A computer science graduate, António Miguel Ferreira established Esoterica, the first private ISP in 1995, and has had a leading role in the Internet industry since. When Esoterica was acquired by VIA NET.WORKS Inc, Ferreira was appointed Operations Manager for South Western Europe. In 2004 he launched AMEN in Portugal, a company specialising in volume hosting. When VIA NET.WORKS was acquired by Claranet, Ferreira was appointed Managing Director of Claranet and Amen Portugal.