Tiago Alves is a CTO and serial founder with 14 years of experience building healthcare-focused products and developer platforms from Porto, Portugal. A former medical doctor, he blends clinical insight with product-led engineering—founding companies like 24agenda and knok healthcare and leading Tymeshift through an acquisition to Zendesk. He’s held senior engineering leadership roles at Zendesk and Sketch, consistently moving between hands-on technical execution and strategic product direction. Tiago excels at turning complex healthcare workflows into scalable SaaS solutions and has a track record of building companies from early stage to exit or enterprise integration. Fluent in bridging domain expertise and engineering teams, he brings uncommon credibility on both the clinical and technical sides of digital health. Outside tech, his background in music hints at a creative, disciplined approach to product and team leadership.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
8th Degree Music, 8th Degree Music at Conservatório Regional de Gaia
Master Medicine, Master Medicine at Universidade do Porto
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