Professor focused on researching and teaching creativity, social innovation, innovation management and communications at undergraduate and graduate levels. Departments: undergraduate Business Program, Corporate Innovation Master Program, Innovation Center, Entrepreneurship and New Business Center

Responsible for driving the company's growth strategy by developing strategic partnerships, and new products and services that accelerate innovation, generate new business opportunities, and increase competitiveness.

Advisory Board Member of GKS Territorial Intelligence and Technical Board Member of IFT-GKS, Tourism Favorability Index.

Business partner at GKS, responsible for strategic planning and leading the business intelligence unit. Key activities:- Social-environmental impact system development;- Agile frameworks training and implementation;- ESG contracts leader (corporate social investment, GHG emissions inventory, stakeholder management, ESG policy and metrics development, supply chain ESG development).

Associate member at Beta Laboratoire with focus on creativity, open innovation and ESG research.

Co-founder, a hub of organizational and community changemakers, with strong emphasis on economic and social development. We adopt innovation processes fostered by human centered agile methods and design processes. We believe in creativity and scientific knowledge as driving forces for problem solving. The creative process necessarily implies ideation and execution, therefore being a concrete and innovative expression of human imagination.

Professor and reasearcher at Unesco Communications for Regional Development Chair/ Graduate Program for Social Communication. Current research project: Creativitity, Open Innovation, ESG and Communications Flows.

- US$ 2.5 million budget management, overseeing 4 PhD programs, 5 MSc programs, 10 e-learning graduate executive programs, 14 on campus graduate executive programs, 49 research groups, 1 Research Support Office, 2.000 students, 300 academic and administrative staff involved. - 2020 Metodista Working group coordinator since 2014, responsible for applying human centered design strategies to develop new educational and administrative services. - Technology Advisory Committee coordinator… Show more - US$ 2.5 million budget management, overseeing 4 PhD programs, 5 MSc programs, 10 e-learning graduate executive programs, 14 on campus graduate executive programs, 49 research groups, 1 Research Support Office, 2.000 students, 300 academic and administrative staff involved. - 2020 Metodista Working group coordinator since 2014, responsible for applying human centered design strategies to develop new educational and administrative services. - Technology Advisory Committee coordinator since 2015.- Launched the e-learning graduate executive program (lato sensu level, Brazilian Ministry of Education accreditation standards) in Q2 2012, reaching 1.5 K students in Q1 2015.- Launched two new PhDs programs in 2014.- Launched the Research Support Office in 2014, rasing US$ 200K in its first year.- Startup Incubator Project Development in partnership with CIESP São Bernardo do Campo (São Paulo State Industrial Center, chapter São Bernardo do Campo) Show less

Researcher at the Social Communications Graduate Program

Responsible for leading the whole academic and technical operation.

Creativity & Strategy director at Umbu, an innovation hub that provides innovation and digital transformation planning, management and consulting services with expertise on:. innovation change management;. agile methodologies, including Srcum and Design Thinking;. innovation ecosystems development and management;. digital transformation, with expertise on organizational culture, work environments and IT architecture.

Interim president responsible for initiating the turnaround process and crisis management in 2017, including union negotiations to suspend an ongoing strike, collective bargaining, and media crisis management. Strategies included budget review, negotiation with creditors, 45% cost reduction with revenue maintenance, and the launching of new educational services: Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, 21 diploma two-year programs, and 18 short-term executive training courses. Additional activities… Show more Interim president responsible for initiating the turnaround process and crisis management in 2017, including union negotiations to suspend an ongoing strike, collective bargaining, and media crisis management. Strategies included budget review, negotiation with creditors, 45% cost reduction with revenue maintenance, and the launching of new educational services: Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, 21 diploma two-year programs, and 18 short-term executive training courses. Additional activities include the development of an English as second language training program, an international exchange program, a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), and an innovation and entrepreneurship program. Show less

The Methodist Education Network is the corporate body that runs the following higher education institutions: Methodist University of São Paulo (UMESP), Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP), Izabela Hendrix University Center, IPA University Center, Granbery Methodist Institute and Santa Maria Methodist College. The Methodist Education Network has 44 thousand enrolled students, and employs 5.200 academic and administrative staff all over Brazil. The CAO is responsible for the network… Show more The Methodist Education Network is the corporate body that runs the following higher education institutions: Methodist University of São Paulo (UMESP), Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP), Izabela Hendrix University Center, IPA University Center, Granbery Methodist Institute and Santa Maria Methodist College. The Methodist Education Network has 44 thousand enrolled students, and employs 5.200 academic and administrative staff all over Brazil. The CAO is responsible for the network academic and strategic planning, overseeing all Methodist higher education institutions presidents, supervising academic budget, and developing national policies. Under the CAO direct supervision is also a number of support departments working in a shared services center model, including the international relations office, registrar, library management, institutional evaluation, among others. Show less

Elected vice-chair for not-for-profit universities (2015-2016) at National Forum of Provosts for Graduate Studies and Research

Board member with involvement in the organization and operation of the Open Innovation Week and the 100 Open Startups challenge, with a special focus on education. Recent achievements include the selection of 101 education edtech startups, approaching them to major higher education players, venture capital funds and corporate venture capital. The Open Innovation Week has more than 800 organizations and companies engaged, and has evaluated more than 6.5 thousand startups from different market… Show more Board member with involvement in the organization and operation of the Open Innovation Week and the 100 Open Startups challenge, with a special focus on education. Recent achievements include the selection of 101 education edtech startups, approaching them to major higher education players, venture capital funds and corporate venture capital. The Open Innovation Week has more than 800 organizations and companies engaged, and has evaluated more than 6.5 thousand startups from different market segments. Show less

- Development and instructional design team management, responsible for supporting new e-learning programs at undergraduate and graduate levels. The distance learning program at UMESP reached 13 thousand students in only five years.