Joel Curado is Managing Director of Business Development at CasperLabs, responsible for worldwide business development and partnerships. Joel has over 17 years experience in the technology industry and smart cities vertical having previously worked at Cisco Systems as part their smart city practice and Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration initiative, leading the Smart City vertical for Switzerland.
Joel is a PhD Candidate in the field of Information Sciences and Technology, researching the applications and implications of decentralized ledger technologies for the enterprise and smart city spaces in the and Logistics/Supply Chain verticals.
As an Adjunct Professor at ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and IE Business School, Joel teaches and inspires the next generation of digital leaders and innovators. Additionally, Joel is a Fellow at Blockchain & Climate Institute, a Member at the World Economic Forum, and a Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors at IE Business School, contributing to the advancement of emerging technologies for climate and sustainability actions.
Joel is an IE Business School Executive MBA Graduate, an Economist and specialised in Public Policy by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Experience: 11 years
Yearly salary: $240,000
Hourly rate: $0
Nationality: 🇵🇹 Portugal
Residency: 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Experience
Head of Digital Transformation, CDA Smart Cities
Cisco Switzerland 2019 - 2022
Lead the digitization vertical in Switzerland for smart cities for the Country Digital Acceleration program. Creation of the Swiss smart city ecosystem, Go to market engagement and creation of public policy recommendations and of end-to-end solutions such as remote working, Goverment services, coworking & connected schools in partnership with private/public entities, Engagement with federal government & ecosystem companies to define the digital strategy roadmap for Switzerland & for urban/remote areas with pipeline/bookings goals
Lecturer
IE Business School 2018 - 2022
Lecturer for Executive and International MBA students on the topics of Digitization, Smart Cities, Citizen Services, eGovernment and governance models, Innovation, urbanization and mobility in the IoT technology space
Customer Success Manager, CX
Cisco 2018 - 2019
Leading digital transformation & full lifecycle strategy of High Touch, Public Sector and Major Enterprise accounts such as United Nations, Nestlé, from a strategy, business development, adoption & renewal of ARR software products: Collaboration, Security, DC/DNA Enterprise Networking
Technology Strategist
Corporate Strategy Innovation Group, Cisco 2015 - 2018
Led the CSIG IoT strategy roadmap and align with BU/start-ups by connecting technology & business to create new software solutions in the smart cities, mobility and manufacturing industries. Led our external innovation program, the Innovation Grand Challenge, to attract start-ups to partner/co-innovate. Created the worldwide accelerator eco-system. Focus on Go to Market, Innovation, Planning, cloud, edge computing, artificial intelligence, retail, blockchain and new business model creation
Head of Program Management Office
Global Public Sector – Cisco 2014 - 2015
Led the Program Management Office, former Smart+Connected Communities & worldwide smart city solutions deployments. Business development and deals negotiation; Public Speaker ● managed +50 indirect team reports
Senior Product Manager, EMEA
Cisco 2012 - 2014
Led product launch & full lifecycle, worldwide forecast management for smart city solutions ● Internet of Everything Evangelist ● Customer facing & business development skills ● negotiation ● Public Speaking ● Case studies creation ● PR ● Project and Product management of city deployments ● managed team of plus 50 team member’s indirect reports
Board Member, European Sustainability Steering Group
Cisco 2011 - 2013
Created and accelerated the deployment of policies and strategic programs to achieve a 25% CO foo2print reduction by 2012 in company operations
Head of Sustainability Initiatives
Cisco 2008 - 2015
Developed and implemented environmental & sustainability projects at a local and a European level. Subject matter expert on sustainability tools
Relationship Manager, UK & Ireland
Cisco 2007 - 2012
Go to Market (GTM) Shared Services Organization ● Supporting the UK and Ireland sales teams and Gold/Silvers partners as a Subject Matter Expert on operational excellence, sales programs and internal processes
Skills
english
french
portuguese
spanish