Plexus Tech

Manage the delivery lifecycle to improve project efficiency and elevate agile adoption across teams.

Craft tailor-made, solution-focused proposals that highlight Plexus Tech's unique capabilities

Forge and deepen client relationships, serving as Portugal's key point of contact.

Elevate our team's capabilities by supporting the top talent acquisition and retention initiatives.

Delivery Director

Marcos Gonçalves

Marcos specializes in guiding SaaS and IT Services Founders & CEOs on their path to success. 
Get the support you need to navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship and reach your full potential.

Because why just fit in, when you're born to stand out?

Founder

Progressive Cloud

As a part-time COO and CIO, I help companies like yours get the most out of their operations and technology. I've played in the major leagues of banking, insurance, telecommunications, and automotive and thrived in the exciting world of startups. Imagine having all this experience for just a day or two a week. It's like having a full-time Exec, minus the high cost and long-term commitment.

I love connecting the dots between business and technology to make things smoother and brighter. Whether you're just starting and need a solid plan or you're an established player looking to move into the digital age, I can help. I aim to offer you a customized solution that is as flexible without breaking the bank. Sounds good? Let's talk!

Fractional Chief Operating & Information Officer (COO / CIO)

Progressive Cloud is a full-remote company that pairs unmatched engineering talent with state-of-the-art technologies to solve modern business challenges in the digital landscape. We're sponsored by the Futurice Group, a multi-national digital innovation and engineering company with Finnish roots. Their core business is developing and designing digital services and products across different business verticals.

Founder and CEO

Silicon Valley Insight

Project Management Excellence: Streamlined Silicon Valley Insight's delivery lifecycle for maximum efficiency and adherence to budget.

Strategic Implementations: Drove operational enhancements by pioneering strategy and integrating cutting-edge technology.

Team Leadership: Led multidisciplinary teams to excel in collaboration, performance, and risk management, upholding delivery standards.

Senior Vice President of Delivery

Vice President of Product & Project

Critical TechWorks

Leadership & Budget Management: Directed a 60+ engineering team, efficiently administering a €7M budget towards strategic user experience enhancements.

Integration Excellence: Spearheaded cross-functional team efforts to deliver top-tier integrated solutions, ensuring alignment with project goals.

Client Relations & KPI Utilization : Acted as the principal client liaison, notably with BMW, to fortify relationships, ensure transparency, and drive performance through key metrics.

Head of Interactions

tb.lx (formerly Daimler Trucks & Buses Tech and Data Hub)

Visionary Product Strategy: Devised and steered the product roadmap for Daimler tb.lx, aligning with corporate objectives and market needs.

Agile Team Leadership: Guided cross-functional teams to prioritize and expedite product development cycles, enhancing stakeholder rapport.

Metrics-Driven Management: Embedded KPIs and OKRs into product lifecycle to bolster performance, agility, and strategic direction.

Data Science Leadership : As Product Lead, orchestrated a data science team in constructing predictive models powering AutoTech streaming services.

Product Owner

Mercedes-Benz.io

Strategic Vision: Crafted and conveyed strategic plans for the Seller Center (platform for Mercedes Retailers), aligning product direction with corporate targets and user needs.

Backlog and Team Coordination: Orchestrated backlog management and rallied cross-functional teams for timely, high-quality output.

Performance Monitoring : Tracked product KPIs, championed inter- departmental engagement, and aligned budgets with fiscal objectives and operational efficiency.

Hiscox

CRM System Leadership: Spearheaded the delivery of a pan-European CRM system, bolstering underwriting and marketing functions, and ensuring GDPR and IDD adherence.

Strategic Product Management: Harmonized product strategy with Hiscox's platforms, led the adoption of agile practices, and oversaw a portfolio of 50+ annual IT initiatives.

GDPR Implementation Expertise : Orchestrated comprehensive GDPR compliance across Hiscox’s European operations, enhancing data protection and privacy standards.

Agile Execution Supervision : Directed agile project execution, upholding the company’s dedication to agile methodology and project efficiency.

Senior IT Business Analyst / Delivery Lead

Noesis

Platform Enhancement: Oversaw the maintenance of BNP Paribas's Neolink trading platform, ensuring high performance and reliability for securities trading operations.

Feature Deployment: Coordinated the deployment of new features and security patches to the Neolink platform, enhancing trading capabilities and safeguarding against cyber threats.

