João Fernandes
Founder And CEO at DocDigitizer
Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolJoão Fernandes is a founder and CEO with 12 years of technology and leadership experience, currently building DocDigitizer to automate extraction and unlock value from unstructured documents. He combines deep technical roots (MSc in Information Systems and Computer Engineering) with an MBA, enabling him to bridge product, engineering and go-to-market strategy. João has led turnarounds and international expansions as CEO of NewHotel and managed large R&D portfolios and EU-funded projects at INESC‑ID and Grupo Leya, proving he can scale teams and P&L. He also advised the European Commission on AI/ML and served as Chief Strategy Officer at a TechStars-backed spin-off, bringing public-sector insight to commercial AI. Based in Lisbon, he favors pragmatic simplicity—“keep it simple”—while obsessing over automating repetitive human work, a thread visible from research fellowships to his current startup. Colleagues describe him as a builder who turns complex data problems into operational efficiency and measurable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Administração Negócios e Marketing, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Administração Negócios e Marketing at The Lisbon MBA Católica | NovaMSc Master Degree in Information Systems and Computer Engineering, MSc Master Degree in Information Systems and Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (76)
testing10
javascript10
continuous-testing10
continuous-delivery10
continuous-integration10
groovy10
java10
facebook10
jenkins10
jira-xray9
devops9
continuous-deployment9
cicd9
live-preview9
ecr9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
joaocfernandes/Learn-Yocto
Aug 2018 - Oct 2018
Introductory Yocto documentation
Contributions:41 commits, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 2 months
introductoryyocto
joaocfernandes/jestcov
Jun 2017 - Dec 2019
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
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