About Fernando Gomes
Fernando Gomes is a mechanical engineer and entrepreneur specializing in mobility, automotive engineering, and technical vehicle homologation processes across Europe.
After an international career in high-performance motorsport, including working as a Formula 1 engineer in Oxford, Fernando moved into entrepreneurship after facing a challenge himself: registering a vehicle in Spain after relocating with his family.
What began as a personal difficulty became a business opportunity. He discovered that the technical document he needed could only be issued by a mechanical engineer — and he was one. That experience became the starting point for the creation of two leading European platforms: COC-Online across Europe and FichaTecnicaCoche in Spain.
Today, Fernando leads a business ecosystem that processes thousands of vehicle homologations and Certificates of Conformity each month, helping individuals, companies, importers, dealerships, and logistics operators meet technical requirements in a faster, safer, and fully digital way.
His approach combines engineering expertise, technology, automation, and a clear vision: to make European vehicle registration and mobility simpler, more efficient, and more accessible.
Professional Expertise
- Over 30 years of experience in mechanical engineering and the automotive industry.
- International career as a Formula 1 engineer.
- Founder and CEO of COC-Online, one of Europe’s fastest-growing platforms for Certificates of Conformity (COC).
- Founder and CEO of FichaTecnicaCoche, a leading vehicle homologation platform in Spain.
- Specialist in automotive regulations, vehicle homologation, European compliance, technical documentation, and digital transformation of vehicle registration processes.
- Regular speaker and advisor on vehicle registration, mobility, compliance, and technical documentation across European markets.
Vision and Purpose
Fernando firmly believes that complex administrative and technical processes can be simplified through technology, process design, and expert engineering knowledge.
His mission is clear:
To turn complex automotive procedures into simple, digital, and scalable solutions for the whole of Europe.
Under his leadership, COC-Online continues to expand across European markets, improving efficiency in the automotive sector and bringing transparency, speed, and trust to thousands of private customers, logistics companies, dealerships, importers, and automotive professionals.
Editorial Contribution at COC-Online
As an expert author and editor, Fernando contributes to COC-Online through:
- Technical articles about Certificates of Conformity, vehicle homologation, and EU automotive regulations.
- Practical guides for B2B companies, dealerships, importers, logistics operators, and international fleets.
- Verified content designed to ensure technical accuracy and regulatory compliance.
- Editorial supervision of key blog articles related to vehicle documentation, European mobility, and automotive homologation.
