pedro@thomaz ~ %

$ cd ~/press

For journalists, podcast hosts and event organisers

Press kit

Bios you can paste, photos you can download and the facts in one place. Anything missing: ola@pedrothomaz.pt.

$ cat bio.txt

Short · 53 words

Pedro Thomaz is a Portuguese technologist based in Leiria. He is the founder and CTO of amplified creations and the CTO of RVer, immersive virtual reality registered as a Class I medical device and used in hospitals, clinics and care homes. He builds AI, VR and SaaS products, and still writes the code.

Long · 138 words

Pedro Thomaz (born 1987) is a Portuguese technologist and software architect based in Leiria, Portugal. He founded the digital studio amplified creations in 2014 and is its CTO, owning the architecture, the stack and the quality bar of platforms used in more than 70 countries. Since 2021 he has been the CTO of RVer, immersive virtual reality registered as a Class I medical device with INFARMED and EUDAMED and used in hospitals, clinics and care homes. He is also the CTO of VRBox.io, a platform for 3D and 360° virtual tours, and CTO & CCO of the bonbon brand Delicious Diamonds. In 2026 he shipped four products of his own: Coffee, Vitra, lateapex and Sill. He started as a photographer in 2007, shooting for Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and writes regularly about medical VR, health technology and AI.

Em português: biografia de Pedro Thomaz →

$ ls ./photos

Black and white portrait of Pedro Thomaz, arms crossed, on a white background
Portrait, white backgroundJPG · 1600 × 1600download ↓
Black and white cut-out portrait of Pedro Thomaz, arms crossed, on a transparent background
Portrait, cut-outPNG, transparent · 1600 × 1600download ↓
Line-drawn head mark of Pedro Thomaz
Head mark (logo)SVG, vectordownload ↓

Photos are for editorial coverage of Pedro Thomaz. Credit: Pedro Thomaz. The white-background portrait is also on Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0. The head mark is never recoloured or inverted.

$ cat facts

Name
Pedro Thomaz
Title
Founder & CTO, amplified creations · CTO, RVer
Based in
Leiria, Portugal
Born
1987, Coimbra
Languages
Portuguese, English
Speaks about
Software architecture · Virtual reality · Virtual reality in healthcare · VR for pain and anxiety management · Medical devices (EU MDR) · Digital health · Technology in care homes · AI automation · RAG assistants · SaaS · Product management · Photography
Writing
250+ articles on medical VR, health technology, AI and building products
Contact
ola@pedrothomaz.pt · LinkedIn

$ git log --media

  1. podcastÚltimo a Decidir — EP 31 — Pedro Thomaz, CTO da RVer. FI Group Portugal's podcast on leadership, innovation and the big decisions.
  2. podcastDigitalidade — Envelhecer em Portugal: a transformação digital dos lares — how VR and tech can improve life in care homes.
  3. podcastEasy Medical Device — EP 413 — "We didn't know we needed to be a medical device": RVer's road to Class I CE marking under the MDR.
  4. stageNEXXT Ideas Leiria — One of ten projects picked by the jury — RVer on stage at Teatro Miguel Franco, Social, Health & Environment panel.
  5. pressSábado — A Inteligência Artificial (já) está a mudar a Saúde — RVer in the story on how AI is reshaping healthcare.
  6. opinionThe Next Big Idea — Quinze dias, não trinta — why nobody should get more than 15 days to test a product.
  7. pressLink to Leaders — Empresa de Leiria quer expandir o seu sistema de RV para uso clínico no mercado internacional.
  8. talkUniv. Leiria & Oeste — Teaching VR in rehabilitation — certified training at the School of Health.
  9. opinionThe Next Big Idea — Quem decidiu que isto não é um dispositivo médico? — on who gets to decide what counts as a medical device.
  10. interviewThe CTO Club — CTO warns engineers: don't assume AI is secure — on AI as foundation, security and senior judgment.