Daniel Ferreira Polónia is an Adjunct Professor in the area of ¿¿Information Systems at the Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration of the University of Aveiro (ISCA-UA), since February 2026, and an Integrated Researcher at the Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) since 2015. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Aveiro (2011), with a dissertation on electronic markets for teleradiology services, and is currently a candidate in the Doctoral Program in Economic and Business Sciences (Management branch, UA), with research focused on the implementation of Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) in Beveridgean health systems, using the Portuguese National Health Service and the role of the European Health Data Area as a case study. He also holds a Postgraduate degree in Communications and Multimedia Management from ISEG (2002) and a Bachelor's degree in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro. (1997). His research activity revolves around digital transformation in healthcare, innovation management, knowledge management, information systems, and quality management, with a particular focus on the intersection between technology, organizations, and public policies. He has 28 documents indexed in Scopus, 152 citations, and an h-index of 6, with publications in journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics (Q1), Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (Q1), Journal of Advances in Management Research (Q1), and Administrative Sciences (Q2), as well as in leading international conferences. He was awarded the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2011 prize in the PhD category. In the pedagogical field, he has accumulated approximately two decades of teaching experience at the University of Aveiro, having taught in multiple departments and schools, including the Economics and Management Department, the Department of Medical Sciences, the School of Health, ESTGA, and ESAN. He served as Director of the Master's Program in Management (2014–2016) and Vice-Director of the Doctoral Program in Marketing and Strategy (2014–2018), the Undergraduate Program in Management (2011–2012), and the Master's Program in Management (2013–2014). He supervised more than 50 completed master's dissertations and co-supervises 4 ongoing doctoral theses in the areas of innovation management, design thinking, digital health, and autonomous vehicles. His teaching performance evaluations include Excellent ratings (2015–2017 and 2021–2023). He coordinated and participated in more than 12 national and international scientific projects, including INTERREG projects (INNHOSPITAL, Smart Finance, HELIUM), QREN and Horizon 2020 projects (P4E – Peer4Excellence), and consulting projects for entities such as the Health Regulatory Authority and the Directorate-General for Health. He is a member of the ISO/TC 279 Technical Committee – Innovation Management, having participated in the development of international standards such as ISO 56000, ISO 56001, ISO 56002, ISO 56005 and ISO 56006, and is a Full Member of Technical Committee 169 of the Portuguese Institute for Quality. He has conducted more than 50 reviews of articles for Scopus and ISI journals, including BMC Health Services Research, Applied Economics and the Journal of Digital Imaging. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a Senior Consultant at Accenture (1997–2003) on telecommunications, banking, and government projects, and as a Senior Innovation Consultant at the National Innovation Agency (2015–2018), where he coordinated European innovation funding initiatives. He completed an internship at the European Commission (DG XIII, Luxembourg, 1997) and maintained consulting activity in quality management and innovation for SMEs in the Aveiro region.