Cesar P•••

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President of ESPAP.IP - the public sector company responsible for the implementation and operation of the Shared Services Platform for the Portuguese Government in Financial Services and Accounting, Human Resources Management, Central Public Procurement, Data Center & Information Systems Services. For the previous 9 years was Board Member at PT COMPRAS Negotiation Services SA- the central procurement shared services company for PORTUGAL TELECOM (PT) group. Having led several areas including the Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation of the PT in all major purchasing categories, namely, Telecommunication Systems, Information Systems, Terminal Equipment, Home Equipment networking, Corporate Solutions for Business Customers. It was also in charge of the Process, Quality & Continuous Improvement and International Sourcing. In PORTUGAL TELECOM since previously had several responsibilities in the Information Systems area in the Wireline Business Unit – PT COMUNICAÇÕES and in the Negotiation and Procurement area in the Media Business Unit – PT MULTIMEDIA. Started his career as a Management Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting from Assistant Consultant to Manager. And after that joined Deloitte Consulting in Portugal as a Manager. Has a Business Degree in Management (1993) and Master´s in Management and Industrial Strategy (1996) by ISEG – UTL – Lisbon University. Attended several training courses in the area of Leadership and Management, Negotiation and Information Systems among which the "Telecommunications Strategy & Marketing" at INSEAD, the "Program on Negotiation" at Harvard Law School and the "Business Dynamics" of MIT - Sloan Management School. Is currently a guest lecturer at Porto Business School, University of Porto, in the following areas: Purchasing Management on the Executive MBA and on the Purchasing Management Post-Graduate; Sourcing on the Project Management Post-Graduate; Information Systems on the Purchasing Management Course.