João Fernandes

João Fernandes speaking at an event

My work sits between strategy, execution and operations.

Current work

01 / Current focus

Now

Primary / day to day

01

SATELYX

Co-Founder & General Manager

SATELYX is building repeatable infrastructure for responsive space. It lets companies validate space technology in orbit through shared missions, while SATELYX manages each mission end to end.

I lead company operations and execution, turning strategy and commercial conversations into agreements, systems and follow-through. I also build AI tools and workflows that keep the team organised and moving.

Side project / built from zero

02

ObraXRAY

Co-Founder

ObraXRAY is risk intelligence for the Portuguese construction sector. It cross-references public and official records to help people and companies assess a construction company before hiring, recommending or contracting it.

I built it from the ground up with my brother and lead product, growth, partnerships and operations, using AI to keep the company lean. The B2C operation is automated and profitable. We are now working directly with companies to expand ObraXRAY Business and scale B2B.

02 / Technical background

I use AI to build what my team needs to stay ahead.

My computer science background gave me the technical foundation. AI lets me turn that into working tools and automations when the team needs them.

5,000+ contributions Since January / private repositories

03 / Previous work

Before

01

Native

Commercial and partnerships

Built the commercial and partner function for a pre-launch interoperability product, managed relationships and integrations, and rebuilt the pipeline through a major platform transition.

02

Rollux

Launch strategy and ecosystem

Helped shape the early pitch, partner strategy, launch pipeline, and onboarding model for new teams entering the ecosystem.

03

Syscoin

Market development operations

Built early operating systems for market development, including CRM, shared documentation, partner tracking, community programmes, and lead generation.

Different technologies, same kind of work: understand the product, make it legible to the market, and build the system that moves it forward.

04 / Writing

Notes, when there is something worth saying.

Nothing here yet.

Currently unavailable