João Carreira
João Carreira is a Portuguese engineer, academic, technology entrepreneur and business leader who has co-founded Critical Software in Portugal and has grown it into a global group of technology companies.
Joao’s entrepreneurial career dates to 1998 when, as a Ph.D student, he co-founded Critical Software[1] along with Gonçalo Quadros and Diamantino Costa to develop mission-critical Software systems for the Aerospace sector. The company became an international reference in the field with reputed customers such as NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ESA,[2] Agusta Westland Helicopters,[3] among others. Joao subsequently led the company into new international software technology markets in sectors such as Telecom, Defense, Unified Communications, and Education.[4] The group opened offices in several countries including the UK,[5] Angola, Mozambique, Brasil, and Italy[6] and launched its venture capital arm in 2011, Critical Ventures.[7] Critical has received numerous international awards such as the European IT Excellence Awards 2011.[8]
Joao was born in Coimbra but lived his childwood and teenage years in the city of Evora in the south of Portugal. He obtained his Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Coimbra in Portugal, and a Masters in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin. His academic research work focused on Distributed Computing and Fault-Tolerance at Coimbra, the Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands, and the EPCC. He authored more than 30 scientific papers including the IEEE Computer[9] and the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering[10] among others.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Critical Software, Portugal hightech". PortugalHitech. Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "Critical Software and ESA". ESA. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "Agusta Westland Helicopters Italia". Agusta Westland Helicopters. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "Critical Links Education Appliance" (PDF). Intel. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "UKTI Critical Software Case Study". UKTI. Archived from the original on 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "Critical Links Italia". invitalia. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "Grupo Critical apoia "start-ups" com fundo corporativo de 10 M€". CienciaHoje. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "Critical Software venceu o European IT Excellence Awards". Publico. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "Computer Science and the Pygmalion Effect". IEEE. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering". IEEE. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
External links[edit]
- Critical Links Official site
- Critical Software Official site
- Critical Ventures Official site
- Critical Software do Brasil Official site
- Critical Software Technologies Ltd Official site
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