Helder Antunes

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Fragueiro and the second or paternal family name is Antunes.
Helder Antunes

Helder Antunes speaking at the 2008 Cisco Portugal Inaugural Party
Born Hélder Manuel da Terra Fragueiro Marques Antunes
(1963-07-06) 6 July 1963
Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portuguese Republic
Residence Morgan Hill, California,
United States of America[1]
Nationality Portuguese
Citizenship Portuguese Republic
United States of America
Alma mater San Jose State University
Occupation
  • Chairman of the Board of the OpenFog Consortium
  • Chairman of the Board of Star Division, S. A.
  • Senior Managing Director at Cisco Systems
  • General Partner at Pereira Ventures
  • Counselor to Rede Prestige Açores
  • Adviser to the Regional Government of the Azores
  • Member of the Board of Veniam
Parent(s)
Armando Manuel Marques Antunes (father)

Carolina Bettencourt de Vasconcelos da Terra Fragueiro (mother)

Website www.helderantunes.com

Hélder Fragueiro Antunes (born 6 July 1963; Angra do Heroísmo, Azores)[2] is a Portuguese-American executive, engineer, and former racecar driver. His car racing career from in the 1980's and 90's made him one of the preeminent open road racers at the time.[3] Antunes currently serves as Cisco Systems's Senior Director of Corporate Strategic Innovation, where he leads Cisco's innovation and corporate strategy,[4] and as a general partner at Pereira Ventures, a Silicon Valley, venture capital firm.

Dubbed by PortugalGlobal Magazine as "the perfect example of Portuguese success in the global era",[5] Antunes is actively involved in Portuguese and Azorean economic and political affairs.[6] Tying Portuguese businesses and organizations to international funding and representation, Antunes is a counselor to the Rede Prestige Açores, a business institution operated by Autonomous Government of the Azores, and a frequent consultant to the Government of the Portuguese Republic.[7][8]

As of November 2015, Antunes serves as the Chairman of the Board of the OpenFog Consortium,[9] and, as of August 2016, as the Chairman of the Board of Star Division, S. A., a green tech company.

Early life

Helder Antunes speaking on drones at NASA Ames Research Center; Mountain View, California, 2015.

Hélder Manuel da Terra Fragueiro Marques Antunes was born on 6 July 1963, in Angra do Heroísmo (Nossa Senhora da Conceição), Terceira Island, Azores, to Armando Manuel Marques Antunes, an avionics and aerospace scientist from Torres Novas, and Carolina Bettencourt de Vasconcelos da Terra Fragueiro (Horta, Faial, 2 February 1937 - San Jose, California, 26 January 2014), a member of the Bettencourt family.[10][11] Through his mother, Antunes is a descendant of the Corte-Real family, of Flemish explorers Willem van der Haegen and Josse van Huerter, and is related to 19th century Portuguese prime-minister, Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro.[12] RTP journalist Pedro Bicudo described Antunes's parents as a "well-known couple in the Azores", for his mother's prominent family background and his father's prominence in aviation and as a scout for Sporting CP.[13] Through his father, Antunes is cousin to Miguel Frasquilho, current AICEP Portugal Global president and CEO and former Portuguese Secretary of State of the Treasury, during José Manuel Barroso's short tenure as Portuguese prime-minister prior to becoming president of the EU Commission.

Antunes spent much of his early life at the Lajes Air Force Base, on Terceira, where his parents and much of his family worked for and in the Portuguese Air Force.[14] His family moved to Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel Island, in 1967, when Antunes's father moved to the private sector (SATA Air Açores). Antunes and his family stayed on the island until 1975, when the events following the Carnation Revolution motivated them to emigrate to Rhode Island in the United States.[15]

Helder Antunes
Car Racing Career
Years active 1993-2002
Teams Ford Performance Solutions
Best finish 1st in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002
Previous series
National Auto Sport Association CMC (1999-2002)
Rodger Ward's Pony Express 100 (1996-2002)
C.A.R.S. Elko Gamber's Run Twin 50 (1998-2000)
N.A.S.A. Inagural Season (1995)
C.A.R.S. Silver State 100 BluBlocker (1993-94)
Nevada Open Road Challenge (1992)
Silver State Classic Challenge (1990-96)
Awards
1998 Pony Express 100 - Best Performance

Antunes lived in Rhode Island until 1983, when his family moved to San Jose, California, because Antunes' father was offered a position at Lockheed Martin, where he would later work on the Hubble Space Telescope project.[16] Antunes started college at Georgetown University in 1982 but, with his family's move to California, continued and finished matriculation at San Jose State University. Once in California, Antunes and his father took over the management of and modernized The Portuguese Tribune, a bilingual newspaper based out of Modesto.[17]

Racing career

Antunes performing at the 1996 N.A.S.A. CMC Championships, where he placed in 1st.

