Francisco Gonçalves

Having deep know-how in the areas of Information Technology, Computer Sciences, Information Science, Telecomunications and the project / team leadership of technical & sales teams, I consider my self with the passion and knowledge to be actively productive and also introducing innovation, on the new era of Information Sharing and Collaboration.

Previously worked as Chief Technology & Special Developments at ICL Portugal, Philips TDS and IT Consultant / IT Architect on Banking and Insurance Companies, have always been dealing with innovative projects, delivering new ideas and considered very proactive in the deliveries and support of IT services to the business organizations.
Also highly motivated with strong team leadership experience, specially sw delevopment teams.

My main interesses are :

• New Age Technologies & Innovation Trends
• Strategic Thinking 
• Management paradigms and challenges
• Systems Information Technologies
• Programming Techniques & new developments
• Science
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Scientific Fiction
• Transcendental Meditations & Mind studies
• Traveling
• Bycicle

Currently working (since end 2006), on serveral Open Source Application Projects and involved in trial of solutions for the complete automatization of the Data-Center, with Virtualization & Cloud Computing Technologies, Vmware Labs, VmWare Stage Center, Grid Computing and Open-Source based platforms & solutions like OpenQRM, From Qlusters Computing (www.openQrm.org). Also experienced in the building and customizing VM Virtual Appliances Technologies (with VMWare and other VM Tech. like XEN), delivering the ultimate deployment of network and applications solutions, faster and accuratelly. Recent (2007) studies on Information Science Technologies and trials & Proof-of-concepts with Open-Source Social Networking Platforms, Cloud Computing Infrastructures & Services, Wiki and ECM (Enterprise Content Management).
Fgonçalves (May2008).

E-mail : francis.goncalves@gmail.com

Mobile : +351-96-230-2583