Quality Assurance: Executed comprehensive bug fixes and optimizations, significantly improving user experience and system integrity for Neolink's trading environment.

Senior Business Analsyt

Novabase

System Consolidation: Leveraged Calypso's integrated cross-asset platform to consolidate Novo Banco's trading operations, enhancing system efficiency and innovation in risk and accounting processes.

Operational Compliance: Guided Novo Banco through a strategic transition to the Calypso platform, streamlining operations and ensuring compliance with evolving financial regulations.

Knowledge Collaboration: Established direct interfaces with the trading team, imparting specialized Calypso platform knowledge and fostering a collaborative environment for continuous process improvement.

Calypso Business Analyst

Empower Startup Founders & CEOs: Break Free from 'Do-It-All' Roles, Slash Costly Errors, and Launch Profitable Products💥

I guide Tech Founders and CEOs to optimal success and growth in the startup arena.

I talk about:

1. Strategic Leadership:
    - Navigating the crucial early and scale-up phases for SaaS and IT Services startups
    - Personalized mentorship for visionary tech leaders

2. Organizational Dynamics & Culture:
    - Talent strategy for attracting and retaining tech innovators
    - Fostering effective team collaboration, whether hybrid or remote
    - Agile practices and product-centric leadership

3. Mindset & Growth:
    - Career pathing tailored for the tech entrepreneur
    - Cultivating emotional intelligence and resilience within tech teams
    - Embracing the G.R.I.T. mindset for enduring success

4. Operational Tools & Marketing:
    - Leveraging cutting-edge tools and methodologies
    - Modern marketing strategies tailored for the tech industry
    
If any of these resonate with you, turn on the notifications.
    

## MORE ABOUT ME ##

15+ years in the driver's seat of significant software projects. Crafting tech narratives, nurturing teams, and witnessing companies reach new heights. But my journey extends beyond tech accomplishments. The challenges of COVID-19 revealed the profound link between personal growth, executive leadership, and entrepreneurship.
    
As your concierge strategist, I provide bespoke support tuned to your startup's pulse—sharpening your product, operations, and market strategy. Together, we'll customize your path from launch to industry impact.
    

## PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS ##
    
    - 🌟 Leading the digital charge for over 15 years, delivering solutions for 30+ industry startups and giants.
    - 🚀 Launched and grew a tech consulting firm to €500,000 in revenue within 5 months.
    - 🤝 Fractional COO, CPO, and CIO roles bringing startups from concept to launch readiness.
    - 🗞️ Weekly insights on tech entrepreneurship and leadership with 'Founder Flightplan'.
    
    Ready to pivot and pen your success story? Here's your toolkit:
    
    1⃣ Subscribe to my insights:
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    2⃣ Embark on the Founder Growth Program
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    3⃣ Tailored guidance for your challenges
    https://marcosgoncalves.me/1-1-coaching-sessions/
    
    4️⃣ Let's collaborate! Drop me a message.

Marcos G.

Gonçalo Sequeira  🚀

Hiire

Since launching in 2022, we've partnered with early-stage startups, scale-ups, and corporates to build their world-class Tech and Digital teams. 
We work hard every day to be a trusted extension of your team, we offer 3 core talent solutions:

 📌 In-House Recruitment Solution - We Hiire, You Scale
A dedicated Talent Specialist integrated into your team. For a monthly fixed fee, you have consistency, visibility, and access to insights to refine your recruitment processes and do multiple hires.
 
📌 Direct Hiring - We Hiire, You Grow
We bring you a great short list of qualified candidates, ensuring the perfect hiring decision for your company's culture and goals. Speed up your hiring timeline, with 100% of transparency, providing market knowledge about your competitors and talent market. 

📌 Recruitment Training - We Mentor, You Hiire
We offer tailored coaching and industry insights to keep your team ahead of the game. Streamline your hiring process, foster a culture of continuous learning, and watch your team's confidence soar.

Do you want to improve your hiring strategy or train your hiring team? Send me a DM.

We already helped clients like Secil, Solvay, Factorial HR, Ironhack,Velocix, Zharta, Paynest, Unlockit, Probely, Ruby Hotel, Trengo and many others. 

Hiire has a Career Advisory Program for Talent looking for great opportunities.

Our focus is on understanding the unique goals and values of job seekers and helping them develop a personalized job search strategy that aligns with their dreams and aspirations. 

We believe in pushing boundaries and changing lives, one dream job at a time.

