Nuno Cruz is a Senior Research & Development Engineer with more than 20 years’ experience in the design, implementation, integration and commissioning of control and data acquisition systems for fusion diagnostics in different fusion devices, with several international collaborations including FTU at ENEA-Italy, JET at CCFE-United Kingdom, TCV at EPFL-Switzerland, ITER, JT-60SA in Japan, F4E Barcelona, IFMIF-LIPAc in Rokkasho Japan and ITER NBTF in Padova. Nuno Cruz holds a degree in Physics Engineering from the University of Coimbra and an MSc degree from Técnico. Nuno completed his PhD degree with Instituto Superior Técnico in collaboration with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, one of the world top Engineering and Technology Universities. After his PhD Nuno integrated two new international EUROfusion teams, the Medium Sized Tokamaks (MST1) Team and the Work Package for the JT-60SA (WPSA) Team, while maintaining his previous research work in the JET Tokamak Team, the TCV Tokamak Team and the Fusion for Energy (F4E) Radial Neutron Camera (RNC) Consortium. Recent research activities funded by F4E and EUROfusion include the design and development of high performance software and algorithms for the ITER RNC, algorithms for ELM mitigation using vertical plasma kicks in TCV, optimal control for plasma vertical stabilization, plasma shape control and magnetic control tools for JT-60SA. In these projects Nuno has developed the knowledge and technical skills in fusion diagnostics and instrumentation, the competence to handle complex physics models as well as communication abilities and team work skills in international collaboration projects. Nuno Cruz currently holds an EUROfusion secondment contract to work as an I&C expert for the ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility in Padova, Italy. Nuno also holds a permanent researcher faculty position at the Physics Department of Instituto Superior Técnico and is a member of the Associated Laboratory Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear.