a Senior IT Event Specialist. José currently works at ESL FACEIT Group [EFG] as the Head of Event IT, a role they started in 2022.

José Duarte attended the University of Lisbon, but no specific degree or field of study was mentioned. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP) certification from Cisco in April 2014 and the Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Junos (JNCIA-Junos) certification from Juniper Networks in January 2016. However, no information was provided regarding the obtained month or year for the Certified Meraki Networking Associate certification from Cisco Meraki.