Pedro Azevedo helps people and companies to safely negotiate their digital challenges
Extensive professional experience in working context. Skilled in the areas of web design and graphic interfaces, team management, business management and trainer.
Academic background: Degree in Social Sciences and Master in Community Intervention.
Fluent in Portuguese and English, handles Spanish and has rudiments of German and French.
Experience
I’ve done extensive work as graphic and multimedia designer; I was the project manager for I&D teams working on internet security, interactive kiosks and lead a design team developing tactile interfaces (UX-UI) for the medical industry; I’m currently the webmaster for a number of websites, such as: www.esepf.pt (Paula Frassinetti Higher School of Education), www.educa-dor.org, www.jcnoronha.pt, www.maquinamundi.com, a.s.o., mastering tools like: Dreamweaver, Wordpress, Photoshop and Indesign, among others;
I’ve managed a small company in the facility services from 2012 to 2018. As owner, my functions were broad, ranging from all aspects of HR managing (recruiting, training, work schedule, finance and contractual requirements) to logistics, from commercial and marketing activities to client support;
I’m an experienced teacher (currently working with Adecco – Portugal) able to convey knowledge and captivate student’s interest; having tutored over 1.000 hours of classes in subjects like: advanced Office, network management for SOHO users, digital photography (capturing, editing and cataloguing), professional use of mobile devices, digital cephalometries (Quickceph and Dolphin); I’ve also designed and taught short term classes in public addressing, and the sociological view in HR management; I’m CCP certified: EDF 16025/2000 DN;
As a consultant, I’ve been working since 2000 as a macos specialist, with all the implications in terms of client support, assisted buy and SOHO / mobile integration;
I’m a people person, with strong communication skills, able to speak fluently in Portuguese and English, having taught myself to speak German and French; I’m cooperative by nature and methodical;
My graduation in Social Sciences and Masters in CommunityIntervention comes out of my passion for society and a search of a better understanding of our societies and the problems that still afflict them.
Languages
Portuguese – Native – excellent;
English – excellent – speaking, writing and reading;
Spanish – good – speaking, fair writing and reading;
German and French – just enough to get things started.
Qualifications
Master in Community Intervention by the Escola Superior de Educação de Paula Frassinetti, Porto, 2018; graduated in Social Sciences, minor in Sociology by the Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, 2011; Ciência Vitæ: 2318-5B0C-F52C, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8189-8833.
Scientific activity
07.02.2019
Communication at the V edição da Conferência Ibérica de Inovação na Educação com Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (ieTIC2019), promoted by the Departamento de Tecnologia Educativa e Gestão de informação da Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança and the Departamento de Didáctica, Organización y Métodos de Investigación da Universidad de Salamanca, entitled “Religar – Comunicações móveis, Pais e Escola. A contribuição das Comunicações móveis na relação entre Pais e Escola”.
Other interests
I’m a Portuguese writer, having published tree books: O Zigurate, Manual do Suicida and Cunhal | Cem anos | 100 palavras” (2011, colective). I also keep a poetic chronicle blog called os vampirae (sorry, Portuguese language only).
