Pedro Rio, MSc

Introduction

Vision

• Education
• Wellness
• Media
• Society
• Finance
• Real estate
• E-Commerce

Values

• Sustainability
• Dream big
• People matter
• Intellectual honesty
• Preserve flexibility

Assets

• Education
• Work experience
• Analytical
• Problem solving
• Interpersonal
• Leadership
• Systems thinking

About me

Professional

EM at PriceHubble (Real Estate) (software, management, 1 area, 2 continents)

CTO at Homeit (IoT) (software, management, leadership, 3 teams, 2 continents).
Staff Software Engineer at Homeit (IoT) (software, management, SRE).

Tech Lead at wearebo (Consulting, Outsourcing):

• Commodity broker (Fintech) (management)
• Classcamp (EdTech) (software, management)

Software Engineer at wearebo (Consulting, Outsourcing):

• Fundcalcs (RegTech and FinTech) (software) (used in BNP Paribas and MUFG)
• SimpleSchoolAdmin (EdTech) (software)
• Bio marketplaces (E-Commerce) (software, management)

Machine learning engineer at Wordans (E-Commerce, +1M MAV).

Founder of an education marketplace (Edtech) (software, leadership).
Research Intern at BPI Africa (Asset Management) (pbm, mining and refining, Africa).

Academics

Studied data science and engineering at IST, finance (MSc), management (BSc) and economics (BSc) at NovaSBE and business analysis and valuation at LSE (summer school).

Invited research assistant in sociotechnical systems (SPAC Lab) at IST and venture capital (Nova Finance Center) at NovaSBE.
Teaching assistant in deep learning, natural language processing and reinforcement learning (LXMLS) at IST.

Environment

Quiet environment, explicit requirements and expectations.
Following software quality engineering practices.

Collaborating when it makes sense (pairing, designing, training).
Surrounded by smart people that like to work as a team.

Safe, sustainable and empowering.
Deep work later on the day.

Communication

I practice and value radical candor.

Pull me when you have new info, something is unclear or resources are needed.
Send me a message on Slack with the issue and your expectation from me.
Or a calendar invite with an agenda and a video call link.

Sometimes I will block time for deep work and will not be immediately available.
Feel free to message if the matter is also not urgent.

Feedback

If you see something, say something.
Whatever your feedback, I will consider it and think about it.
I will ask clarification questions.

I believe in strong opinions, loosely held.
Sometimes I will not agree, and sometimes I will be wrong.
I am able to disagree and commit and also expect the same.

Support

I am a great optimizer (engineering, people, product, processes) and mentor.
I like to unblock issues, get to the root cause of sociotechnical problems, build consensus and spearhead or facilitate initiatives.
Sometimes I am not great at managing my energy, and I am trying to improve.

Favourites

I am fascinated by Beksinski's dystopian surrealism.
I started research to prevent information campaigns such as the ones from Cambridge Analytica.
I love to go hiking and climbing on the weekends.
I am interested in startups and venture capital.