Joana Coutinho Sousa

Joana de Sousa holds an MSc in Biomedical Engineering with expertise in the areas of biosignal processing, innovation management and marketing strategy. She is a partner in Unlimited-Hashtag.com, a start-up combining technological skills and business expertise to provide support for the innovation process from conception to market. In Unlimited-Hashtag.com, she is responsible for conducting research in biomedical signal processing, features extraction, pattern recognition, continuous patient monitoring and development of new biosignal techniques for research, health and sports. She is an independent expert for the evaluation and review of research and innovation proposals and projects on behalf of the European Commission. She is also Senior Project Manager at NOS Innovation, a Portuguese telecommunications company. She was R&D project coordinator at PLUX–Wireless Biosignals, SA, and Innovation sub-director at Edge Innovation, leading innovative projects and managing innovation in the Health, IT, communications areas.

Publications

Knowledge-Driven Innovation in Start-Ups and SMEs: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Joana Coutinho Sousa, Jorge Gaspar. © 2019. 154 pages.
The world is witnessing an increase in innovation both in start-ups and in SMEs, and the implementation of innovation is having a substantial impact on the knowledge of the...