TechPark is managed by the São José dos Campos Technology Park Association (APTSJC).
APTSJC is a private, non-profit entity, accredited by the Municipal Government of São José dos Campos as a Social Organization. Its mission is to promote science, technology, technological innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship, supporting knowledge-intensive corporate activities for collective benefit.
The Association is governed by an Internal Charter and Statute, which regulate the organization and its operation. The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body. The Board of Directors is the superior guiding and decision-making body, and its decisions are followed by the Executive Board.
APTSJC’s work is structured according to the following pillars:
- Physical infrastructure and services: The Association is responsible for maintaining the physical facilities of the Park’s center and the Entrepreneur’s Galleries in the districts of Putim and Campo dos Alemães, in São José dos Campos.
- Science, Technology, and Innovation: The Association is responsible for creating and perfecting strategies to develop and strengthen the production of knowledge in the companies, universities and research institutes; encouraging the training of skilled labor, connecting companies, government, society, and universities and providing them with support; and attracting new universities, as well as science and technology institutions.
- Entrepreneurship: The Association’s activities are aimed at encouraging and disseminating entrepreneurial and innovative initiatives and attracting companies and entrepreneurship development mechanisms. To that end, it organizes technical, managerial, and market training activities for companies, and leads the expansion and modernization of TechPark’s infrastructure and the promotion of access to research, development, and innovation promotion mechanisms.
- Competitiveness: The activities coordinated by the Association in the Park focus on technological innovation and entrepreneurship in production chains, through management of Local Productive Arrangements and of the internationalization program for member companies.
- Urban and Social Development: In partnership with public and private entities, the Association works for the transformation of the TechPark center’s surrounding area into a major development hub for the city and the region, with schools, homes, service and trading companies, in addition to the establishment of companies that have completed their cycle within the Park’s center and need to grow.
- Support to public policies: APTSJC uses the knowledge acquired by accompanying companies, as well as technologies created by the residing companies, APL members, connected companies and institutions, and other companies in the city, to conceive and implement projects that meet the needs of municipal, state and federal public policies, always seeking to contribute to the solution of urban problems, satisfy demands and improve people’s living conditions.
- Implementation of Innovation Environments: APTSJC employs its competencies in the development and implementation of new innovation environments, providing methodology, technical and operational support to strengthen and expand the operation of innovation environments throughout the country.
OFFICERS
Marco Antonio Raupp
CEO
Mathematician from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with a doctorate degree from the University of Chicago (USA). Lecturer at the University of São Paulo, where he served as Associate Professor for the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics.
Former officer at the National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais – INPE) and the National Laboratory of Scientific Computation (Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica), and president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência – SBPC) and of the Brazilian Space Agency. Full member of the International Academy of Astronautics, Commander of the Order of Rio Branco, Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit, and Officer of the Order of Military Merit. He served as Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation from January 2012 to March 2014. He participated in the creation and implementation of the São José dos Campos Technology Park (2006-2008) and was its first CEO (2009-2011), occupying the position again as of October 2014.
Elso Alberti Junior
Business Development Officer
He has an undergraduate degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) and a graduate degree in Business Administration — Marketing and Finances from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He has been a test flight engineer at Embraer, an industrial and engineering executive officer at Avibras, partner and technical director of aerospace and photovoltaic generation projects at Urutech, consultant in wind park project management and contracts at Wobben Windpower Ltda – Enercon Group, and director of Research and Development programs at Vale Soluções em Energia.
José Iram Mota Barbosa
Chief Operating Officer
José Iram Mota Barbosa is a mathematician, has a master’s degree in Systems Engineering and a doctorate degree in Space Engineering. Iram has served as Planning, Budget, and Management Officer for the Brazilian Space Agency from March 2011 to August 2017. He also worked for INPE from 1999 to 2009, as head of Satellite Projects’ Quality Engineering; he also coordinated the Institute’s Management from 2009 to 2011.
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ALBERTO ALVES MARQUES FILHO
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Prefeitura Municipal de São José dos Campos
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Prefeitura Municipal de São José dos Campos
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LUIZ LEDUÍNO DE SALLES NETO
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Representante das Empresas Residentes do Parque Tecnológico
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