He is President of ANI – National Innovation Agency. Until 2014, he was Executive Director of PRODUTECH – Pólo das Tecnologias de Produção and Director of INESC Porto – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto. He is a member of the High-Level Group of the MANUFUTURE Technology Platform and Chairman of its National and Regional Technology Platforms Group. He is a National Delegate to the NMP+B Programme Committee of HORIZON 2020 and, since 2012, has been a RIS3 expert for DG REGIO.