Joao Neto🇵🇹
CTO / Engineering Leadership Mentor at Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa
About Joao Neto
CTO / Engineering Leadership Mentor at Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa
Hey there, I'm Joao Neto!
I'm a seasoned tech leader passionate about people, product, and technology, with 25 years of international experience, most of which delivering SaaS products (B2B and B2C) across BigTech, startups, and unicorn scale-ups. I have a proven track record of building high-performance teams in fast-paced, data-driven environments, grounded in a culture of trust, purpose, technical excellence, and agile principles.
I believe in servant leadership and managing through Trust and empathic relationships.
I've done pretty much every role in software engineering and management (Backend, System Design, Architecture, QA, SRE, Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Dev Experience, Platform Engineering, Observability, Cloud Infra) and even a bit of Product Management.
I can help you with: Leadership and management skills Communicating effectively Goal setting, OKRs, KPIs, etc. Organization modelling Strategy and vision Stakeholder management Managing up, down, left and right :) Landing your next job Resume reviews Mock interviews Technical design and system architcture Optimization and efficiency Devops culture and agile principles etc. etc. etc.
Expertise
What mentees say
“João is excellent at considering multiple factors at the same time and providing well-thought-out solutions. He helps expand perspectives, weighing pros and cons effectively to achieve the best possible outcome. His guidance has been invaluable in understanding my true worth in the market. I highly recommend him to anyone facing a complex situation and seeking a clear, strategic solution.”
“Joao gave me a lot of ideas on how to improve myself and I specially liked the idea he gave to be a T-type engineer.”
“Compiled all my interests as a Developer to focus on one niche profession in the industry with options to use my previous work experience.”