Fábio Couto is a researcher working at the intersection of digital transformation, technology management, socio-technical AI, and AI-enabled organizational systems. He completed his bachelor’s degree with 16/20, and graduated with a GPA of 18/20 and 20/20 for his master's thesis in E-Business, focused on managing Digital Transformation in Cooperatives using Digital Transformation frameworks and Digital Maturity models. This early focus on cooperative and multi-actor contexts foregrounded practical questions of coordination, decision-making, and value creation across multiple stakeholders, themes that continue shaping his current research direction. He is currently enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Digital Media (FEUP), with a final grade of 19/20 in the Research Methodologies course (best-in-class). Since 2022, he accumulated 3+ years of involvement in funded research and 2.5+ years of full-time research experience, first as a researcher at CEOS.PP and currently at INESC TEC (since Feb 2025), within projects related to the sociotechnical integration of AI in organizations, namely for inter-organizational collaboration (CTI and HumanAI4PM). He was involved, after competitive selection, in 5 funded projects including Verão com Ciência 2022 (FCT), AgroVila (PRR), Centros de Tecnologia e Inovação - CTI (PRR), HumanAI4PM (P2030) and Link Me Up - 1000 Ideias co-creation program (POCH/FSE; Demola). These experiences strengthened his ability to conduct applied, multi-stakeholder research and translate organizational needs into actionable models, methods, and evaluation evidence. Fábio has 6 peer-reviewed papers: 2 journal articles, one published in 2025 and another in 2026; 4 conference papers, including PRO-VE 2025 and HCI International 2024. He also disseminated results through 2 conference posters, 6 published conference abstracts, and 1 technical report. He is an invited lecturer since 2024 in postgraduate and master’s programs on digital transformation (ISCAP and Porto Executive Academy) and co-supervised 2 Master’s projects, one on Digital Transformation strategies (18/20) and one on sociotechnical Digital Twins for Human-AI collaboration (ongoing). In total, Fábio has been involved in the production of 17 scientific outputs (11 as first author), evidencing a consistent dissemination pipeline. His scientific service includes reviewing for EurOMA and ad hoc reviewing for Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature). He co-organized and co-led a co-creation workshop at the 13th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum and served on the organizing committee of the Digital Media Doctoral Symposium 2026; he also chaired a session at HCI International 2024 and represented INESC TEC at the Gaia-X Summit 2025, reinforcing his engagement with international research communities. Fábio served as guest speaker 3 times at events in academia and industry, and is a member of the self-evaluation committee for his former master’s degree. His achievements were recognized with 3 awards: Best Student in the E-Business MSc (2021-2023), a DGES merit scholarship (2024), and a regional win in Link Me Up - 1000 Ideias & Demola Global (2023). Internationally, he completed an Erasmus+ ICM mobility semester in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2022) and an Erasmus+ internship in Spain (2019-2020). He also engaged in civic volunteering abroad through the European Solidarity Corps in Poland (2020) and gained additional international work experience in Germany (2021).