Paulo Roberto Miranda is currently a Government Fellow at UNU-EGOV.
He is also the President of the Information and Communications Technology Services Company of the Municipality of Porto Alegre – PROCEMPA (licensed). Prior to this position, he was the Secretary for Information and Technology of the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, Brazil. Previously, he was CEO at CELEPAR - State of Paraná (PR) ICT Services Company, Technical Director at PROCERGS State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) ICT Services Company, and Regional Director at SERPRO (Brazilian Federal ICT Services) in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo. He also served as Executive Secretary of the ICT Board of the states of RS and PR. He was elected three times President of ABEP, the Brazilian Association of ICT Public Companies. He was the founder and director of the International Centre for Software Technology – CITS (Paraná/BR) and vice president of ABNT’s Software Subcommittee (Brazilian ISO branch). He was Consulting Director at BRISA - Society for the Development of Information Technology.
Paulo has over 40 years of experience in Information and Communication Technology, Strategic Planning and Technology Management, both in government and in the private sector.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Management, Information Systems and is Civil Engineer, both diplomas from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. He is also the author of two chapters in books: "eParticipation in Smart Cities of Developing Countries: Research-Based Practical Recommendations" and "Porto Alegre, Brazil: the smart health case of Gerint".
Appointments
- Government Fellow, UNU-EGOV, Portugal (2019)
- President of ICT Services - Company of the Municipality of Porto Alegre (PROCEMPA), Brazil (2017-present)
- Secretary for Information and Technology of the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, Brazil (2013-2016)
- Consulting Director at BRISA - Society for the Development of Information Technology (2006-2013)