Team

Andreja Petrovič
EŠNM

Andreja Petrovič
Project manager
TEAM

Andreja Petrovič is the headmistress of the Higher Vocational College. She has a degree in education and sociology and a master’s degree in social informatics. She also has many years of experience in managing and implementing school, national and international projects. She actively promotes EU values and active citizenship in schools and is particularly committed to digitalisation and sustainability. Creativity, initiative, teamwork and responsibility are important to her.

She is a manager in the AgileDT project and a member of the DT team.

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Andreia Batista
AEVA

Andreia Baptista
Project manager
TEAM

Graduated in Teaching of English and Portuguese and post-graduated in Portuguese Studies. From 1999 to 2004 she was a teacher of both languages at public schools and from then to 2018 she had her teaching and tutoring tasks at a vocational school – AEVA-Escola Profissional de Aveiro.

Currently she is a full time Project Manager at the international department at AEVA (Citizens Projects). Responsible, versatile and dedicated, she is involved in developing content and materials, elaboration of reports, intellectual outputs, translation of texts, among others, and coordinates individual mobility projects (KA1) for VET students.

By Andreja Petrovič, ago

Ana Ribeiro
AEVA

Ana Ribeiro
Head of the Internationalisation Department & Project coordinator
TEAM

Graduated in Languages and Modern Literatures and in Teaching of English and Portuguese and post-graduated in School Administration. Until 2004 she was a teacher of English at AEVA-Escola Profissional de Aveiro, at which point she became Pedagogical Director at the same school, a position she held until 2019. At this point, she moved into a full-time position as Project Coordinator at AEVA-Citizens Projects, a task she still holds.

Good mood, energetic and committed, as executive director of the Citizens Projects, she oversees and manages all of AEVA’s Erasmus+ projects since 2001.

By Andreja Petrovič, ago

Maria Mantilla Pousa
Daniel Castelao

Maria Mantilla Pousa
DT-force member
TEAM

She is a professor specialising in Human Resources and Career Guidance with a strong commitment to the academic and professional success of her students. She believes that the results of her students are her top priority, which is why she has developed a teaching method that focuses on dynamic and engaging classes designed to make learning both enjoyable and effective, while ensuring positive outcomes.

With previous experience as an administrative professional, she believes that her professional background adds value to her teaching. This experience allows her to complement the theoretical curriculum with practical examples and real-life situations, making her classes more relevant and applicable to the realities of the job market.

By Andreja Petrovič, ago

Kathryn Cormican
UoG

Kathryn Cormican
TEAM

Professor Kathryn Cormican is a distinguished expert in systems engineering at the University of Galway, where she heads the Enterprise Research Centre and manages a team of PhD students, research associates and post-doctoral fellows. Her research focuses on Technology Innovation Management and Enterprise Systems, with a strong emphasis on working with industry to design, develop and implement innovative solutions. She has published over 160 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact journals, including Computers in Industry and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. She has received numerous awards for her contributions, including the Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year (2022) and the prestigious John Burbidge Award for her doctoral research.

Professor Cormican is internationally recognised for her impact, having delivered keynote addresses at leading conferences, served on editorial boards and reviewed for top journals. She has held visiting positions at the Mayo Clinic (USA) and Tsinghua University (China), further expanding her global network. She also leads an award-winning Masters in Enterprise Systems, designed to prepare graduates for high-tech industries, and has led the development of innovative modules in technology innovation, project management and research methods. Her extensive academic leadership and industrial collaborations reinforce her significant influence in both areas.

By Andreja Petrovič, ago

Suzana Sampaio
UoG

Suzana Sampaio
Project manager
TEAM

Suzana Sampaio received the bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Catholic University of Pernambuco, in 2000, the master’s degree in computer science from the Federal University of Pernambuco, in 2010, with a focus on software productivity, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Federal University of Pernambuco, in 2015, with a focus on project management.

She was a Specialist in information technology with the Federal University of Pernambuco, in 2002. She was a Collaborating Researcher at the Engineering and Computer Center, National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, Ireland, where she currently managing the INCREMENTA Project, collaborating on business innovation research, design thinking, and shared leadership. She held a postdoctoral position at NUI, from 2018 to 2019. She is currently a Lecturer and a Researcher with the Department of Computing, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco. With over 20 years of experience in the software development industry and ten in consulting (process improvement, productivity and agile mindset, and practices).

She has IS/IT services for government and project reality. Regarding research, she has experience and interests include computer science, focusing on software engineering, on the following topics: project management, agile methodologies, human and social aspects in software engineering, process and quality improvement, innovation, uncertainty management, and service delivery.

By Andreja Petrovič, ago

Deirdre Green
Learnovate

Deirdre Green
Project manager
TEAM

Deirdre Green, Learnovate Centre Programme Manager, brings knowledge and skill from over twenty years’ experience in team, production and project management to her role at Learnovate. During this time Deirdre was responsible for the delivery of large multi-faceted projects across eLearning, internet and app publishing industries. At Learnovate she has managed a wide range of research projects across the Schools, Corporate and Lifelong learning contexts working with a range of industry and academic partners to deliver innovative technology and insightful research reports.

By Andreja Petrovič, ago

Pablo Alvarez
Learnovate

Pablo Alvarez
Learnovate
TEAM

Pablo Alvarez is a Research Fellow at TCD and collaborates with Learnovate Centre as a Tech Lead and Innovation Consultant. He has been using innovative methodologies such as Design Thinking, Lean and Agile Development, Rapid Prototyping and Design Sprint in a variety of projects with EdTech industry members. He also holds experience as a VET teacher and tutor and has participated in Erasmus+ programmes running training workshops, organising meetings and activities for partners and supporting students and fellow teachers in exploring new learning opportunities and using newly acquired skills in applied projects

Combining his past experience teaching in VET schools with his current role utilising the innovation methodologies – Agile development, Design Thinking, Lean Start up etc – to work with Industry partners in exploring their problems and prototyping solutions, first determined to seek a cooperation partnership that would bring these two elements together. This partnership explores the idea of training Design Thinking and Agile methodologies in the VET schools as a cross-disciplinary activity and in so doing seeks to address the need: lack of cross-disciplinary and collaborative activities in the school.

By Andreja Petrovič, ago