Manuel Monteiro is Group Leader for Business Development at Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS. Manuel holds an M.Sc. in Electrical and Computers Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He graduated in 2012 after presenting his work on wireless-optical interfaces developed at INESC-TEC. Manuel joined Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS' research team in 2012. In 2018, he became Innovation Lead for Cognitive Connected Solutions. In 2019, he joined ACLImpex. After working as the Director for Technology Innovation and as a Member of the Executive Board for one year, Manuel returned to Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS for his current role. Since 2017, he has cooperated with different organisations as an Innovation Consultant, and he currently serves as one of the board members of AlmaScience, a Collaborative Laboratory developing cellulose-based smart and sustainable applications.
