Process automation · Custom software · Integrations
JC Consulting builds the automations, internal tools and integrations that connect your systems and remove repetitive work, so your people can focus on customers, decisions and growth.
Engineering and technical leadership experience at
Where companies lose time
Approvals, reporting, data entry and disconnected systems look surprisingly similar in a bank, a telecoms operator and a growing SME. Pick the one that sounds most like your company.
Five versions, three owners, and nobody is sure which one is right.
Today
With the fix
The same customer typed into the CRM, the invoice and the email.
Today
With the fix
Requests get lost, nobody knows the status, and follow-ups are manual.
Today
With the fix
Every week someone exports, cleans and pastes the same numbers.
Today
With the fix
Website, CRM, accounting and support each hold part of the picture.
Today
With the fix
You pay for features you don't use and work around the ones you need.
Today
With the fix
Services
Every engagement is scoped around a business result, not a technology. You get the simplest solution that solves the problem, built to last.
Turn repetitive steps into reliable flows, with people involved only where their judgement matters. Built with Make, Zapier or custom code, whichever fits the job and your budget.
Typical deliverables
Software shaped around how your business actually works, not the other way round.
Typical deliverables
Connect the tools you already pay for, and use AI where it saves real time.
Typical deliverables
Cost of manual work
Move the sliders to match one repetitive process in your company.
How an engagement works
You always know what happens next, what it costs and what you get. Each step is useful on its own, so you're never locked in.
We map one process end to end, find where time and errors go, and agree what's worth automating.
You get a process map, the opportunities ranked by impact and a clear quote for the build.
Built in small, working increments your team can test as we go. Clear scope, no surprises.
You get working software early, plus documentation and a walkthrough for your team.
Monitoring, fixes and new improvements on a simple monthly plan, or a full handover to your team.
You get code, data and accounts in your company's name.
Experience
15+ years of engineering and technical leadership in telecoms, banking, SaaS and travel, across Portugal, the UK, Benelux and Switzerland. The same discipline goes into every client project.
Portugal Telecom · Telecoms
Promoted to Process Manager to lead the automation of first-level technical support. The work earned the company's highest annual award for innovation and efficiency.
Mobilexpense · SaaS, expense management
Ojimah & skAI · Travel tech (founder / CTO)
A travel platform built from scratch: cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP, integrations with airlines, hotels and tour providers, and real-time monitoring. Today: skAI, an AI-native travel concierge that takes travellers from inspiration to booking.
Live at travelskai.comAvanti · Satellite telecoms
Scrum Master for the team that built a modern IP management system for new customer requirements, plus custom reports for the business.
NeverWhatIf · Fintech, marketing, food
APIs, payment integrations (Stripe, PayPal, Sage), bespoke business reports and CI pipelines for products in finance, digital marketing and food.
Work done in employed or founder roles. Company names describe the role and don't imply endorsement.
Who you'll work with
JC Consulting is led by Jorge Cardoso, a software engineer and tech lead who started out automating first-line support at Portugal Telecom. Since then he has been a developer, Scrum Master, product owner, tech lead and startup CTO. You work directly with him: no account managers, no hand-offs.
FAQ
Something else on your mind? Ask it on a 15-minute call.
It depends on scope, so every project starts with a fixed-price audit. You then get a clear quote for the build before any work starts.
Small automations can take days; internal tools and integrations usually take a few weeks. You get a timeline after the audit.
No. Most clients don't have one. Everything is explained in plain language and the technical side is handled for you.
You do. Code, data and accounts are set up in your name.
It can be monitored and maintained on a simple monthly plan, or handed over to your team with documentation.
Yes. JC Consulting is based in Lisbon and works with companies in Portugal and abroad, remotely or on-site.
Make and Zapier when a no-code flow does the job well; custom code (Node.js, PHP) when you need more control, scale or lower running costs. Often a mix of both.
Start with one process
Bring one repetitive process to a 15-minute call. You'll leave with a clear view of what can be automated and what it would take.
