João Castro

Web2 & Web3 Product Leadership

Project ManagerProduct ManagerEntertainment⚖️ LegalHRSales & BizDevITInvestor & VCStartup FounderC-level Executive🐦 DesignConsultingEducationBusiness OwnerCOOLecturerTutorResearcherProfessorCPOCEOArt DirectorAdvisorFounderProduct ConsultantScientist

As Head of Product at a Web3 product studio, led a 16-person cross-functional team in shipping end-to-end Web3 products and features. Previously, co-founded and managed a graphic design and web development studio, from business development to client project delivery, while leading business operations. After three years, despite sustainable growth, the partners decided to wind down. Interestingly, it received an acquisition proposal two months later, showing that execution and client relationships had real market value. Achieved academic distinction - top 5% at the University of Coimbra with a 20/20 self-proposed, internationally awarded master’s thesis. Later invited to teach creative coding, demonstrating deep technical code and design skills and the ability to translate technical expertise into accessible learning. Invests in community by sponsoring his own scholarship and mentoring programs for young women from his hometown who want to pursue a tech career, reflecting a long-term commitment to talent development and ecosystem building.

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Work Background

Head of Product

Lindy LabsHead of Product

Product Manager

Lindy LabsProduct Manager

Feb. 2024 - Oct. 2024Sandclock.org (Crypto Asset Wealth Management Platform) Opus.money (Autonomous Decentralized Credit and Savings Platform)

Product Manager

Lindy LabsProduct Manager

Aug. 2023 - Feb. 2024Sandclock.org

Invited Assistant (Teacher)

Universidade de CoimbraInvited Assistant (Teacher)

Sep. 2022 - Sep. 20232023 - Invited Speaker at ARTEC33 (33rd IPT Graphic Arts Symposium) 2023 (2nd Semester) - Multimedia Programming (aka "How to Code for Designers using Processing - Part 2/2") - Graded 4,4/5 by students according to an official inquiry. 2022 (1st Semester) - Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (aka "How to Code for Designers using Processing - Part 1/2") - Graded 4,4/5 by students according to an official inquiry. 2022 (1st Semester) - Project 3: Multimedia Applications - Graded 4,42/5 by students according to official inquiry.

Co-Founder

remote·coimbraCo-Founder

Aug. 2022 - Aug. 2024Coimbra, PortugalCo-working space in Coimbra, Portugal.

Co-Founder & Head of Strategy

Divisa.Co-Founder & Head of Strategy

Sep. 2019 - Nov. 2022PortugalGraphic Design & Web Development Studio

Computational Creativity Researcher

CISUC - Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of CoimbraComputational Creativity Researcher

Jan. 2019 - Jan. 2020Computational Design and Visualization Lab (CDVLab) 2021 - "Casa das Máquinas: An Artificial Dialogue of Portuguese Poetry" - International Conference on Entertainment Computing 2021 (ICEC 2021) 2020 - "Typomania meets Coimbra" - Talk and Exhibition Organizer 2020 - "24+1: East West Post meets Coimbra" - "East West" Artistic Poster Co-Author 2020 - 90 Segundos de Ciência (scientific radio program) - Participation with «Máquina de Ouver» (Episode 878) 2020 - ELO Media Arts Festival 2020 (University of Central Florida) - "SONAR" Artistic Installation Co-Author 2020 - 11th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'20) - Organization Collaborator 2020 - 1st Processing Community Day (PCD@Coimbra) - Organization Member

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