Pedro Brantes
Technical Manager - UK&I Regional Technical Manager
Lisbon
Summary
Technical Manager with close contact with all stakeholders, product team, deliver and deployment teams. Wide technical, management and leadership knowledge and experience.
Able to adapt to a constantly changing working environment and maintain good communication and working relationships with individuals of different cultural backgrounds.
As a hobby: enjoy to travel, be in contact with nature and produce my own olive oil.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Technical Manager
Vision-box
Lisbon
11.2021 - Current
- Optimized resource allocation, effectively managing budgets and manpower for 5 simultaneous projects within the UK & I region.
- Managing small to mid-size teams (up to 10 people);
- Signal resource allocation needs;
- Provide direction to the team, beginning with identification of technical problems and then developing software solutions for them;
- Lead the team's solution development work but also ensure that the team's efforts match up with overall project goals;
- Manage the work of Software Developers involved in the project, taking into account customer´s needs and Software Development Manager orientations;
- Act as the primary point of contact for internal and external customers;
- Presented progress reports to executive leadership, demonstrating success in meeting project milestones on time and within budget constraints.
- Support and guiding team members throughout the career path, define the goals and do periodic appraisals.
- Stimulate a culture of innovation and continuous improvement by encouraging the sharing of ideas.
- Evaluated vendor proposals to develop and deliver AWS cloud based reporting tool.
- Working in international projects, e.g.: UK, Netherlands, Vietnam, Japan (APAC region);
- Tools / Tech: GIT, Jira, Confluence, AWS cloud and Sharepoint.
SwEM (Software Engineering Manager)
Thales Portugal
06.2018 - 10.2021
- Working at Thales in the Railway and Metro transportation business area, mainly in the Passenger Information Systems;
- Software Configuration Manager;
- Plan the Project SW development and releases (incremental deliverables) to be inline with the Milestones.
- Closely collaborated with Product team and 3th party SW companies for successfully integrate new features, to deliver the best SW Product, increase quality and decrease costs.
- Prioritize the backlog; Release Management; Link and create a bridge between two teams ("Product team" and "Project team") and the costumer to achieve the best solution;
- Working in international projects: Dubai, India (New Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai and Bengaluru), Saudi Arabia and Australia;
- Site travel to have meetings with client;
- Managed risk assessments during project planning phases, proactively mitigating potential issues before they arose during execution stages.
Senior Software Quality Assurance
Thales Portugal
05.2017 - 06.2018
- Responsible to manage the quality of the software of Product; Product Release management; Creating the test plans, capture risks and issues and provide feedback to the product and projects teams; Tools: GIT, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube.
Senior Software Developer
Thales Portugal
09.2009 - 05.2017
- Developed different Product modules; Installation, test, debugging, and Product release installation at customer site (New Delhi, Bangalore, Dubai); Integration of different hardware providers (from audio, displays and signaling). Programming languages: C++, C# and scripting.
Software Developer
VANTyx Systems
08.2007 - 09.2009
- Design, planning and management new features; Validated customers’ requirements; Skills used: .NET 2.0, SQL Server 2005, Power Design, Visual Source Safe; WebServices; C
Hardware / Software Engineering
Nokia Siemens NetworkS
09.2005 - 07.2007
- Developing software to control and manager VoIP networks; Skills: VoIP, C, C++, Shell Script, JavaScript
- ClearCase, Solaris; Unix
Education
CSM, Agile Methods -
Scrum Alliance
04.2001 - 04.2012
Post-Graduation, Entrepreneurship Training and a Business plan Competition for Engineering Students - undefined
Instituto Superior Técnico
Master of Engineering - Eng, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering -
Instituto Superior Técnico
Certified Project Management Associate - IPMA Level D -
APOGEP
Skills
- Managing different projects with UK&I region
- Communicate with different stakeholders (top management, Product, others regions, team members and client)
- Team player
- Support of a knowledge sharing and innovative culture
Timeline
Technical Manager
Vision-box
11.2021 - Current
SwEM (Software Engineering Manager)
Thales Portugal
06.2018 - 10.2021
Senior Software Quality Assurance
Thales Portugal
05.2017 - 06.2018
Senior Software Developer
Thales Portugal
09.2009 - 05.2017
Software Developer
VANTyx Systems
08.2007 - 09.2009
Hardware / Software Engineering
Nokia Siemens NetworkS
09.2005 - 07.2007
CSM, Agile Methods -
Scrum Alliance
04.2001 - 04.2012
Post-Graduation, Entrepreneurship Training and a Business plan Competition for Engineering Students - undefined
Instituto Superior Técnico
Master of Engineering - Eng, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering -
Instituto Superior Técnico
Certified Project Management Associate - IPMA Level D -
APOGEP