José Luís Malaquias holds an Engineering Degree in Physics and a M.Sc. In technological physics. He taught for 10 years at the University of Coimbra (Physics Department), in topics related to biomedical engineering. He was Innovation Director for Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, where he wrote or co-wrote over 30 successful R&D proposals, going back to the seventh framework programme. He was a researcher for RC Soft, where he developed IoT technology. He was the head of IT and machine maintenance for PMM, an injection moulding company. He was a researcher at Withlogik, an IoT company, where he developed electronic and software solutions for the moulding industry. He was an IoT researcher for Loop Future, where he developed a water pipe monitoring system. Currently, he is an Innovation Advisor for Cleanwatts Digital. In parallel, since 2012, he has maintained an independent activity as a corporate research and innovation consultant.
Main area of activity in R2M:
José Luís writes R&D proposals on behalf of R2M and its customers. He strategises the proposal, helps put together the right consortium, and is actively involved in both the preparatory work and the actual writing of the proposal.