With a career spanning more than 30 years at Embraer, Antonio Campello leads innovation teams based in Silicon Valley and in Boston to seek disruptive innovation, explore business opportunities in the future of air transportation and procure partnerships that will enable new business models and technologies. In this conversation, he talks about the company’s…
BayBrazil is proud to welcome Uber as our Corporate Member! We’ll be supporting Engineering Director Nandu Ramani and his team to advance safety technology in Brazil through Uber’s new engineering center in Sao Paulo. In this interview, Nandu details some of his plans and why Uber chose Brazil for its first Development Center in Latin…
BayBrazil is delighted to announce our new Chairman of the Board: Vicente Silveira is a data, AI, engineering expert who’s been in the team from our early days. Vicente has held leadership positions at companies such as Uber, LinkedIn, VeriSign and CertiSign and now will work more closely with our staff in paving the path…
What are the effects of disruptive technologies on global trade? To help us understand the economics in the tech revolution, we interviewed Otaviano Canuto, a Brazilian economist and Executive Director at the Executive Board of Directors of the World Bank Group and its Affiliates. Experienced in multilateral affairs, relationships with governments and institutional relations,…
As technology advances in many sectors, traditional companies inevitably need a digital innovation strategy. Often times it includes working – and sometimes competing – with startups at different stages of maturity. To help us understand the innovation process in large corporations we spoke with BayBrazil member and mentor Anish Srivastava, Founder and CEO of Vinaj,…
Choosing the right career in a changing world. Getting customers to engage with a product or service. Avoiding common communication mistakes. These are some of the topics of our conversation with Patrick Mork, an award-winning marketing professional with deep experience in mobile apps, content distribution, consumer packaged goods and video games. He’s led teams in high profile startups…
Hardera is the first Latin American sustainability-focused startup selected to join Singularity University Ventures program in Silicon Valley. Founded in Brazil, the company developed a product that transforms reforested wood into hardwood with superior strength and durability, which is scarce and in danger of extinction. Francisco Gomes, Co-Founder & CEO, talks about Hardera’s technology, the impact on…
Brazil has been struggling with the worst outbreak of yellow fever, resulting in 300 deaths so far this year. Last Tuesday, the government announced it’ll vaccinate its entire population. We wonder what else has to be done to avoid future outbreaks. So, we spoke with Jair Siqueira-Neto, a Brazilian Researcher and Professor at University of California,…
As part of International Women’s day celebration, we interviewed Ann Ravel, Professor at University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, and Fellow at New America, where she works on Civic Engagement. She is also former Federal Election Commission chair and talked to BayBrazil about her experience at the Federal Administration, political campaign financing, social media…
Grupo SEB (Educational Brazilian System) is the largest K-12 private group in Brazil with over 80.000 students. It was founded 50 years ago by Chaim Zaher, son of Lebanese immigrants who moved to Brazil looking for new opportunities. This year, Chaim Zaher initiated the group’s international expansion with the 95% acquisition of Canada’s Maple Bear operations in…
Brazilian entrepreneur Carlos Pereira, CEO and Founder of Livox, is among the laureates of The Tech for Global Good. The program recognizes innovators solving the world’s biggest problems. This year’s focus is Technology & Health and Livox was included for being a software platform that enables non-verbal disabled people to communicate and learn. Carlos’s work has received…
Ricardo leads theTechnology, New Ventures & Innovation team at PwC Brasil. He’s been working with clients on large scale tech implementation and strategy in Latin America, U.S. and Europe. In our interview, he talks about the changes in consumer behavior, the tech and social media influence on purchases and the Brazilian political scenario impact on…