Founder & CEO - Hiring Tech Talent

Networkme

Actively investing in NetworkMe and Advising the Founders and HR team in People and Recruitment topics.

Advisor & Investor 

Talent Booster

If you like video content check my TikTok account: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSV741SU/

Career Coach, Content Creator & Talent Advisor 

Recruit Better Community 

Recruit Better is the Meetup for the Portuguese recruiters' community.

The Recruitment scene in Portugal was always closed, dark and with little to no room for sharing.

The Recruit Better Community wants to revolutionize the way recruiters look into Recruitment, by creating a space where recruiters feel free and empowered to share their stories, experiences, best practices, trends, hacks, approaches and strategies with peers.

Trengo - Smart Conversations Platform

> Contract Via Hiire <

I'm continuing my journey at Trengo to hire the best people for an amazing company 

My mission is to coach, training and develop the Talent team. Additionally I'm supporting and advising Trengo in Employer Branding initiatives and HR projects.

Talent Acquisition Management as a Service (via Hiire) 

In an increasingly digital world, Trengo envisions a smooth way of connecting people with the companies behind their products and services. Our software makes it easy for customer-facing teams to collaborate on conversations via multiple channels, all in one shared inbox. Email, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, live-chat, you name it. With an A-round investment of $36M lead by Insight Partners and Peak Capital, we are strengthening our position in the Netherlands and accelerating our rapid growth in Europe.

When you meet anyone who works at Trengo, you'll most likely find them excited about continuous improvements, empowered to add their own touch to the world of online communication and eager to collaborate with diverse people on the daily.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Adyen

Leading the hiring of great tech talent, such as: 

22 Frontend Engineer 
2 PHP Engineers 
1 QA Engineer 
5 C++ Application Engineer 
2 Terminal UI Developer 

Tech Employer Branding: 

Re-create the Offer Letter Template for Europe, APAC, and LATAM
Create a partnership with Open-source software communities (Vue.js and Preact.js) 
Planned and Organized leadership workshops to define the Tech Employer Branding Strategy

Recruitment Business Partner

Responsible for the Staffing & Recruiting processes for the main programs at Mercedes-Benz.io 

Coaching, developing and mentoring a team of 4 great recruiters

Global Staffing & Recruiting Standards

Responsible for the recruiting at Mercedes-Benz.io - Lisbon.

Main achievements: 

Help to create and develop an amazing place to work 
Ramping-up Mercedes-Benz.io Lisbon since the first day (+200 in Headcount in less than 4 years)
Develop several Employer Brand activities (Videos, Websummit, several job fairs and tech conferences)

Talent Acquisition Manager & HR Specialist 

Responsible for Employer Branding & Recruiting at Mercedes-Benz.io

Main achievements: 

Ramping up a new Daimler Tech Hub in Singapore (11 hires in 3 months)
Coaching and developing +8 recruiters in different locations (Portugal and Germany)

Lead Link Employer Branding & Recruiting

Daimler AG

Responsible for the recruiting of Lisbon Digital Tech Hub 

At the beginning of May, Mercedes-Benz opened the world's first Digital Delivery Hub in the Portuguese capital. Lisbon is currently becoming the "place to be" in the digital world. The world's most important tech-conference, the Web Summit, has been held in Lisbon since last year, for example. Mercedes-Benz is involved as a main sponsor and with numerous well-regarded speakers. The Portuguese capital is a very popular place for "digital natives" to live and work and the scenario is perfect for the new Digital Delivery Hub of Mercedes-Benz. The national government and city council also plan to use this momentum to develop Lisbon into the next digital hotspot.

Head of Recruitment for Mercedes-Benz Digital Delivery Hub in Portugal

Feedzai

Main Responsibilities: 
- Full life cycle of IT recruiting (Main Roles: DevOps, Data Scientist and Software Engineer); 
- Develop and implement new sourcing strategies;  
- Hiring and Onboarding more than 40 employees for the 3 core business areas; 
- Responsible for the relationship with Universities;  
- Organize and Planning Events (e.g. Career fairs, Tech festivals); 
- Onboarding, coaching and coordinating  4 new elements of the HR team;  
- Implement a new ATS; 
- Salary and benefits analysis for the Portuguese Market; 
- HR Surveys (Recruitment & Onboarding and Employee Culture & Satisfaction for US and PT);

HR Consultant

Jason Associates

Main Responsabilities - Executive Search / Recruitment:

- Candidate search
- Telephone Interview 
- Personal Interview 
- Appraisals
- Career Advisory
- Monitoring post recruitment;
- Participation as Consultant in human resources projects such as Assessments Centres,Group Dynamics and Role-plays


Sectors: Financial Services, Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications, Consumer Goods, IT, Industry, Consultancy, among others

Consultant

Jason Associates is a Human Resources company, created and based on the premise that, by default, when we are in a state of satisfaction and professional motivation, we are able to do more, better and for longer.

