Meet the Team

PETsys Electronics Management Team embodies the vision settled by the company to become world provider in high-resolution medical imaging. The team gathers expertise from science and technology with a strong business and high-value technology transfer experience, in the world market.

Executive Team

Prof. Joao Varela, PhD

President and CTO

University Professor at IST and Researcher at CERN, inventor and promoter of the idea. 25 years’ experience in physics and management of very complex international projects including the Large Hadron Collider.

  • Professor Joao Varela obtained a Habilitation in Physics fom Technical University of Lisbon/IST in 1990.
  • He has PhD in high-energy physics from Ecole Polytechnique and University Paris XI, 1984.
  • He has an Electrical Engineering degree from Technical University of Lisbon/IST, 1976.
  • Investor and promoter of the idea. Senior scientist at CERN and also Project Director of the PET-Mammography consortium.
  • Professor in the Department of Physics of IST, University of Lisbon.
  • In 1986-93 was co-director of LIP (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Particle Physics) in Lisbon.
  • Coordinated the LIP groups in the CERN experiments NA38/50, Delphi, and CMS at the Large Hadron Collider since 1992.
  • He was member of several scientific boards at CERN.
  • Since 2006 he is editor of the Journal of Instrumentation.
  • He is co-author of more than 300 scientific publications in international journals.
  • Has long experience in the coordination of international scientific and technological projects.

Prof. Stefaan Tavernier, PhD

Vice President and CSMO

Over 30 years of academic and research experience in the area of nuclear instrumentation, including instrumentation for Nuclear Medicine. Full-time Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He had many important scientific and management responsibilities in international scientific organizations, including CERN.

  • Professor Stefaan Tavernier obtained a Habilitation in Physics from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1984.
  • He has a Ph.D. in Physics both from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel,and the Faculté des Sciences de Paris.
  • He is Full professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) since 2000.
  • He has over 45 years of academic and research experience in the area of nuclear instrumentation, including instrumentation for Nuclear Medicine (in Belgium and at CERN).
  • He was the spokesperson of the NA25 experiment at CERN, and of the CERN Crystal Clear Collaboration for many years.
  • Is author or co-author of more than 300 scientific publications, has registered 3 patents, and has written 2 scientific handbooks.
  • Has been Scientific advisor for the company IBA (Ion Beam applications), CPI Crystal Photonics Inc., and Raytest.
  • Had several important responsibilities in the management of his university, e.g. he was head of the physics department and chairperson of the research board for sciences and applied sciences during many years.

Vasco Varela, Msc

CEO

Over 20 years experience in management, innovation and technology transfer from University to market. Former CEO of SUN Microsystems’ local distributor. Board Member of several IT companies with active technology transfer operations.

  • Vasco Varela has a long experience in managing private companies and in innovation and technology transfer activities. He was:
  • CEO of PETsys Systems, since 2008 and in PETsys Electronics, since 2013;
  • Executive director of an International Partnerships Program (2007-2012), with a 150 M€ budget, involving major international Universities (MIT, CMU, UTAustin, Harvard) and Portuguese Universities.
  • Director of TAGUSPARK – Lisboa Science & Technology Park, 1992-2007 (20 M€ Equity; total investment over 100 M€).
  • He has a background in Engineering and Management:
  • Post Graduation in Management, AESE, 1994.
  • Master in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Lisbon/IST, 1981-1984 (at the nuclear reactor research facility, in Lisbon).
  • Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Technical University of Lisbon/IST, 1975-1980.

Management Team

Ricardo Bugalho, MSc

Senior System Design Manager

Edgar Albuquerque, PhD

Senior Manager for Microelectronics

Luis Ferramacho, PhD

Senior Software Manager

Carlos Leong, PhD

Senior Firmware Manager

Technical Team

Rui Silva

Electronics Technician & PCB Designer

Rui Francisco, MSc

Microelectronics Engineer

Nuno Oliveira, MSc

Validation & Systems Engineer

Miguel Silveira, PhD

Validation & Systems Engineer

Mohammad Salman

Production Engineer

Consultants

Pierre Jarron, PhD

Professor at the university of Torino and CERN scientific visitor. Ecole Polytechnique, degree in Electronics Engineering ESE, 1969. He has been senior scientist at CERN for 40 years until 2009. From 1993 to 2007, he was the leader of the CERN microelectronics group.

  • Pierre Jarron is currently professor at the university of Torino and CERN scientific visitor.
  • Ecole Polytechnique, Degree in electronics Engineering ESE, 1969.
  • He has been senior scientist at CERN for 40 years until 2009.
  • His research field was the development of silicon strip and silicon pixel detector in 1980 and their associated readout ASICs which are now currently used in LHC experiments.
  • From 1984 to 1990 is joined UA2 CERN experiment for the development of the silicon tracker.
  • IFrom 1990 to 1993 he developed the analog memory ASIC circuit for the LHC experiments.
  • From 1993 to 2007, he was the leader of the CERN microelectronics group where he was leading the study of the radiation hardness of ASICs for LHC experiments and the development of several ASICs for ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb and Totem.
  • He holds 5 patents in the fields of microelectronics, medical physics and biotechnology.
  • He is author or co-author of more than 250 scientific publications.

Pedro Almeida, PhD

Consultant for Product Certification

At PETsys Electronics, Pedro Almeida is our Consultant for Web Services and Product Certification. Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. 15 years experience in R&D and project management

  • Paris University and Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot – France, 1999, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering.
  • University of Lisbon, 1994, Master Degree in Biophysics; 1992, Degree in Applied Physics.
  • Responsible Physicist at the Nuclear Medicine Department of Garcia de Orta Hospital (1999) and at the Nuclear Medicine Department of Quadrantes – Clínica Médica e Diagnóstico (since 2000).
  • Consultant in Physics Applied to Nuclear Medicine (Phillips, Santa Cruz Hospital, Architectural Offices).
  • Assistant Professor in Physics (Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering) at the Physics Department – Faculty of Sciences – University of Lisbon (since 1999).
  • Principal Investigator of research group on Functional Imaging and Clinical Applications – IBEB-Lisbon Univ.
  • IBEB Sub-director (2005-) and Director (2011-).
  • Over 15 years in R&D projects with high market value.
  • Over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications on physics applied to nuclear medicine.

Prof. Luis Oliveira, PhD

Scientific & Microelectronics Consultant

Luis B. Oliveira was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1979. He graduated with a degree in electrical and computer engineering, and a Ph.D. degree, in 2002 and 2007 respectively, from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon. Prof. Oliveira research interests are the area of analog integrated circuits: Low Noise Amplifiers, Oscillators and TIAs, for high frequency applications.

  • Since 2001 he has been a member of the Analog and Mixed Signal Circuits Group at INESC-ID. Althought his research work has been done mainly at INESC-ID, he has had intense collaboration with TUDelft, in The Netherlands, and University of Alberta, in Canada.
  • In 2007, he joined the teaching staff of the Department of Electrical Engineering of Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and is currently a researcher at CTS-UNINOVA.
  • Prof. Oliveira has more than 100 publications in International Journals and Conferences, and is co-author of three books. He is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – II, TCAS-II, since 2018.

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PETsys Electronics' Reseller for China

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