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Rúben Salgueiro

TECHNOLOGY · BUSINESS · TRANSFORMATION

Turning strategy into impact.

Technology and Business Transformation Executive with 23 years of experience leading Digital, Data, AI and enterprise technology strategies across complex and international organisations.

Digital Transformation · Data & AI · Enterprise Technology · Cybersecurity · Operational Excellence

Portrait of Rúben Salgueiro, technology and business transformation executive.

An executive career in numbers

  • 23

    Years of experience

    Technology and Digital Transformation

  • 100+

    Professionals led

    Across my career

  • 7

    Qualifications

    Including an MBA and executive education

  • 4

    Professional languages

    Portuguese · English · French · Spanish

  • 11

    Group areas

    Business and corporate functions

  • ~14,000

    Users

    Across the current ecosystem

Leadership with purpose

From strategy
to execution

Successful transformation does not depend on technology alone. It requires executive alignment, strong governance, capable teams, disciplined delivery and lasting adoption by the business.

More about how I work
  • Strategic Vision

    Reading where the business is heading and turning that into multi-year priorities the organisation can name.

  • Teams and Culture

    Leading multidisciplinary teams and partners, with change management that makes adoption real rather than announced.

  • Execution and Results

    Turning roadmaps into delivered work, with simplified processes and benefit measured after go-live.

  • Governance and Trust

    Portfolio, investment and cybersecurity governance, with decisions that hold up in front of a board.

A PATH OF PROGRESSION

Experience that builds what comes next

  1. 2021present

    CIO / Director of Information Systems, Data, AI and Digital Transformation

    Grupo Mosqueteiros

  2. 20202021

    Global IT Manager — Procurement and Logistics Technology Center, Global Health & Supply Chain Division

    Chemonics International

  3. 20182020

    Phygital Transformation Leader

    Leroy Merlin

  4. 20082018

    Information Technology Manager

    AKI

  5. 20052008

    Computer Systems Analyst and Project Manager

    AKI Portugal

  6. 20032005

    Software Engineering Consultant

    Link Consulting

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IDEAS WORTH SHARING

Featured

A long cable-stayed bridge reaching across still water, the low sun turning the sky orange.

ARTICLE

First pieces in preparation

The first pieces are being written. They will be notes on transformation leadership, technology governance, and the adoption of data and artificial intelligence, published when there is something worth a reader’s time.

BEYOND TECHNOLOGY

Balance to go further

What happens outside work ends up shaping how the work is done. Anticipation, discipline and the habit of correcting on the second attempt come from places that have nothing to do with technology.

LET US TALK

Ideas gain impact when they are shared.

Open to conversations about transformation leadership, advisory, speaking and collaboration.