Antunes started professional auto racing in 1983, shortly after his move to California. By 1987, Antunes had participated multiple times in the Nevada Open Road Challenge and the Silver State Classic, considered by Guinness World Records as the fastest road race in the world.[18]

During his early years, Antunes raced Ford Mustangs and Chevrolet Corvettes at tracks such as Sonoma Raceway (then known as Sears Point Raceway) and Leguna Seca Raceway.[19] Over the years, Antune placed in the top 3 various times in the Pony Express 100.[20][21][22]

During his time as an automotive racer, Antunes designed some of the earliest data acquisition systems for racecars.[23] His systems pioneered the integration of a car's computerized engine controls with real-time data acquisition and modeling, including the development of an engine "black box" aimed at converting engine data to be transmitted to a racecar's support team.[24]

Silicon Valley

Portuguese President Cavaco Silva, Cisco CEO John Chambers, and Helder Antunes during the 2011 presidential visit to the United States.

Antunes started his career in the Silicon Valley high-tech industry at Grid Systems Corporation as a support engineer, where he first met John Morgridge, CEO and Chairman of Cisco. After Grid Systems, Antunes went to work at Plus Development and two years later at CA Technologies, where he led the CA-Superproject. Following CA, Antunes worked for NetManage, as Director of Engineering, but he left the company for Cisco Systems.

Alongside his position at Cisco, Antunes is a General Partner, with fellow Portuguese Armando Perreira, at Perreira Ventures, a venture capital and consulting firm. Portuguese newspaper Expresso stated that Antunes and Perreira wanted to "transform good ideas from entrepreneurs into successful businesses".[25]

Since starting his links between Silicon Valley and Portugal, Antunes had long stated the necessity of a Portuguese lobby in Silicon Valley, stating "Portugal needs to have an entity with its feet well-dipped in Silicon Valley."[15] Antunes stated that, with a lobby, "Portuguese technological businesses could be contracted... through outsourcing."[26] Antunes was eventually able to start a coalition of Portuguese businessmen in Silicon Valley and establish a Portuguese lobby.[27]

In April 2016, Antunes became a member of the board of directors of Veniam, a company specialized in WiFi mesh networks.[28]

Cisco Systems

Antunes joined Cisco Systems in 1998 as Senior Manager of Engineering, focusing on embedding security protocols into Cisco IOS. In 2003, Antunes was promoted to Director of Engineering, Global Solutions, and Network Services. Antunes and his team's work on the Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network (DMVPN) earned them the 2004 Cisco Pioneer Award.[29]

From January 2012 to December 2013, Antunes served as Managing Director of the Cisco IoT Group and directed the Smart Connected Vehicles Initiative, a part of the Connected Industries Group, which seeks to network vehicles and standardize on the underlying networking platform.[30][31][32][33]

Since 2013, Antunes has served as Senior Director of Corporate Strategic Innovation, with the intent to resolve market disruptions, identify and foster innovative initiatives, and conduct Cisco's market strategy and leadership in IT.

IoT involvement and OpenFog chairmanship

Antunes (center, right) as Chairman of the OpenFog Consortium at the launch of OpenFog Japan; 2016.

In February 2013, Antunes was a founding member of the Internet of Things World Forum Steering Committee, which "aims to accelerate innovation, inspire new ways to transform governments, industries and lives."[34]

Antunes took part in and was a keynote speaker at the NASA-sponsored conference held at Ames Research Center, in July 2015, concerning the development of air regulations for drones.[35][36] Antunes stressed the role of drones in the future of the Internet of Things, which Antunes is actively involved in through Cisco.[37][38]

In November 2015, Antunes was named as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the newly formed OpenFog Consortium, a consortium founded by tech giants Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, Intel, ARM architecture, and Princeton University, for the standardization and promotion of fog computing.[39][40]

Activity in Portugal

Chris Dedicoat, Helder Antunes, and Prime Minister José Sócrates at the 2008 Cisco Portugal Inauguration.

