Rui Grilo

Current

Education Lead (Portugal) at Microsoft

Past

- at Portugal Telecom
Deputy Coordinator of the Technological Plan at Cabinet of the National Coordinator of the Lisbon Strategy and the Technological Plan (CNELPT)
Corporate Communication Department: Web projects coordinator at Portugal Telecom

SAPO.pt - Web Portal Contents and Services Director at Portugal Telecom
Business development department - Senior Analist at Portugal Telecom
Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of the Presidency at Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Finance at Ministry of Finance
Adviser to the Prime Minister at Prime Minister's Office
Adviser at Cabinet of the Secretary of State Deputy to the Prime Minister
Adviser at Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Youth

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Education

University of Hertfordshire
Universidade de Évora

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Industry

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Rui Grilo’s Summary

During my professional life, I've had the chance of managing complex change projects, both in privately held companies and in several areas of the Portuguese Government. I'm particularly familiar with the telecommunications and Internet-related areas, with and extensive experience of managing heterogeneous teams of people.
Being a graduate member of the Complexity and Management Centre, directed by Professor Ralph Stacey, my professional practice is informed by the management body of knowledge, with insights from the complexity sciences and social psychology.

Rui Grilo’s Specialties:

Change management, program and project management, web projects, team management, organisational development, technology-related businesses

Rui Grilo’s Experience

Education Lead (Portugal)

Microsoft

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

December 2009 — Present (2 months)
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Portugal Telecom

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

October 2009 — November 2009 (2 months)
Deputy Coordinator of the Technological Plan

Cabinet of the National Coordinator of the Lisbon Strategy and the Technological Plan (CNELPT)

(Executive Office industry)

March 2006 — October 2009 (3 years 8 months)
Corporate Communication Department: Web projects coordinator

Portugal Telecom

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

February 2004 — February 2006 (2 years 1 month)

In charge of managing web related projects in order to use the corporate intranet and internet web sites as effective communication tools.
SAPO.pt - Web Portal Contents and Services Director

Portugal Telecom

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

August 2003 — January 2004 (6 months)
Business development department - Senior Analist

Portugal Telecom

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

January 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 7 months)
Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of the Presidency

Presidency of the Council of Ministers

(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Government Administration industry)

September 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Finance

Ministry of Finance

(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Government Administration industry)

July 2001 — September 2001 (3 months)
Adviser to the Prime Minister

Prime Minister's Office

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)

March 1998 — September 2000 (2 years 7 months)

Adviser to the Prime Minister on issues related to Education, Youth policy, Science and Technology.
Adviser

Cabinet of the Secretary of State Deputy to the Prime Minister

(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Government Administration industry)

November 1997 — February 1998 (4 months)
Adviser

Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Youth

(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Government Administration industry)

July 1996 — November 1997 (1 year 5 months)

Rui Grilo’s Education

University of Hertfordshire

Doctor of Management , Organisational Change , 2002 — 2005

Doctor of Management degree awarded for a programme of work entitled "Experiencing Responsibility in the Context of Project Management".
My research was grounded on the discipline of project management and pointed to how responsibility evokes emotional responses, such as shame, guilt or pride, which are not accounted for nor referred in project management literature. Focusing on thosee emotional aspects of project management enabled me to understand my experience of responsibility in relation to communicative interaction patterning, power relating, emerging ideologies, cult values and disciplining processes.

Activities and Societies:

Complexity and Management Centre
Universidade de Évora

Licenciado , Management , 1991 — 1997

First degree in management, completed with a final dissertation entitled "Management theory and complexity", exploring how complexity theory can contribute to review some basic assumptions on which strategic management theory is grounded, such as systems thinking.

Activities and Societies:

President of the Students' Union (Associação de Estudantes) - 1994-1996
Vice-President of the Student's Union (Associação de Estudantes) - 1994
Member of the Senate of the University - 1994-1996
Elected Member of the Assembly of the University - 1995-1996