José Simões is the CEO of Eclo Solutions, a software consulting company in Leiria, Portugal. He is the founder and core team member of .NET nanoFramework, an open-source project that allows programming in C# for micro-controllers. He was awarded Microsoft MVP five times for his work on Internet of Things (IoT) and developer technologies. He has shipped projects across embedded firmware, hardware design, and cloud-connected products with a toolbox that includes .NET and Azure technologies alongside C, C++, microcontrollers, and electronics.