João Mourinho · PhD · Partner at Mourinho Solutions
Turning digital change into lasting value.
I help ambitious organizations thrive in constant digital change - 17+ years across technology, manufacturing, smart cities and NGOs, from strategy to hands-on execution.
Experience with global organizations
About me
An engineer's rigor. A partner's commitment.
I specialize in Digital Transformation and Innovation - strategy and execution. My focus is simple: deliver real, measurable value through impactful solutions, on a global scale.
Over more than 17 years I have worked across technology, manufacturing, smart cities and NGOs - building SISTRADE's innovation department from zero, coordinating UNICEF's global Digital Transformation ecosystem, and teaching at the University of Porto.
In 2025 I co-founded Mourinho Solutions. By lending my family name to the company, I place my personal reputation behind every engagement.
Working languages
Recent certifications
Competences & services
What I can do for your organization
From on-demand strategic advice to large transformation programmes - every case gets the right team and method.
Digital Transformation & Innovation
End-to-end strategy - process, data, people & culture, technology - from definition to monitored execution.
AI, Automation & Agentic AI
AI strategy and policy, Gen AI adoption, RAG and agentic automation that actually lands in daily operations.
Process & Production Optimization
Production scheduling plus logistics and warehousing optimization, rooted in Operations Research.
Software Engineering Leadership
The full lifecycle: requirements, architecture, UX, MVPs and delivery - in agile or waterfall settings.
Higher Education & Training
University-level teaching, executive training and tailored upskilling programmes for your teams.
Project & Innovation Management
International portfolios, budgeting and teams - including the design of new business models.
Career
From shop floors to global NGOs
Partner
Digital transformation and innovation consultancy - strategy, optimization, AI and software engineering for ambitious organizations.
Global Chief Ecosystem Coordinator - Digital Transformation
Led UNICEF's global DX ecosystem: global strategy, an AI policy framework, a Gen-AI-powered DX platform - and a 500% RoI in one year.
Director of Innovation
Built the innovation department from zero: Industry 4.0/5.0, AI, IoT and Big Data applied to the ERP, MES and WMS product lines.
Technology Consultant
IoT mobile e-payments (BLE · NFC) for Porto's multimodal transport network; migration of one of Latin America's largest online publishing platforms.
University Lecturer
Taught information systems (SAP, Dynamics), databases and operations research.
Doctoral Researcher
Algorithms and a complete software framework for automated schematic maps - in real-world use in the UK, USA, Spain and Portugal.
SAP Business Analyst
SAP R/3 and QM: quality management, complaints, and an international segregation-of-duties policy.
Education & academia
Built on research, sharpened by teaching
Degrees
University teaching
Alongside my doctoral research I taught IT and management courses at one of Portugal's top engineering schools. I consult the way I taught: rigorously, hands-on, and focused on what works.
Selected work
Results I stand behind
Global DX platform - UNICEF
End-to-end creation of a Gen-AI-powered platform to plan and execute digital transformation across UNICEF's global ecosystem.
Mobile e-payments - City of Porto
Technical coordination of an IoT (BLE · NFC) e-payment system for the multimodal transport network, with ex-post billing.
Automated schematic maps
PhD research turned product: advanced algorithms and a complete framework for automated metro-style map design.
Publishing platform migration
Technical coordination of the migration of one of Latin America's largest online technology publishing platforms.
Speaking & publications
Research that reached the real world
Publications
Speaking & teaching
International conference speaker - operations research, IT and management.
8+ years teaching at FEUP: information systems, databases and operations research.
Most recently: digital transformation for better decision-making, invited by the NERBA business association.
Contact
Let's talk about your transformation
Tell me where you want to take your organization. I reply within one business day.
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