About

January 2nd, 2009

My name is Celso Manuel Batista Martinho

My Myers-Briggs profile is the rare INTP.

I like Technology, Internet, Communications, Messaging, Comunities, Free Information Access, Free Software Models, OSX for personal productivity, Linux, Music, Digital Photography and Movie editing, Movies, Sea & Beach, Sun, Friends, Good food, Dinner & Drinks, Japanese Food, A good discussion, Hollidays, Travelling, Sport Cars, Moto4 riding and Skydiving (should write a “From Desk to Airplanes” essay).

I dislike Proprietary Formats, Digital Copyrights, Security by obscurity models, Noise, Crowds, Humourless people, Useless meetings, Bad wine, Retarded Operating Systems, Yes mans, Untolerance, Internet Explorer, Nasty software bugs, Stupidity in general. Yes, I’m an arrogant bastard too.

I was born on the 1st of July, 1972 and raised in a small village called Sangalhos in Portugal, near Aveiro.

I began my profissional career when I entered the University of Aveiro in 1990 to study Electronics by working part-time in a small telecommunications store where I promoted the so famous and old Commodore Amiga and ran a BBS for a couple of years.

In 1993 I was invited and joined the University’s Computing Department. While working there I co-founded SAPO, the first Portuguese Search Engine and Web Directory, with 5 other friends. In 1996 we took SAPO out of the academic sphere and joined the enterprise world with our own startup company called Navegante.

A few years later, between Internet economy bubbles, buyouts, aquisitions, takeovers and you don’t want to know the rest, SAPO ended up owned by Portugal Telecom. It is now the biggest and leading Internet Portal and ISP in Portugal providing ADSL broadband and dialup Internet access services. My current contractor is PT.COM (from the Portugal Telecom group) and I’m the head Director for the Product Technology department. Luckly for me I enjoy a lot what I do and I have now the privilege to work in a very capable, innovative and intelegent team.

Along this adventure, I still found time to startup mail.pt along with my friend Pedro Melo and had the chance to work a few months in Brasil on our Internet operation during 2000 with my friend João Pedro (this was fun – lots of).

Now I’m also a proud and dedicated father of a 2 children, Beatriz and Alice, my greatest projects, undoubtly.

My contacts are:

E-Mail and XMPP: celso@sapo.pt
VoIP: +351 30 200 SAPO

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