Antunes has played an important role in tying AICEP's INOV Contacto Program with Silicon Valley, with a strong emphasis on Cisco Systems.[41][42] This program, which is mostly funded by the Portuguese government and European Union, takes recent university graduates from Portugal and trains them in international business and technology.[43]

Antunes has been cited as an important person behind the installation of Cisco Systems in Portugal.[44] Antunes was a key member in establishing the Cisco laboratory in Portugal and Cisco Portugal as whole.[45]

Antunes' constant and plentiful work at connecting Portuguese students and businesses to Silicon Valley has earned him a reputation in Portugal as being an "ambassador of Portugal", a "true consul of Portugal in California", an "importer of talents", and a "consul of Portugal in Cisco".[46][47][48]

In the Azores

Alongside INOV Contacto's program, Antunes also formed a similar program in conjunction with the Regional Government of the Azores,[49][50] which works exclusively with Azorean university students and hosts them at Antunes' department at Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, California.[51]

Alongside his partner at Pereira Ventures, Armando Pereira, Antunes often assist in the collaboration of businesses in Silicon Valley with start ups within the tech industry and otherwise in the Azores.[52]

Antunes has long stressed the importance of the creation of an Azorean lobby, stating that the "creation of a formal lobby with the structure to foster innovating ideas from Portugal could expose them to the global market."[53] The creation of a lobby in the Azores, according to Antunes, would allow the Azorean market to be open to the "authorities of foreign investment" and establish "contacts with the right people."[54]

Antunes is a counselor to the Rede Prestige Açores, a network of notable Azoreans hosted by the Azorean government with the intent of development and knowledge dissemination for the benefit of the Azores.[55][56]

In 2012, Antunes was included in a list, compiled by the Regional Government of the Azores, of the Most Notable People from the Azores.[2]

Personal life

Antunes speaking at Cisco Connect Portugal 2013, Cascais.

Antunes resides primarily in Morgan Hill, California, in the southern part of Silicon Valley.[1]

Antunes is married to Maria Guadalupe de Anda Antunes (née de Anda Jiménez; born Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico), a broker. He has three children: Francesca Alexandria, Christian Thomas, and Giancarlo.[57]

In 2012, Antunes was included in a list, called the National Selection and compiled by Revista Prémio, which listed the most powerful and influential Portuguese executives around the world and called Antunes "the guardian angel of Uncle Sam."[14]

In 2012, Antunes was included in a list, compiled by the Regional Government of the Azores, of the Most Notable People from the Azores,[2] a group of internationally recognized and noteworthy Azoreans.

Awards

Antunes has received awards and accolades for his work both in Cisco and otherwise, such as for his work with the Portuguese government.[58]

