João Abiul Menano Email & Phone Number

I am a product leader with 15+ years of experience and successful track record in artificial intelligence, machine learning and financial services. At Expedia I lead Insurtech and Fintech products a total P&L of $XXXM. At Google, as a product leader I was responsible for product vision, product development and go-to-market, including owning the P&L and all cross functional teams coordination. As a product leader I’ve landed new products (0 to 1) and monetized and scale B2C products that touch millions of users everyday. As CEO and co-founder of James.Finance (B2B/enterprise SaaS AI Fintech) I took the company from idea to a successful exit.My passion for technology, innovation and helping founders, lead me to join an early stage VC fund where as a Venture Partner I focus on helping B2B Insurtechs. My background combined with my experience as a successful entrepreneur and product leader, has enabled me to help founders in areas such as, product development, GTM, talent, operations, fundraising and strategy.My educational background includes a Master in Management from Nova School of Business and Economics with honors in the field of entrepreneurship. I've dropout of a PhD in econometrics and statistics to focus on building James.Finance at that time. Highlights- E2E product development and management (from concept to launch to scale) - Responsible for P&L and overall product success - Bringing AI features into products and data/ML Ops and infra (B2C/B2B/Enterprise)- Building and scaling tech teams - Leading engineering and product design teams (UXD and UXR)- Leading product, strategy, operations, customer success and business development teams - Extensive executive experience

Listed skills include Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Project Management, Business Development, and 6 others.

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  Nova School Of Business And Economics

  Strategy Major