PhD in Mechanical Engineering by the UNL, specialist in HVAC by the Chamber of Engineers, Member of AHSRAE, former MSc and Diplomat Engineer by IST, now working as Professor in the Naval Academy (Portugal), former Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal. Owner of a HVAC company, worked before for IBM, EDP (Portuguese electricity company) and in the LNEC (National Civil Engineering Laboratory).