André Cardote

Experience

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  Instituto de Telecomunicações

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2013

  Researcher

  • R&D in Vehicular Network Solutions -- Prototyping and Real-world Testing• Network Planning for Vehicular Scenarios• Pilot Network Deployment and Management

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  Universidade de Aveiro

  Jan 2010 - Feb 2014

  PhD Student

  Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. During my Ph.D. I worked in the definition of multiple solutions for connected vehicles. This led me to the position I currently hold at Veniam 'Works as systems engineer.

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  Carnegie Mellon University

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2011

  Visiting Researcher
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  Veniam

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2022

  My duties as Director of Engineering at Veniam included:• Managing 5 team leads in the following fields: - Hardware - Embedded systems - Cloud - Data analytics - DevOps• Growing the engineering team to 25+ people• Working closely with our Product team to design and ensure high-quality delivery of our product roadmap• Working closely with our field operations teams to ensure flawless deployments of our products• Representing the company at trade shows and other events• Supporting sales colleagues in technical meetings with customers• Supporting sales colleagues writing technical content for sales proposals Show less My duties as Engineering Manager at Veniam included:• Managing the day-to-day of the engineering team, which included:• Creating and owning the engineering roadmap - Resolving conflicts and disputes - Resolving blocking issues - Overall, ensuring everyone in the team had everything they needed to succeed• Managing 5 teams in the following fields: - Hardware - Embedded systems - Cloud - Field operations• Growing the engineering team up to 12 people• Coordinating the deployment of a vehicular network in the city of Porto: - 54 infrastructure units - 400 vehicles• Ensuring the health of a commercial in-vehicle Wi-Fi service running in the public transit of the city of Porto• Supporting sales colleagues in technical meetings with customers• Supporting sales colleagues writing technical content for sales proposals Show less

  • Head Of Product Management

    Jan 2019 - Aug 2022

  • Head of Tech Partnerships

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Director of Engineering

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Engineering Manager

    Dec 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Systems Engineer

    Jun 2013 - Dec 2014
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  Dscvr.it

  Aug 2017 - Jan 2019

  Advisor

  dscvr.it is a semi-autonomous, decentralised collaboration platform that enables people, organisations and things to collaborate across time and space, governed by reputation.https://dscvr.it/

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  Nexar Inc.

  Aug 2022 - now

  Vice President of Enterprise Products