Miguel Araújo Lopes

Miguel Araújo Lopes has a diverse range of work experience. Miguel started their career at Siemens AG, where they held various roles including Business Development Manager, Group Manager - Product Management, Product Manager, and Technical Planner-Systems Architecture. During this time, they worked on developing new software products and collaborated with industry leaders on initiatives such as VERSIT.

Later, Miguel joined Altitude Software, where they served as the Country Manager, responsible for establishing partnerships and serving new customers in Europe. Miguel also held the role of Executive Vice President, Marketing, where they defined company strategy, managed technological partnerships, and played a key role in a major company turnaround.

Currently, Miguel works at OutSystems as the Vice President, Platform Strategy. In this role, they scout for future IT trends and aligns OutSystems' technology directions with business and CIO leaders. OutSystems is recognized as the leading low-code app development platform for enterprises.

Throughout their career, Miguel has been involved in numerous conferences and is well-known among industry experts and analysts at Gartner, Datamonitor, IDC, and McGee Smith.

Miguel Araújo Lopes holds an MBA degree in Marketing & Finance from Santa Clara University, which they completed from 1995 to 1998. Prior to that, they obtained a M.Sc degree in Computer Science from Instituto Superior Técnico between 1986 and 1991. Their education also includes completing their secondary education in Electronics at Escola Industrial Afonso Domingues from 1983 to 1986. In addition, Miguel has recently obtained a certification in Strategic Thinking from LinkedIn in 2022.