Biography
Strategist, innovation and science manager, professor, researcher, entrepreneur, and mentor. Currently, Rui serves as the Executive Director for Innovation and Growth at Porto Business School, where he also leads the Center for Business Innovation, acts as the academic director of The Executive MBI (Executive Master in Business Innovation), co-directs the Sustainable Management Program, and teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the MBA programs.
Previously, he founded and coordinated the Porto Design Factory and taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Throughout his career, Rui has worked across all three pillars of the triple helix: business, public sector, and academia.