Specialties:
Search & Assessment, People Communication, People Development & Training, HR Advisory, Models & Systems

Boost Your Talent With Jason Associates - Expert Talent Advisory
Portugal | Moçambique | Brasil | Angola

Associate

I always dreamt about having my own business and having 100% freedom to be where I wanted to be.

However, I always struggled to make that step. Working as a full-time employee, gave me enough challenges, money and happiness for more than 10 years of my life.

But not anymore. So in 2022 I decided to open Hiire - my first real business - focusing on helping companies to hire better and faster every single day without forgetting an amazing candidate experience. 100% digital because I will be travelling the world while I'm expanding Hiire and helping international companies.

Before, I worked for companies like Jason Associates, Feedzai, Mercedes-Benz.io, Adyen and Trengo. Hired +500 IT professionals (from Software Engineers to CTOs), created Employer Branding projects from zero and coached recruitment teams to help them go to their next level in Portugal, Germany, Netherlands and Singapore.

Since 2020 I'm actively helping great professionals find better jobs and different career paths with personalised coaching programs. That's part of Talent Booster - where I share content regarding careers, not only here on LinkedIn but also on Instagram and Tik Tok.

When I was 22 years old, I acquire my first stock, Apple and never stop investing ever since!
I'm currently investing and advising Network Me, a great start-up helping to close the gap between companies and students.

Are you looking to improve your Hiring strategy or Recruitment team? Send me and DM and let's chat!

Our aim is to change the future of recruitment. 

We worked with great clients so far:

 ✅ Factorial HR - Content Creation 
 ✅ Gapstars - Recruiting the 1st TA Manager in PT.  
 ✅ Trengo - TA management as a Service: managing a team of 3 people. 
 ✅ NetworkMe - Interviews on-demand to assess Head of Marketing 
 ✅ Ironhack - Content Creation


And we keep working with amazing clients as well:

📌 JAy!dhub - Helping JAy! to build tech hubs in PT
📌 Letras Binárias - RPO
📌 Secil - Hiring Key Tech Talent  
📌 Zharta - Hiring key Tech Talent

Do you want to improve your hiring strategy or train your recruitment team? Send me a DM.

Web Summit just started, and I am not joining! 

Instead, I’m taking the best part of it without going.

I believe this is what a lot of founders and business developers should do.

Join side events. 

Only yesterday at TUMO Portugal I met +10 people that I might build a business relationship with.

Besides that I learnt a lot from other CEOs like Hugo Augusto and Oleg Fomenko 

How are you enjoying the Web Summit week?

#websummit #events #event #businessdevelopment

CEO @ Hiire - Helping Companies Hire Tech Talent every day | Content Creator & LinkedIn Top Voice | Speaker & Investor

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Last week was especial. 

Web Summit is always exciting but it can exhausting and without good results.

I was looking to make great connections and learn from the right people but in the middle of so many side events it was hard to be sure where were the best opportunities. 

Gladly I knew the right people from Porto that organised the best Lunch in Lisbon. 

Thanks Francisco Raio and André Oliveira for creating the Upside Club and making this lunch happing.

I felt a kid again because I was learning so much with every single founder on the table. 

Big thanks to everyone that share their story, struggles and the real truth regarding being a founder. 

Andre Albuquerque, Eduardo Freire Rodrigues, MD, Guilherme Faria Diogo Maia Caetano Miguel Ferreira João Campaniço e José Velez

Looking forward to continue to build Hiire and to see the growth of your businesses!

#websummit #events #event #upside #learning #networking

Life is beautiful.

On Monday, I was in Cyprus, on Tuesday in North Macedonia, and today I'm back in my home country, Portugal! 

Coming back is always amazing to be with friends and family. 

But this time I'm also back with a business purpose. 

To enjoy one of the most exciting weeks in Lisbon that we have during the year. The Web Summit week! 

