Description

Healthcare interoperability and digital health product specialist with more than 15 years of experience delivering healthcare IT solutions for hospitals, medical software vendors, and regulated healthcare environments.

I help organizations design and deliver interoperable healthcare platforms, integration solutions, and digital health products using standards such as HL7, FHIR, CDA and IHE profiles.

My background combines product management, product ownership, software architecture, and healthcare integration leadership, allowing me to bridge business, clinical, and technical teams effectively.

I have experience leading and contributing to:

Healthcare interoperability platforms
FHIR and HL7 integration projects
Digital pathology and medical imaging solutions
Health data exchange infrastructures
Product strategy and roadmap definition
Agile product delivery and backlog management
Regulated medical software development aligned with ISO 13485 and IEC 62304
AI integration workflows in healthcare environments

I worked in international healthcare and technology organizations, including digital pathology, hospital software, and healthcare data exchange initiatives, participating in interoperability programs and IHE Connectathons.

Typical projects and deliverables include:

Interoperability architecture and integration strategy
FHIR/HL7 solution design
Product ownership and roadmap management
Requirements analysis and backlog definition
Technical and functional specifications
Healthcare API and workflow design
Vendor and system integration coordination
Support for regulated software development processes

I am particularly interested in projects related to healthcare interoperability, digital health platforms, FHIR ecosystems, clinical workflows, and healthcare product strategy.

Languages

Portuguese
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Pathomation
Chief Technology Officer
DIGITAL AND IT
January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
Belgium
CTO at Pathomation, responsible for defining and executing the company’s technology strategy in alignment with business, quality, and regulatory objectives within the digital pathology domain.

Leading software architecture, interoperability, software validation, cybersecurity, and release governance across a portfolio of digital pathology and AI-enabled healthcare products.

Key responsibilities:
• Define technology strategy and software architecture for digital pathology platforms
• Lead software development lifecycle processes aligned with ISO 13485 and IEC 62304
• Drive interoperability initiatives using HL7, FHIR, DICOM, and IHE standards
• Oversee software validation, risk management, cybersecurity, and release management activities
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between development, QA/RA, support, and product teams
• Support regulatory compliance for IVDR-compliant medical software products
• Lead integrations with AI providers, laboratory systems, and healthcare platforms
• Establish engineering processes, release governance, and quality-focused development practices
• Contribute to monitoring and observability initiatives for healthcare platforms
Scrum SAFe IHE Interoperability Product management
Roche Diabetes Care
Product owner - Data Integration and Interoperability
March 2020 - August 2023 (3 years and 5 months)
Barcelona, Spain
As a TPO my team delivered Health data exchange services that helps physicians and other healthcare providers to have a complete view of their patients health data optimizing health outcomes and improve patient diabetes care
• - Provide and maintain the product vision and strategy within the Global R&D organization.
• - Define the backlog items.
• - Responsible for the product roadmap on output level (release scope, customer requirements and specifications of Epic & User Story level).
• - Responsible for managing backlog priorities at Epic level.
• - Lead the conceptualization of the product and features in collaboration with the Tech Leads, Business - Analysts, and other relevant stakeholders (medical affairs, data security, data privacy and legal) that may affect the scope of the product.
• - Work in close collaboration with Application Architect and Technology to align feature release with technology and architecture setup.
• - Communication management with direct stakeholders.
• - Own and facilitates refinement events at Epic level (Break down Features into Epics)
• - Integrate patient data with PHR and EMRs systems.
• - Interoperability standards: FHIR; CDA
Farfetch
Senior Integration Engineer
September 2018 - March 2020 (1 year and 6 months)
4470 Maia, Portugal
As a Scrum Master and senior Integration Engineer, I helped the team deliver a data ingestion pipeline that allowed Harrods and Chanel product integration into the Farfetch platform.