Ricardo Filipe, Product Manager in Porto, Portugal
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Ricardo Filipe

Verified Expert  in Product Management

Bio

Ricardo is a technical product manager and technology consultant with 6+ years of experience leading digital product development teams. Leveraging his computer engineering background, Ricardo co-founded an IoT startup that was acquired, which explains his entrepreneurial approach to any challenge. In the past two years, Ricardo has led multiple product teams within corporate clients. He enjoys combining strategy with technology to disrupt processes.

Project Highlights

Virtus: IoT Platform for Breweries
Designed and developed a full platform where breweries can monitor draught beer sales in real time.

Expertise

Agile Product ManagementCloudHardware DevelopmentInternet of Things (IoT)Pitch Deck ConsultantProduct VisionProduct-market FitSales Pitches

Work Experience

Principal

2019 - PRESENT
Metyis
  • Took over a project from a top consultancy agency to develop it further and take it to market in under five months.
  • Played a key role in the product vision, roadmap, implementation, and go-to-market for a leading beverage corporate.
  • Led the proposal development and first pitch on several accounts.
  • Assisted in sourcing hardware suppliers in Portugal at the same cost as Asian counterparts.
  • Grew a team of five to more than 50 in less than two years.
  • Collaborated with the internal R&D department to explore new technologies, such as printed electronics, edge computing, and blockchain.

General Manager

2015 - 2018
Virtusai
  • Spearheaded the engagement and managed our team to work with a leading brewery, which led to an acquisition offer.
  • Developed and implemented the vision for monitoring beer consumption, using technology.
  • Secured investors, even though we were freshly graduated and had no prior experience.
  • Played a key role in crafting our technological solution as a software engineer, despite limited resources.

Virtus: IoT Platform for Breweries

Designed and developed a full platform where breweries can monitor draught beer sales in real time.

Virtus monitors unaccounted pours, over and under pouring, spillage, employee theft, and spoilage, by tracking every drop of draft beer poured on every tap. It provides a complete solution for bars, restaurants, and breweries, that optimizes logistics, provides valuable marketing insights, and eliminates beer waste.

The solution includes a custom hardware sensor that communicates with a cloud where the data is stored. Users access this data through different web and native apps.

How did that promotion affect last Friday's revenue? Compare and analyze your customers' engagement and make data-driven decisions.
2014 - 2015

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Budapest University of Technology and Economics - Budapest, Hungary

2010 - 2015

Master's Degree in Software Engineering

University of Porto - Porto, Portugal

Tools

Slack, Board Reporting, Trello

Paradigms

Agile Product Management, B2C

Platforms

Azure

Other

Microsoft PowerPoint, Internet of Things (IoT), Project Management, Pitch Decks, Product Vision, Sensors & Actuators, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Startups, Lean Startups, Entrepreneurship, Web Applications, Mobile Apps, Prototyping, CEO, JavaScript, Early-stage Startups, Estimations, Requirements, Estimation & Planning, Product Management, Node.js, Hardware Development, Sales Pitches, Pitch Deck Consultant, Stakeholder Management, Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Product-market Fit, Fundraising, Strategy, Product Roadmaps, Teams, ClickUp, Google, Software, Apps, Java, Sales, Market Fit, Financials, Machine Learning, Data Science, Discovery Workshops

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