NELSON LOPES
IT Director at ExpressGlass
SECURITY · AI · IT LEADERSHIP
Enterprise thinking without the enterprise budget — field notes from a working IT Director.
IT leadership, end to end
One role, two ends: I run the department — and I'm still close enough to the detail to build.
Strategy & direction · people & the department · projects · day-to-day operations — reporting to the CEO, sitting on the board, accountable for what breaks at 3 a.m.
Security
Strategy, risk, and a security-first culture — woven into everything, not bolted on.
Applied AI
AI tools and agents shipping real products: platforms, automations, agent pipelines.
Modern workplace
Microsoft 365 well beyond the productivity suite — collaboration, identity, voice communications.
Cloud & infrastructure
Azure, network design, and infrastructure modernisation.
Software engineering
Internal tools, APIs, system integrations, and automation that streamlines operations.
Nearly a decade running IT at ExpressGlass
Part of Cary Group, with operations across 12 European countries. I've redesigned networks, moved infrastructure to the cloud, led the Microsoft 365 transformation, modernised voice communications, and built internal software and automation — with security woven through all of it.
Computer engineer by training. Outside work: running (10 km ✓ · 21 km ✓ · 42 km ✓), travel, books, family, friends, and the cat.