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I am a hands-on executive with over 20 years of experience in Innovation, Technology, and Digital Transformation, having held positions such as CEO, CIO, CTO, and Board Member. I have 10 years of proven expertise in Artificial Intelligence, automation, data, and agile methodologies, with a focus on tangible results, strategic growth, and accelerating business performance.

Throughout my career, I have led digital transformations and business expansion at more than 56 multinational and Brazilian companies, spearheading over 237 innovation initiatives that have had a direct impact on growth, efficiency, and competitiveness, including:

-Generated financial savings of over $440 milions and optimized cash flow by $3 billions per year through business intelligence, automation, and process redesign.

-Increased revenue by 44.7% in one year (over $40 millions), leading go-to-market and international expansion strategies in more than 10 countries.

-Have been implementing Artificial Intelligence for over 10 years, working with automation, integrations, LLMs, RAG, fine-tuning, quantization, KV caches, prompt caches, and vector databases, which have yielded results such as a 400% increase in lead conversion, a 95% reduction in SLA/response time, and savings of up to half a million per B2B client.

-Implemented HR process automations that saved 440,000 hours per year and generated an increase of $20 million per year in operational efficiency.

-Have indirectly managed over 4,000 teams and 52,000 professionals, directly leading 15 to 25 teams simultaneously, while promoting Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and business agility practices.

-Have built Data Intelligence teams, developing strategic dashboards, machine learning models, predictive analytics, and advanced analytics, and driving data-driven decisions across more than 28 areas and 72 teams.

-I am an innovation mentor for over 900 companies and startups, focusing on sustainable business models, scalable growth, open innovation, and digital culture. With break-even, payback, and ROI strategies designed for success.

-Have international experience working abroad in New York with IBM and in Dubai with Bitkabir, specializing in quantum computing and artificial intelligence.

-Working as an academic, serving as an MBA and graduate-level professor, TEDx speaker, mentor, and board member, helping companies and leaders prepare for the challenges of the new economy.