João Da Silva
Product Manager at Cognira
Porto, Porto, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolJoão Da Silva is a product manager and strategic operator with 10 years’ cross-continental experience building circular and scalable solutions across Europe, Africa, Australia and the Americas. He combines project management, consulting and negotiation strengths with hands-on programme delivery—recently leading strategic operations and buyback expansion initiatives in luxury resale at LUXCLUSIF and now shaping product at Cognira. As co-founder of Recycle Geeks he blends entrepreneurial drive with deep expertise in circular fashion and tailored solutions for luxury goods. His background in management consulting, international NGO programme delivery and formal training in strategic management and innovation gives him a rare mix of analytical rigor and people-centered facilitation. Notably comfortable in multicultural environments and public speaking, he often bridges senior stakeholders and delivery teams to turn strategic priorities into measurable outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Strategy Innovation & Management Control, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Strategy Innovation & Management Control at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)Master of Business Administration - MBA Strategic Management, Master of Business Administration - MBA Strategic Management at University of Technology SydneyBachelor's degree Economics, Bachelor's degree Economics at Universidade do Porto
English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German
Github Skills (16)
webserver10
json10
dom-manipulation10
smarty10
php10
engine10
website-development10
flat-file10
docker-image10
wiki-engine10
cms9
site-generator9
blog-engine9
styler1
css1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
JustJoao/bludit
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
Simple, Fast, Secure, Flat-File CMS
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
cmssecurephpflat-fileflat-file-cms
JustJoao/Simpletax-io
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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