Thiago Watanabe Furlan Email & Phone Number

Porto, Pt

Brazil

Geofusion is the Data Leader SAAS platform for retail expansion in Latin America with more than 90% of market share. Pioniring Data Science and Software Development in within the realm of geographical expansion.Worked alongside the software development and data science team to deliver new products and features. Main Activities and Deliverables:- Conducted discovery process with customer interviews, market research and beta testing, translating into a compelling roadmap, delivering 5 new products to market;- Led end-to-end product lifecycle management, from ideation to launch, overseeing multiple successful product and feature releases;- Developed and executed a comprehensive product launch plan, with marketing, sales and support teams, increasing company's client base by 40%;- Developed Product Requirement Documentation for features, enhancing engineering team trackability and enabled clearer deadline setting;- Introduced performance metrics dashboard for the new products, enhancing directors and middle managers visibility and productivity.

Brazil

Liga Venture is one of the biggest Startup Acelerador for Open Innovation projects in Latin America. Bridging radical and incremental innovation with a result-driven approach for big corporations.Led collaborative innovation projects, advising the biggest corporations in Latin America, by bridging external startups and expertise with internal change and innovation strategies. Main Activities and Deliverables:- Delivered 12 projects to big corporations board meetings, contributing kicking off Liga Venture international expansion;- Conducted evaluations of 120+ startups, delivering comprehensive reports to guide open innovation project decisions;- Provided mentoring on digital product and new venture intrapreneurship projects within different corporations sectors.

Criciúma, Santa Catarina Brazil

Controll.edu was a SaaS startup with a primary focus on digitizing and streamlining scholarship processes. For students, it transformed a complex and laborious application process into a user-friendly and guided experience. For universities, the platform served as an effective solution for overseeing and managing student scholarships.Championed discovery phase, performing benchmarking, conducting in-depth end-user interviews, analyzing qualitative data and orchestrating MVP development. Main Activities and Deliverables:- Accelerated solution of R$37,000 through InovAtiva Brasil and Inova Criciúma program;- Championed discovery phase, performing benchmarking, conducting in-depth end-user interviews, analyzing qualitative data and orchestrating MVP development. Achieved 40 product users;- Devoted 1 year to an intensive incubation program, receiving weekly mentorship across pivotal domains such as problem validation, Problem-Solution Fit, Go-to-Market strategy, and Sales.

Pro Consultoria Junior was a production engineering consultancy that counted with the help of University Professors as advisors in the executed products. Took ownership of sales and project management in an uncertain and difficult moment that was the Covid-19 pandemic. Main Activities and Deliverables:- Directed a team with 12 members achieving more than 150% of revenue target in 2020 and more than 170% of revenue target in 2021;- Led sales negotiations and management of company's largest project, valued at R$20,000.

Criciúma E Região, Brasil

Research in the field of Materials Engineering, focusing on the valorization of waste in favor of a Circular Economy.During his time in the research group, Thiago helped with the restructuring of the group's main objectives. Defining new keywords and devising strategies that were more aligned with the global context.

Criciúma E Região, Brasil

Work carried out in the field of Applied Social Sciences on alliance networks in the construction industry

Master'S Degree, Impact Entrepreneurship & Innovation, 16/20

Nova SBE is listed in the TOP 6 Entrepreneurship Master’s worldwide according to Eduniversal. Relevant Courses: Product Design Development.

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial Engineering, 16/20

Unesc is listed in the TOP 10 Entrepreneurial Universities of Brazil by the RUE (entrepreneurship university rankings) Relevant Courses.

English, English Cambridge Exam Course

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