Leo Xavier
CTIO at Observador
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolLeo Xavier is a technology and product leader who has spent over a decade shaping digital media innovation, currently serving as CTIO at Observador where he is driving an ambitious AI-led transformation across editorial workflows, personalization, and subscription growth. He combines hands-on startup experience—founding Quodis and ML startup Frames (backed by Google DNI)—with consultancy roles for major publishers including The Independent, Monocle and Público. Leo co-founded Portugal’s first coworking space, Liberdade 229, and helps cultivate the local AI ecosystem as a co-organizer of LXAI, which attracts hundreds of builders. His background spans product, UX, and engineering leadership at Observador since 2013, demonstrating an ability to turn emerging technologies into new audience and revenue models. Based in Lisbon, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a publisher-first perspective to applied machine learning and newsroom innovation.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree, Licentiate degree at Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de LisboaIncomplete, Incomplete at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, German, English, French
Github Skills (9)
amazon-cloudfront10
amazon-s37
amazon7
aws5
aws-s35
wordpress-plugin2
searching2
regex2
wordpress2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LXJS/lxjs-site-2014
Feb 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:119 commits, 1 push in 1 year 3 months
LXJS/yearbook
Jun 2014 - Dec 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 1 push in 1 year 6 months
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