Summary
Jorge Gomes is a social projects manager, youth worker and founder with 15 years of experience bridging software engineering and community-driven entrepreneurship. Trained in software engineering and formerly a research assistant at LASIGE, he applied human-computer interaction, accessibility and gamification concepts early in his career before shifting to youth empowerment and non-formal education. He co-founded Youth Coop to scale cooperative social entrepreneurship and has hands-on experience designing and managing international Erasmus+ projects, financial oversight, and volunteer-led teams. Jorge combines technical rigour from his web-development and consultancy work with a practitioner’s understanding of participatory youth engagement and experiential learning. Notably, his transition from tech research to founding a youth-focused cooperative reflects a deliberate turn toward sustainable social impact and the cooperative economy.
15 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Computer Science Engineering, Software Engineering, 15, Master in Computer Science Engineering, Software Engineering, 15 at Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon
Curso tecnológico em Informática, Computer Science, 14,4 / 20, Curso tecnológico em Informática, Computer Science, 14,4 / 20 at Escola Secundária Matias Aires
English, Portuguese