Pedro has an undergraduate degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro, an MSc in Computer Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Coimbra and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Porto. He is the CEO of Act – a ‘lab to market’ venture engine promoted by COTEC, a not-for-profit business organization (www.actbycotec.com).

Before joining COTEC he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering at the University of Aveiro.