Filipe Castro

University of Porto

UPIN - University of Porto Innovation

Filipe Castro graduated in Sociology of Organisations at University of Minho in 2000. He had been worked in social and economical development issues, moving forward to open his professional scope. His wide approach to different jobs and organizations lead him to exercise different skills, such as human resources and training manager, cultural and tourism projects director, vocational trainer and lead manager. As entrepreneur he failed the creation of a web based company during 2002/03 project, a business project that aimed to provide web based software to manage company’s processes. He also created and managed a cultural cooperative in Braga, Velha-a-Branca – Estaleiro Cultural, that still exists to foster new cultural projects within the regional community.

As a coordinator of the public participation process, he supported the elaboration of “Based-studies of the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development of the Azores” (PReDSA), a project leaded by the University of Minho. Together with other stakeholders, Filipe Castro also funded and managed the cooperative NAVE - Services for enterprise management, during 2005, that was his first professional deal with entrepreneurial issues.

Since 2006, Filipe Castro is been working in the technology transfer office of the U.Porto, giving support to the creation and development of new technological-based companies. His current activities are moving forward to associate technology commercialization efforts with technology-based spin-offs. Filipe Castro is doing the second year studies program of the Master Program in Innovation in and Technological Entrepreneurship at the Engineering Faculty of the U.Porto.