Websites from Portugal

Lisa Occhino is a writer, editor, and content strategist. She has created hundreds of articles for publications and blogs, and founded a songwriting collaboration platform that she ran for 11 years. Lisa has led content strategy for music tech companies like Linkfire and Sonicbids, and marketing and communications for music education startup Soundfly. She freelances for various clients and is passionate about supporting independent musicians, creatives, and solo travelers.

Chris Erickson is a digital marketer specializing in search optimization. He builds websites and low/no-code apps. His projects include Audflow, Erickson Built, Hearing Tracker, HearingUp, and Spikefly. He is also the creator of Million Dollar Course. Chris has an MBA from the University of Arizona and a BIS from Arizona State University. He was previously Marketing Director at Miracle-Ear and held a Business Development role at Siemens. He co-founded AuDSEO (sold in 2017), Erickson Built, and Audflow, and is the CMO of Hearing Tracker.

Caroline and Jason Zook are the duo behind Wandering Aimfully, an un-boring coaching program. They are creative business owners, best friends, and married. They help solo creators earn more so they can live more. They share free resources and offer a monthly coaching program called WAIM Unlimited. They are passionate about teaching others the power of a calm business and encourage people to create meaningful work they love and live a life that feels successful on their own terms.

Stephanie Benedetto is a transformational business coach, storyteller and (Un)Marketer at The Awakened Business. She inspires coaches, therapists and transformative entrepreneurs to craft irresistible messages and create what makes them gasp, grin, and giggle. She helps them (Un)Market their business by dropping the hustle and hype. Stephanie believes you can PLAY your way to a thriving, profitable business that changes the world. She has over twenty years of experience bootstrapping multiple 6-figure businesses, creating and selling marketing courses to thousands of entrepreneurs, and earning over $1 million in online sales. She approaches business as a game played by your rules.

Alex Terenda is a product designer and engineer who helps startups turn complex problems into simple, elegant user experiences. He positions himself as a designer first, bringing product sense to research and technical skills to delivery. He is currently contracting as a designer, working primarily with early stage startups in regulated industries such as healthcare and cybersecurity. Most recently, he led product design at Cado Security through its acquisition by Darktrace, where he now leads design for Cloud and Email. He works remotely from Lisbon.

António Bastos is a developer.

Diogo Torres Correia is a developer from Portugal with a passion for programming, running, photography, and learning. He has experience building webstores, donation systems, and tools for businesses. Diogo created Triton, a Spigot plugin for Minecraft, and contributed to Craftathon, a charity event. He also developed Resumos LEIC, an open-source website for class notes at Técnico Lisboa. Diogo worked as a research assistant at the LangSec group at KTH, investigating prototype pollution in JavaScript. He is currently pursuing a MSc in Cybersecurity at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Diogo has also volunteered to teach Python and web development to students.

Hugo Ferreira is a software engineer with over 20 years of Information Technology practice and wide international experience in the European market. He currently works at Equal Experts in product development, jumping between Scala and Kubernetes. A generalist, he has worked in roles ranging from technical architect to senior developer and startup founder. His responsibilities have included business-oriented tasks like pre-sales and project management, as well as technical tasks like R&D and development. He is also a treble dad.

Manuel Lamas studied Mathematics and Computer Science at FCUP. He is currently a Tech Consultant at KPMG. He enjoys automating things and asking questions. He uses his website to share some of the things that he makes and thinks.

Binny V A is currently working on several projects, including creating MindOS and learning marketing to promote their book, 'Zettelkasten and the Art of Knowledge Management'. They are also reframing a home photo exhibition. Binny V A can be found on various social media platforms under the handle @binnyva.

Mrs. Scribbles is the family planner and scribe behind Savor and Scribble. She documents her family's experiences moving to and living in Portugal. She also shares financial decisions that have made their adventure possible, focusing on their journey to financial independence. Her writing covers topics such as Portuguese healthcare, buying property in Portugal, and navigating the residency renewal process.

Carlos Vilhena is a Product and Engineering Leader based in Portugal. He has a background in Software Engineering and 18 years of commercial Product, Engineering, and Management experience for high-growth startups, established businesses, and public institutions across Europe. He has co-founded a SaaS company, helped build better government services, scaled distributed engineering teams, helped Talkdesk, and built Astrada’s first API platform. He enjoys solving complex problems, growing product and engineering teams, taking projects from concept to release, and working with fast-paced teams to deliver value and scalable solutions. He writes about Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Engineering.

Vladimir Lazarev is the Head of Engineering at Mojam. He focuses on developing staff, teams, and processes, aligning them with business needs. Vladimir creates websites and mobile apps, and sets up infrastructure. He resides in Sesimbra, Portugal.

Odoardus is a PhD student in Classical Studies, focusing on "Ways of contact with the Intelligible/Divine in the Neoplatonic and Christian philosophies from the 3rd to the 6th centuries A.D." He was born in 1995 and is originally from Mafra, but currently lives in Lisbon. He is interested in Greek and Roman literature and art, Ancient Philosophy, Theology, Literature, Pop Culture, Technology and other random things, which he writes about on his blog. He enjoys reading, outdoor activities like hiking and mountain biking, and studying languages. He speaks Portuguese, English, and Italian fluently, and also speaks French and Spanish. He is currently studying Modern Greek and Japanese. He also knows Latin and Ancient Greek and translates things into Portuguese. His translation of Longus' Daphnis and Chloe will be published soon.

Igor Medeiroz, born in Brazil in 1996 and currently based in Lisbon, is a data analytics professional. He has a passion for writing and photography. In his free time, he enjoys exploring creative projects that merge storytelling and visuals.

Giles Thomas is a founder and coder, originally from the UK and now living in Lisbon, Portugal. He is currently exploring AI and sharing his experiments and thoughts on his blog. He founded PythonAnywhere, a platform-as-a-service for Python developers, and sold it to Anaconda in 2022. After helping with the transition for a couple of years, he is taking some downtime to recharge and ponder what’s next. He has been posting on his blog for nearly 20 years, covering a variety of topics.

Emanuel Ferraz, known online as Kamefrede, is a Backend Engineer at Uphold based in Porto, Portugal. He started his blog in 2021 to share occasional ramblings on topics of interest. His hobbies include Dungeons & Dragons, Magic The Gathering, Photography, 5-a-side football, Weightlifting, Singing and trekking mountain trails. He enjoys programming with JavaScript and Go.

Miguel Carneiro maintains a personal website where he shares posts related to infrastructure management and technology. He can be contacted via email at mig4ng@gmail.com or mail@miguelcarneiro.pt. He uses the handle mig4ng on various online platforms, including Telegram and GitHub. He also has a LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram, but notes that he pays little attention to social networks. He encourages those interested in updates to subscribe to his RSS Feed or Newsletter.

Paulo Coelho Alves is an Engineering Manager at Plex, where he manages code and ideas. He describes himself as a holder of loosely-held opinions, and enjoys writing and making music when he feels inspired. Paulo is also a self-proclaimed professional nap taker. He is responsive to email and can occasionally be found on Mastodon. Life Patterns is his musical side-project, which features electronic music. He also occasionally takes photos, which he shares on Glass.

Artur Azevedo is a web designer and digital entrepreneur based in Portugal. He helps create websites with WordPress. He also has a portfolio, blog, and podcast.