About
Venture Partner and product leader; currently Senior Product Manager at OutSystems, where he leads the Application Development product area.
Experience
- ZendeskSenior Director of Product, AI/MLcurrent2026 — presentLisbon, Portugal
- ZendeskDirector of Product, AI/ML2024 — 2026Lisbon, Portugal
- Mustard Seed MAZEVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentLisbon, Portugal
- adplist.orgProduct Mentor2023 — 2025
- OutSystemsDirector of Product Management2022 — 2023Lisbon, Portugal
- OutSystemsGroup Product Manager2019 — 2022Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- OutSystemsPrincipal Product Owner2017 — 2019
- OutSystemsLead Software Engineer2011 — 2017
- PlatoProduct Mentor2022 — 2023
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de LisboaTeaching Assistant - Introduction to Programming2010 — 2011
Education
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de LisboaBachelor's degree, Computer Science2006 — 2009
- IADEPostgraduate, Design Thinking & Prototyping2016 — 2017
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de LisboaMaster's degree, Computer Science2010 — 2011
- Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaErasmus Student, Computer Science2010
Skills & more
Career CounselingProduct LeadershipProduct VisionGo-to-Market StrategyEngineeringBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Product InnovationProduct StrategiesTechnical LeadershipStakeholder Management2Stakeholder Engagement1Coaching
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RecruitingStrategic RoadmapsProduct ManagementGrowth StrategiesProduct StrategyProduct DevelopmentScrumOwnershipLeadershipLong-term VisionCommunicationStrategic Thinking- Stakeholder Management (with Bruce McCarthy) — Product Culture
- The Effective Communication Training (with Bill Morrison) — Sandler
- Setting and Deploying a Vision & Strategy (with Tami Reiss) — Leader Within
- Roadmapping (with Bruce McCarthy) — Product Culture
- Story telling (with Iñaki Escudero) — The Mutant Gene
- Usability and Interaction Design — Nielsen Norman Group
- Certified Scrum Product Owner — Scrum Alliance D-A-CH e.V.
- Certified Product Manager — Pragmatic Institute
From Vasco's professional profile.
Colleagues at MSM
Alex Pitt
Partner at MSM
Ana Pinheiro
External Sustainability Consultant at Biovance Capital Partners SCR
António Miguel
Partner at MSM
Cristina Almeida
Head of Platform at MSM
Henry Wigan
Partner at MSM
Jessica Jackley
Venture Partner at MSM
Michael Rosen
Venture Partner at MSM
Sofia Queiroz
Investment Principal at MSM
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Vasco Pessanha work?
- Vasco Pessanha is Venture Partner at MSM.
Same school
Also attended Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa4
Also attended IADE1
Also attended Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona70
Eduard FeliuManaging Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupMar FernándezMarketing & Communications Manager at Inveready Technology Investment GroupAgustina NietoLegal Counsel at Nauta CapitalIsabel JimenezPrincipal at Asabys PartnersDr. Benedikt BuchspiesPrincipal - Technology Research and Science at Planet A VenturesGuillem LaportaPartner at Ysios Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Zendesk27
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesAlex ConstantinopleChief Marketing Officer at GreycroftZack UrlockerInvestor at Index VenturesElena GomezPresident & CFO, Toast at Operator CollectiveBrianne KimmelFounder & Managing Partner at Worklife Ventures
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Also worked at adplist.org1
Also worked at OutSystems7
Anu BharadwajPresident, Atlassian at Operator CollectiveJoaquim Sérvulo RodriguesManaging Partner at Armilar Venture PartnersJosé Guerreiro de SousaSenior Advisor at Armilar Venture PartnersPaulo RosadoSenior Advisor at Armilar Venture PartnersCarlos Alberto SilvaManaging Partner at 33NPedro FalcãoBusiness Angel at REDangels
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