Commendations

Published works

References

  1. 1 2 "Portugueses que Dão Cartas: Exemplos de Carreiras Fulgurantes até aos Mais Altos Postos" (PDF). Expresso (in Portuguese). Lisbon. 3 October 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Notáveis dos Açores - Ficheiro de Personalidade - Hélder Antunes
  3. ↑ Open Road Racing Information - Silver State Classic
  4. ↑ ""老舗"シスコに新たな息吹を、イノベーション戦略担当役員" [A Breath of Fresh Air for Long-established Cisco from the Innovation Strategy Officer]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Tokyo. 27 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hélder Antunes: Português Faz Ponte com Silicon Valley" [Hélder Antunes: A Portuguese Bridging Silicon Valley]. PortugalGlobal Magazine (in Portuguese). Lisbon: AICEP. January 2010.
  6. ↑ AICEP - Portugueses do Silicon Valley Abrem Portas a Tecnológicas
  7. ↑ Advisor Helder Antunes at Rede Prestige Açores
  8. ↑ Governo dos Acores - Conselheiros da Rede Prestige com o Presidente da República em Silicon Valley
  9. ↑ Open Fog Consortium - Board of Directors: Helder Antunes
  10. ↑ Descendants of Jean de Bettencourt - Generation 26
  11. ↑ L'Association Jean de Béthencourt
  12. ↑ Descendants of Jean de Bettencourt - Generation 22
  13. ↑ "Hélder Antunes". Grande Entrevista. Episode 51 (in Portuguese). 12 October 2011. RTP Açores.
  14. 1 2 Bénard Garcia, João (November 2012). de Mendonça, Álvaro, ed. "Selecção Nacional" [National Selection]. Revista Prémio (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. IX: 51–61.
  15. 1 2 "Ter um Lóbi é o Segredo" [Having a Lobby is the Secret] (PDF). Expresso (in Portuguese). Lisbon. 20 September 2009.
  16. ↑ Fagundes, Helena (16 October 2011). "Hélder Antunes e Armando Perreira: Saltar para o Mercado Mundial" [Hélder Antunes and Armando Perreira: Launching to the Global Market] (PDF). Diário Insular (in Portuguese). Angra do Heroísmo.
  17. ↑ Conselho Mundial das Casas dos Açores - Jornal "A Tribuna Portuguesa"
  18. ↑ Silver State Classic Invitation 2000
  19. ↑ Cisco Wants to Drive your Car onto the Internet
  20. ↑ Roger Ward's Classic Auto Racing Society - Pony Express 100: Top Three Winning Place Results
  21. ↑ Roger Ward's Classic Auto Racing Society - Pony Express 100: June 1997 Results
  22. ↑ Roger Ward's Classic Auto Racing Society - Pony Express 100: September 1998 Results
  23. ↑ ZoomInfo - Helder Antunes
  24. ↑ Antunes, Helder; Lyons, Patrick (31 May 1993). "Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Microprocessors". InfoWorld. 15 (22 ed.). pp. 58–59.
  25. ↑ Expresso - Portugueses do Silicon Valley Abrem Portas a Tecnológicas
  26. ↑ Expresso - Falta Lóbi na Califórnia
  27. ↑ Destaque - Portugueses que Marcam
  28. ↑ Veniam - Company
  29. ↑ The Cisco Packet - DMVPN Extends Business
  30. ↑ Portuguese Tribune - 15 March 2012 Issue
  31. ↑ San Jose Mercury Times - Silicon Valley technology could be key to connect cars for safer driving
  32. ↑ Wired - Cisco Wants to Drive Your Car … onto the Internet
  33. ↑ AutoEsporte - Carros Conectados Devem-se Tornar Realidade em Breve
  34. ↑ Cisco: The Network - Internet of Things World Forum Event Aims to Accelerate Innovation, Inspire New Ways to Transform Governments, Industries and Lives
  35. ↑ CNBC - Silicon Valley's biggest names team up on drones
  36. ↑ Yahoo! Finance - Big names from Silicon Valley team up on drones
  37. ↑ VIDO - Беспилотники: рекламная шумиха или реальный бизнес?
  38. ↑ NASA - NASA Invites Media to 2015 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management Convention
  39. ↑ TIExec - Português Lidera IdC Consórcio OpenFog
  40. ↑ Cisco Blogs - Cisco Provides Leadership in Newly Formed OpenFog Consortium
  41. ↑ INOV Contacto - Cisco engenheiros portugueses
  42. ↑ Portugal Global - Equação de Sucesso
  43. ↑ INOV Contacto - About
  44. ↑ Jornal de Negócios - Portugal vai ser a Ponte enter EUA e Índia no Mapa de Investigação da Cisco
  45. ↑ Exame - Linha da Frente: Portugal Atrai Cisco
  46. ↑ Exame - Embaixadores de Portugal
  47. ↑ Exame - Importador de Talentos
  48. ↑ Económico - Um olhar sobre a liderança dos gestores portugueses
  49. ↑ Visão - Açores: Pelo Menos 10 Alunos Vão Estagiar nos EUA e Canadá em Agosto
  50. ↑ Universia - Sessão de Divulgação - Cisco Systems
  51. ↑ Jornal de Negócios - Voar pela Carreira: Portugueses nas Empresas de Tecnologias
  52. ↑ Tribuna Portuguesa - Empresários Açorianos de Silicon Valley Partilham Experiências e Conhecimento com Investidores Açorianos
  53. ↑ Açoriano Oriental - O Desenvolvimento Tecnológico dos Açores Surpreendeu-me
  54. ↑ Diário Insular - O Lóbi que Falta aos Açores
  55. ↑ RTP - Grande Entrevista Açores - Hélder Antunes
  56. ↑ Tribuna das Ilhas - Jácome Armas Conselheiro da Rede Prestige Açores
  57. ↑ Helder Antunes - Personal: About
  58. ↑ Achievements on Personal Site
  59. ↑ COTEC Portugal: 2012 COTEC Portuguese Diaspora Awards
  60. ↑ CIO 100 Winner 2008
  61. ↑ DMVPN Extends Business Ready Teleworker
  62. ↑ Cisco on Cisco Best Practices Cisco Remote Access Design: Cisco Virtual Office Solution
  63. ↑ Cisco Blog - Smart Connected Vehicles – Changing How We Drive

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