Henrique Lopes

About

With over 17 years of experience at Dell and EMC, I specialize in cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and applied artificial intelligence. My career has focused on designing and implementing scalable enterprise architectures that support advanced analytics, automation, and AI-driven solutions. In the past three years, I co-founded a technology startup focused on data intelligence and AI-powered services, where I lead innovation strategy and platform development. I also have extensive experience preparing and submitting competitive proposals for European innovation and research funding programs, helping organizations transform ideas into funded technology initiatives. In addition to industry work, I contribute to academia as an invited professor at several Portuguese universities, where I teach and collaborate on applied AI projects across different vertical sectors. My work bridges enterprise infrastructure, machine learning, and real-world digital transformation, combining deep technical expertise with innovation leadership, research collaboration, and startup execution.

Experience

• Invited Professor · ISAG – Instituto Superior de Administração e Gestão11-01-2023 – 06-01-2025

  Invited Professional for Digital Health Post-Graduation, focusing on class Data and Artificial Intelligence.

• Co-Founder · LockEM09-01-2023 –

  • Board member with responsibility on innovation. • From product concept, strategy, to design, architecture and scale. • Designed the Cyber resilience LATO solution based on automation, threat detection, and compliance. • Assisted in architecture design based on cloud, microservices, message queue systems, and databases. • Experience with normatives such as NIST, NIS2, CRA from compliance standpoint applied to productization. • Assisted in writing the Portugal2030 (European funds) approved candidature for the LATO Cyber Recovery Framework with technical grade 5/5. • Experience architecturing Azure, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and other open source technology. • Supported the startup to achieve Startup statute, SIFIDE and National Innovation Agency approved startup.

• Systems Engineer · Dell EMC09-01-2016 – 07-01-2025
• Account Systems Engineer · Dell EMC10-01-2015 – 07-01-2025

  Supported sales team around named enterprise accounts and high public administration accounts. Specialty around Isilon as EMC product and EMC Minor Data Fabrics (Hadoop and advanced analytics) such as Big Data Suite (PivotalHD, Hawq, Spark, Spring, command center, etc.) from Pivotal.

• Isilon Specialist Systems Engineer · Dell EMC03-01-2013 – 09-01-2015

  Supported sales team around Isilon sales. Focused on Media & Entertainment and Hadoop Analytics with Pivotal Portfolio (HD, Redis, Hawq, Spring, CC) and others such as Cloudera, Hortonworks, spark, HBase, Hive, etc. Conducted POC and architecture design for customers. Managed pre-sales for accounts such as Nokia, delivered Nokia NPM storage architecture layouts regarding Oracle Databases and VMWare. Trainer and speaker regarding Isilon in EMC events for partners/customers.

• Mid-Tier Specialist Technology Consultant · Dell EMC07-01-2011 – 03-01-2013

  Specialist Technology Consultant of EMC EMEA Mid-Tier group covering portfolio: VNX / VNXe, Clariion, Celerra and ISILON. Supported the Account Pre-Sales team regarding Mid-Tier portfolio, sizing solutions, preparing demos and validations regarding specific environments. Partner trainer/speaker regarding specific product sessions on the Mid-Tier portfolio.

• Account Technology Consultant · Dell EMC04-01-2011 – 07-01-2011

  Pre-Sales Support to Public Administration and EMC Enterprise B Accounts. Sizing and design EMC Solutions and present them to final customer.

• Partner Technology Consultant · Dell EMC06-01-2008 – 04-01-2011

  Supported EMC's Partner in Channel Market regarding configurations, technical validations and support pre-sales meetings at customers. Technical design and architecture of solutions regarding storage, backup, archiving, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity and VMWare. Trainer and speaker at events/trainings with partners, Distrilogie/Altimate, Dell regarding EMC portfolio. Trainer of EMC Partners Sales/Pre-Sales Accreditation – Partner Business Certification.

• Customer Support · Ericsson09-01-2007 – 03-01-2008

  Customer Support related to IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem). Programmer in Bash and Perl.

Education

• EMC Computer SystemsIsilon Administration
• Instituto Politécnico de LisboaMaster Degree, Engineering Telecommunications and Electronics
• EMC Computer SystemsVMWare
• EMC Computer SystemsBackup and Recovery Solutions
• EMC Computer SystemsATC, Storage Technologies
• Instituto Politécnico de LisboaLicenciature

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