Dr Ana Faria

I am a founding member and CEO of the DoctorateHub, which is an online mentoring community for advanced and doctoral students. The DoctorateHub provides modular, efficient, and effective training and guidance on three flexible routes: Club, taught and mentored journeys.



Further to this, I am an intrapreneur and entrepreneur by nature, with over two decades of experience as Co-Founder, CEO, Project Advisor, Project Manager, Business Developer, Principal Investigator, Business Consultant, Mentor and Coach, for a variety of private and public organisations and clients. During that time, I have worked in cross-disciplinary areas of information and communication technology (ICT), innovation and the development of technology-based systems in support of change, and decision-making and sustainable development. In 2004 I was part of the team developing the first Portuguese Digital City, a €6,4M project that set the example for the rest of the country to emulate. Other large-scale projects included the Rational Use of Energy, Sustainability, and Smart Cities; where I coordinated and managed National and European Funds.

I hold a PhD from the Engineering and Innovation Department at the Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, The Open University UK. My doctoral thesis was in the area of behavioural economics, titled “The role of behaviour in the transition to more energy efficient use at home”. I also hold a degree in Economics from the Universidade do Minho (Portugal), a degree in International Management from the RSM Erasmus University (The Netherlands), and a master’s in business administration in International Industrial Management from the Esslingen University of Applied Science. The MBA program was developed to cater for the needs of international senior staff from local enterprises such Behr, Bosch, Daimler, Festo, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Kärcher, Modine, Porsche and Siemens.



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