I won't attend Web Summit this year, but I will be around for several side events around the city. 

If you are around and want to get to know me, discuss hiring, or understand better the recruitment industry in Portugal, DM me! 

Are you joining Web Summit or any of the side events? 

Looking forward to next week, full of networking and exciting opportunities ahead! 

#websummit #event #events #recruitment #techhiring #portugal

We’ve all been there 😅

That dreaded interview question that feels more like a trap than an opportunity.

But here’s the thing:

👉 It’s your chance to shape the narrative.
👉 The goal isn’t to share your life story.
👉 It’s to highlight how your experience solves their problems.

Next time you hear "Tell me about yourself," try this structure:

✅ Where you are now: Quick summary of your current role/skills
✅ Where you’ve been: A highlight that’s relevant to the job
✅ Where you’re going: Why you’re excited about this opportunity

💡 Keep it short. Focus on impact. And above all: show enthusiasm.

#JobSearchTips #Interviews #CareerAdvice #RecruitmentHumor #meme

Most job seekers focus too much on their resume.

Here’s the thing…

📌 Perfect formatting won’t land you the job.
📌 A list of responsibilities won’t make you stand out.
📌 Cover letters? Most aren’t even read.

So what works?

✅ A strong LinkedIn presence
✅ Work samples that prove your skills
✅ A network that vouches for you

Hiring managers don’t read resumes; they look at who you are beyond them.

Want to stand out? Build a presence, not just a CV.

#JobSearch #CareerGrowth #PersonalBranding #Hiring #LinkedInTips

Recruiters don’t spend their time hiring people. 

Well that is what the JD says but that is not the reality.

Actually Hiring people it’s like 5% or less of their time. (Making offers for people to join the company and dealing with this process) 

They spend a lot of more time rejecting people. Even if candidates don’t get feedback, recruiters reject more people then they hire.

It’s what it is. That is how you get hires! 

So if you master the art of rejecting and giving feedback to candidates, your life has a recruiter will be better. 

I know it’s not nice and easy.

But you will do it a lot. 

What is your take on rejecting candidates?

Many companies want volume in their recruitment funnel.

“Let’s get +300 applications.”

But here’s the truth:

More candidates usually mean more problems.

Screening overload.
Low-quality profiles.
Wasted time.

And your hiring team? Burned out.

What do you really need?

🎯 Targeted job ads that attract the right people
🤝 Proactive outreach to candidates who actually match your role
📉 Smaller, curated pipelines = better interviews + better decisions

At Hiire, we’ve helped clients make incredible hires from shortlists.

Because quality > quantity — every time.

Want to learn how to attract fewer but better candidates?

Book a free strategy call with us (link in the comments)👇

#HiringStrategy #Recruitment #TalentAcquisition

It's rare to see someone talk highly about recruiters. 

Mainly because they don't know what they are doing. 

Because if they do, they wouldn't. 

I hope this image can give you a clearer idea! 

#motivation #recruiters #recruitment #hiring

Your hiring problem isn't your lack of tools.


It’s your lack of process.

Every time companies struggle to hire, they start shopping for:

🔍 A new sourcing platform
📅 A shiny new ATS
🧠 AI-powered "recruitment automation"

But here’s the truth: Tools won’t fix broken processes.

If you don’t have clarity on: 

👉 How candidates apply
👉 How interviews are structured
👉 How feedback is shared
👉 Who owns what in the process

Then more tools = more confusion.

Tools help you scale.

But the process is what makes you hire successfully.

At Hiire, we help companies fix their hiring foundations before they invest in tech.

Want to streamline your recruitment and use tools the right way?

Book a free strategy call with us (link in the comments) 👇

#Recruitment #HiringStrategy #TalentAcquisition

Do you like your career page? 

Is it attracting the right people? 

If not this is for you!

Most career pages in 2025 are still... boring.

Stock images. Generic copy.

Zero personality. Zero soul.

Why?

Because too many companies still treat their careers page like an afterthought,
Instead of the front door to their employer brand.

You don’t need a big budget to fix this.

You need intentionality.

🎥 Use real videos from your team — even from your last off-site.
🗣 Add testimonials from employees or hiring managers.
✨ Give it personality.
💡 And above all: Make it easy to apply.

If your application process is complicated, top candidates won’t even finish it.
Simple. Honest. Human.

That’s how you win attention (and applications) in 2025.

Want help improving your candidate journey? 

Let us know!

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