David Morais
Pre-Sales Manager at Critical Manufacturing
Pre-Sales Manager at Critical Manufacturing
My professional journey has been shaped by a continuous progression. I started my career building and operating complex IT systems in high‑tech manufacturing environments, where reliability, scale, and execution discipline were non‑negotiable. That foundation still defines how I approach challenges today. Over time, I moved from hands‑on engineering into roles focused on designing products, architecting solutions, and bridging technology with real operational needs. This evolution naturally led me into pre‑sales, where I now focus on helping manufacturing organizations make confident, well‑informed decisions about their digital transformation initiatives. I work closely with customers, sales, and delivery teams to translate business and operational objectives into clear solution direction, aligning scope, architecture, integration, and delivery expectations early and transparently. My goal is always to ensure that ambition is matched with feasibility, and that proposed solutions are not only compelling, but executable. An early background in optimization and decision‑support systems continues to influence my approach: valuing data, structure, and pragmatic use of analytics and AI where they genuinely improve outcomes. I believe technology creates value only when it simplifies decisions, strengthens operations, and supports long‑term sustainability. I am driven by complex industrial challenges, collaborative problem‑solving, and building trust through technical credibility, clarity, and consistency.
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Education1
A multidisciplinary engineering degree combining information technology and business processes, focused on designing and managing information systems that support organizational performance. The programme prepared graduates to: - Align IT solutions with business needs - Analyze and optimize processes and workflows - Support decision-making through data and systems - Manage the development and implementation of enterprise systems Core areas included software engineering, databases, systems analysis, and project management, with a strong emphasis on applying technology to solve real-world business problems.
Activities / Societies: Worked with early UMinho Genetic Algorithm frameworks("AlGenUM") for optimization and AI problem-solving
