Hi, my name is Pedro Dias, I’m Portuguese, originally from the Algarve region (South of Portugal). I have an MA in Graphic Design by IADE – Escola Superior de Design in Lisbon since 2000. There I’ve also completed a Post-Grad in Communication and Image and a specialization in Web Design.
I started my career as a Designer in 1998 in Lisbon, where I worked as a Creative Designer in several Advertising and Design agencies. During that period I had the chance of creating all types of Ads, logos and creative work for major National brands.
But I always had a nerdy side and my interest for computers, gadgets and geek experiments comes since I was 7 or 8 years old… Something that is mirrored in my professional career path:
- In 2006 I decided to radically change my career path and accepted a position at Google in their European Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. I entered the Search Quality team in March 2006 where for 5 years (almost 6) I was a Webspam Analyst with special focus on the Portuguese language market. Around 2007 I started also the external communications with webmasters in Portuguese initially launched in a Google Group which later transitioned to the Portuguese Help Forum.
- In September 2011 I made the tough decision to leave Google and pursue a new challenge and a dream: Open my own company.
Disclaimer:
My company is Engeeno, but this is my personal website, therefore the views expressed on this site are mine alone and not those of my company. If I talk or write about Engeeno, feel free to consider my opinion as personal and biased.
If I send you an email from my personal address, leave a comment on your blog, subscribe to your YouTube videos, honk at you on the highway, or otherwise communicate with you as an everyday human being, please remember these all express views that are mine alone and not those of my employer. So there!
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