Didier Rodrigues Lopes

Overview

Didier Rodrigues Lopes is the founder and CEO of OpenBB[1], a company building an AI-powered research and analytics workspace[2]. Lopes has held this position since August 2021[3] and currently serves as an AI/Tech Advisor at C-MORE as of August 2025[4]. Previously, Lopes worked as a sensor fusion engineer and embedded firmware engineer at NURVV[6][7], and as a software design engineer at u-blox[8]. Lopes holds an MSc in Control Systems from Imperial College London[11] and an MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a focus on control systems from Delft University of Technology[12], along with a BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa[13].

Career history

1. Founder and CEOAug 2021 to presentOpenBB
2. CAI/Tech AdvisorAug 2025 to presentC-MORE
3. UEML guest lecturerApr 2024 to Jan 2026Universidade Europeia
4. NSensor Fusion EngineerNov 2020 to Oct 2021NURVV
5. NEmbedded Firmware EngineerMar 2020 to Nov 2020NURVV
6. USoftware Design Engineer (Product Integration and Delivery Positioning)Nov 2018 to Feb 2020u-blox
7. FDTeacher Assistant of Signal TheoryMar 2016 to Jun 2016Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa - FCT NOVA
8. YInternshipJan 2016 to Feb 2016YDreams

Education

1. ICMSc. in Control Systems2017 - 2018Imperial College London
2. DUMSc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Control Systems2017 - 2017Delft University of Technology
3. EBSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa2013 - 2017Education